As of 13 January 2024, RoPax SICILIA will be added and will serve alongside RoPax MARIE CURIE. The connection goes from two to three weekly trips from each port, both for cargo and passenger transport. The service will have departures from Tenerife and Gran Canaria on Tuesdays, Thursdays and...
2024 Newsletter week 02
With the acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc, DFDS officially enters the Strait of Gibraltar
DFDS has completed the acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc and thus enters the Strait of Gibraltar short-sea ferry market connecting Spain and Morocco. [announcement] The acquisition expands DFDS’ network to a region where growth is expected to be supported by nearshoring of supply chains closer to...
Ragusa Express ready to start sailing on the Malta – Sicily route
Ragusa Express is the newly built company that is on the verge of starting a high-speed ferry service linking Malta (La Valletta) with Sicily (Marina di Ragusa) in Southern Italy. The catamaran, renamed SAN GIORGIO, left Valletta this Wednesday to conduct some final berthing tests in Ragusa before...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ragusa-express-ready-to-start-sailing-on-the-malta-sicily-route/
Stena RoRo orders a 13th E-Flexer for Corsica Linea
Stena RoRo has placed an order for yet another Ro-Pax-class E-Flexer vessel from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). [announcement] The vessel will be delivered in the first quarter of 2026 to Corsica Linea and will operate between Marseille and Corsica. The vessels’ engines are of the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/stena-roro-orders-a-13th-e-flexer-for-corsica-linea/
An excellent year for Port of Tallinn
In 2023, 8 million passengers and 13 million tonnes of cargo passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The annual number of passengers increased by 13%, or 900,000 passengers, recovering from the movement restrictions related to the pandemic. The number of passengers between the Estonian...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/an-excellent-year-for-port-of-tallinn/
Port of Hirtshals is set to become bigger: Billion-DKK port expansion is now open for tender
Port of Hirtshals is set to expand, and in this regard, a billion-DKK EU tender has just been announced for the construction work of the expansion with a total budget of around DKK 1 billion. The port is to be expanded partly to improve the navigation conditions, allowing larger ships to dock at...
Good passenger numbers for Viking Line in 2023
A total of 5 million passengers sailed on the Viking Line vessels in 2023. During the period June-August, there were nearly 1.8 million passengers, and many departures during the summer holiday season were sold out well in advance. Less passengers than previous year 4,897,494 (4,945,564) because of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/good-passenger-numbers-for-viking-line-in-2023/
Fjord1 and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration have signed a contract for the operation of the national road ferry connection E39 Lavik-Oppedal.
Fjord1 will operate the Lavik-Oppedal connection with four vessels from 2026 to 2034 (with the possibility of extension for up to three years). Lavik – Oppedal is the ninth largest ferry connection in the country with 1.2 million car units in 2022. The contract involves the development of fully...
A challenging year for Port of Antwerp-Bruges – Ireland traffic up
Geopolitical tensions and slowing global economic growth are driving down industrial production and trade flows. As a result, total throughput, which was 271 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, is down 5.5% from the previous year. Despite this difficult context, thanks to the added value of the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/a-challenging-year-for-port-of-antwerp-bruges-ireland-traffic-up/
P&O Ferries strengthens North Sea presence with new London – Rotterdam freight route
O Ferries will open a new RoRo freight route in the North Sea, between London (Tilbury 2) and Rotterdam (Europoort), starting in March 2024. This service will complement P&O Ferries’ existing Zeebrugge to London route together with strengthening its rail-connected hub in Rotterdam. Peter...