Fjord1 took over the operation of the national road ferries across the Tysfjord in Nordland today (1 December 2022), and will soon have the world’s longest electric ferry connection. The new ferry contract between the Statens Vegvesen and Fjord1 covers both national road 827 between Drag and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/fjord1-starts-testing-electric-ferries-across-the-tysfjord/
BC Ferries released its Q2 results for the three and six months ending September 30, 2022. Vehicle and passenger traffic, revenue and net earnings are all higher compared to the same periods in the prior year. In Q2, the quarter ending September 30, 2022, BC Ferries carried 7.5 million passengers...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/bc-ferries-q2-shows-another-record-level-of-vehicle-traffic/
AS Tallink Grupp and Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd on behalf of The Scottish Government have agreed an extension to the short-term time-charter agreement for ropax VICTORIA I. The vessel is providing temporary accommodation in Scotland. The charter has been extended for five months from...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/short-term-charter-agreement-extension/
On 1 December 2022, MOBY LEGACY was launched at the GSI shipyard in Guangzhou. It is the sister vessel of MOBY FANTASY, which is expected in Italy the coming months. Both vessels will serve the Livorno-Olbia route (Sardinia). MOBY LEGACY: 237m long | 32m wide | GT 69,500 |2500 passengers | 550...
EST-Floattech recently signed a long-term framework contract with Rolls-Royce Power Systems for the ‘Green Orca 1050’ battery module onboard 9 newbuild ferries and 1 mega yacht. The first order of the new partnership are the lithium polymer battery modules of the ‘Green Orca 1050’ series as part of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/green-orcas-for-liberty-lines/
Guangzhou Shipbuilding International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, started the construction of the first of two (with option for further two) RoPax ships ordered last year by MSC and set to be operated by Grandi Navi Veloci. The vessel has a length of 218m, a width of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/construction-started-for-the-first-ropax-ordered-from-msc-for-gnv/
Two events in the ports of Bari and Brindisi have been planned for the next week to celebrate some interesting news from Grimaldi Group on the Italy to Greece maritime services. The Naples-based ferry group will introduce a fourth RoRo (still unidentified) on the route already linking the ports of...