Broker sources report that both the ro-ro ships MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO and ALF POLLAK owned by Siem Ro-Ro and bareboat chartered by Moby-CIN, have been sub-chartered to DFDS for 24 months. Daily rate would be EUR 25,500. The news seems to be confirmed for ALF POLLAK since the ship has started...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/new-charters-for-the-roro-ship-alf-pollak-and-maria-grazia-onorato/
Havila Kystruten has decided only to allow motor vehicles that use fossil fuel. This means electric, hybrid and hydrogen cars cannot be transported on board the hybrid vessels. This is the first European (semi) ferry company to implement this restriction (in a country with plenty of electric...
O Ferries took the decision to close its Europoort – Teesport service 23 January 2023. Ro-ro vessel ESTRADEN will sail from Teesport to Zeebrugge on Sunday 22 January. In December 2022 P&O Ferries already stopped the charter of BORE SONG…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ferry-operator-po-ferries-continues-to-slim-down/
Kent County Council won a £45 million bid to improve traffic flow from Dover to the EU from the UK government’s Levelling Up fund, says a Port of Dover press release. Roger Gough, leader of Kent County Council, said enhancements will not only have a positive impact on the Dover and the surrounding...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/kent-gets-45-million-pound-to-improve-dover-traffic-flow/
The British Columbia Ferry Services Board announced in a press release the appointment of Nicolas Jimenez as President and CEO of BC Ferries, effective March 6, 2023. Mr. Jimenez, who is currently the President and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of B.C., was selected following an international...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/bc-ferries-appoints-president-ceo/
The Danish and Swedish competition authorities have now approved Molslinjen‘s announced purchase of ferry company ForSea.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating a wind-powered vessel, the Orcelle Wind, will be done. Read the press release…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/worlds-first-wind-powered-roro-vessel-secures-eur-9m-in-eu-funding/
Norwegian Havyard Leirvik, which is owned by listed Eqva ASA, has signed a contract with Boreal Sjø for the conversion of the ferry VANNES. The ferry will be rebuilt to meet requirements from the Norwegian Maritime Authority so that it can operate in an extended trade area. “The reconstruction of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/havyard-leirvik-signs-important-contract-with-new-customer/
CEO of Arctic Umiaq Line, Jens-Jakob Sandgreen and Minister of Housing and infrastructure, Erik Jensen, announced that the coastal ferry SARFAQ ITTUK will call at several cities in autumn. Arctic Umiaq Line sails in the spring and high season with 7-day operations. Starting this year, guests can...
Aegean Sea Lines’ cruise ferry ANEMOS was officially delivered to her new owners on January 18. The ship raised the Greek flag during a short ceremony, while she is scheduled to depart for Greece on January 23, 2022. Among the Greek crew is also the CEO of Aegean Sea Lines Mr Ioannis Depastas. The...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/anemos-former-rosella-will-depart-for-greece-on-january-23/