In November 2021, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into an agreement between ferry companies P&O Ferries and DFDS A/S. This agreement – known as a ‘capacity sharing agreement’ – provides a ‘turn up and go’ function for freight customers at the Dover and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/cma-uk-secures-offer-of-commitments-from-po-ferries-and-dfds/
LMG Marin has been selected by BC Ferries as design agent for its new Major class vessels. The first stage of the project will soon start with the overall goal to achieve a zero-emission design by use of proven technology. This concept design will be later further finetuned into a basic design and...
DFDS is going to take over the international road transport division of EKOL, one of Turkey’s leading logistics companies according to the news source Dünya. The parties already shook hands in principle. After the official signatures and competition approval, EKOL International Road Transport...
Regione Siciliana received two offers following the public tender launched for the ferry links to and from the smaller islands surrounding Sicily. The contract is worth EUR 360 million for five years and it’s divided in two: EUR 210 million for highspeed maritime links and EUR 152 million for...
The latest acquisition of Golden Star Ferries from Japan, ANDROS QUEEN, is currently undergoing a conversion into a luxury RoPax ferry at the Perama repair zone. The ship is expected to stay there for the next 8 months, and she will be reformed by 70%. The overall cost of her conversion is expected...
Scandro Holdings’ RoPax DALEELA (1991) arrived in Greece (Diamantis Shipyards/Kynosoura) on June 3, 2022. The ferry will connect Piraeus with Limassol as from June 19 (after 22 years) and is expected to do 22 round trips until September 16, 2022. The Cypriot government will subsidize that line...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ropax-daleela-arrived-in-greece-for-the-piraeus-limassol-line/
A total of 135,000 people travelled with ForSea in the period Wednesday-Sunday 25-29 May (Ascencion) “It is with pleasure that we can state that we are breaking the record from 2017. It becomes clear to us that the offer on board and the voyage itself is really appreciated by our passengers,” says...
ESPO congratulates the Port of Harlingen (the Netherlands), the Port of Helsinki (Finland), the JadeWeserPort (Germany), the Port of Cork (Ireland) and the Port of Rauma (Finland) for being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS = Port Environmental Review System)....
NMT Shipping sell cargo space on the delivery voyage of STENA ESTELLE, from Jebel Ali (Dubai) to Antwerp. ETA Antwerp is 14 July. The ferry will be used on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/roro-specialists-nmt-shipping-advertise-stena-estelle/
Attica took delivery of the AERO 1 HIGHSPEED catamaran, built at Brødrene Aa shipyard, Norway. It is the first of the three Aero Catamarans ordered in January 2021, which will be deployed in the Saronic islands, in replacement of existing Group capacity in the market. Total investment EUR...