MSC Group announced a new order for four ropax vessels to be built in China at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) and set to be delivered from late 2024 onwards. The four newbuilds will have a 1,500 passenger and 3,100 lane metre capacity, with 303 cabins. The shipbuilding contract takes origin...
2022 Newsletter week 1
Godby Shipping – DFDS: sale and lease-back deal
DFDS and Godby Shipping have established a long-term co-operation with Godby Shipping buying the two storo sideport vessels LYSVIK SEAWAYS and LYSBRIS SEAWAYS and chartering them back to DFDS for a period of minimum three years. Both vessels will continue in their present trade mostly serving...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/godby-shipping-dfds-sale-and-lease-back-deal/
Eckerö Shipping has secured continued employment for three of its vessels
TRANSPORTER (photo): continues with DFDS EXPORTER: UPM-Kymmene (previously Holmen Paper AB) SHIPPER: Glenhallen Shipping (previously Holmen Paper AB)…
NISSOS AIGINA will enter service in March 2022
NISSOS AIGINA (former MIDSLAND), owned by the Leventakis family, is expected to be introduced on the Piraeus-Aigina line in March 2022. The ship has already undergone a major conversion and refit at Perama repair zone and will be able to carry 951 passengers and 90 cars. NISSOS AIGINA was purchased...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/nissos-aigina-will-enter-service-in-march-2022/
Seajets’ SUPER STAR joins the Hellenic Coastal Line on January 17
Seajet’s SUPER STAR (former SUPERFERRY II) will be temporarily introduced on the Lavrion-North Aegean line, as from January 17, replacing her larger fleet mate AQUA BLUE, which will be out of service for scheduled repairs. The veteran has been thoroughly refurbished at Avlis Shipyards (Chalkis) and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/seajets-super-star-joins-the-hellenic-coastal-line-on-january-17/
Sea Lines buys the ropax EUROPEAN SEAWAY from P&O Ferries
Åland based Sea Lines bought EUROPEAN SEAWAY, writes sjofart.ax. Sea Lines is the freight company that has been operating successfully on the Black Sea between Turkey and Ukraine for the past ten years. Last summer it sold ship and route to Turkish entrepreneurs. Since the sale, CEO Joe Lindblom...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/sea-lines-buys-the-ropax-european-seaway-from-po-ferries/
Giuseppe Falsetti joins Malta Shipbrokers and expects more consolidation
Malta Shipbrokers International, the ship broker company founded a few years ago by Ettore Morace (today CEO of Trasmed GLE) and headed by his son Vittorio, welcomed Giuseppe Falsetti in its team. Falsetti has a long professional experience in the Genoa-based broker house Banchero Costa, where he...
Viking Line looks back on a strange year
Like 2020, 2021 was an exceptional year, with an unfavourable operating environment. At the same time, Viking Line experienced some positive events too. MARIELLA was sold in May, and in December the new climate-smart VIKING GLORY was delivered. Traffic statistics 2021 +20.1% passengers largest...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/viking-line-looks-back-on-a-strange-year/
Tallink Grupp publishes 2021 Q4 and December statistics, revealing full year drop in passenger numbers, but increase in cargo units carried
Full year 2021 figures -20.6% passengers on all routes (Finland-Sweden, Estonia-Finland and Latvia-Sweden) Latvia-Sweden route remained fully suspended throughout 2021 The only route which saw an increase in passenger numbers in 2021, was the Tallinn-Stockholm route, which was re-opened in July...
Godby Shipping on the path of newbuilt tonnage
Godby Shipping’s crew magazine FlaskPosten has an interesting editorial by MD Dan Mikkola. Some highlights: Roro freight rates on the rise Roro market positive Godby sold two old ships and bought three younger vessels. The combination of increasingly expensive class renewal docks, installation of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/godby-shipping-on-the-path-of-newbuilt-tonnage/