CLdN and DFDS have agreed to cease the slot charter agreement to allow both parties “to focus on their customers’ needs.” Going forward, CLdN will operate the full capacity of the additional sailings introduced in January this year on the direct route Rozenburg vv Killinghome. Terminating the call...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/cldn-and-dfds-to-cease-the-slot-charter-agreement/
Swedish public transport company Västtrafik has taken delivery of their fourth electric hybrid ferry Eloise. The 298 passenger ferry has an installed capacity of 1260 kWh, with which she can sail fully electric for six hours, recharging via shore power or, if necessary, the onboard diesel...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/vasttrafik-takes-delivery-of-eloise/
KiwiRail has selected Siemens Energy to supply the integrated Electric Propulsion System (EPS) for Interislander’s new rail-enabled, more environmentally-friendly ferries. The EPS includes the alternators, switchboards, batteries, azimuth thrusters, power and battery management systems and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/new-kiwirail-ferries-batteries-will-power-30-of-the-3-hour-journey/
Given the current economic and political instability, and “despite upheavals and thanks to both the diversity of our fleet and markets served and the efforts of employees onshore and at sea” Grimaldi Group registered record results in 2021. Consolidated turnover came in at EUR 3.46 billion,...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/record-results-for-grimaldi-in-2021/
Godby Shipping’s MIDAS will start a new time-charter for Scandic Line, Latvia, between Riga and Sweden. The charter contract is for 6+6+6 months. The main cargo is prefabricated construction elements for the Swedish building sector, trailers, mafis and other roro cargoes plus containers on weather...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/roro-midas-has-been-chartered-to-scandic-line/
A call for tenders has been issued for the DSP serving the Islands of islands of Ouessant, Molène, Sein (Finistère), Belle-Île, Groix, Houat and Hoëdic (Morbihan) in France. The contract is for the period 2023-2029. One of the candidates is Brittany Ferries. The two current operators Penn ar Bed...
A meeting between ESPO and Interferry has agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision and use of onshore power supply (OPS). Ferries must be recognised as a sustainable passenger transport mode. Ferry ports...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/european-ports-and-interferry-agree-priorities-for-sustainable-future/
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, for the very first time, Jadrolinija has initiated the procedure of purchasing full-electric vessels that will transport passengers in the Dubrovnik, Sibenik and Losinj areas, as was confirmed by the President of the Management Board of the national shipping company,...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/jadrolinija-to-buy-three-new-full-electric-ferries/
HONFLEUR, the ropax ferry ordered by Brittany Ferries at Flensburger Schiffbau and completed by Fosen Yard in Rissa has been handed over to its owner Siem Industries (Seven Yield Pte Ltd) The white ferry is expected in Gdynia, Poland for completion. So far, we don’t know who the operator will be.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/honfleur-on-the-move-to-poland/