Naviera Armas has announced that the Lanzarote – Huelva route will cease to operate from April 19th. Instead, all operations between the Canaries and mainland Spain will now be focussed on the port of Cadiz, 100 kilometres south of Huelva. The ferries Ciudad de Valencia, Volcán de Tinamar and Villa...
2024 Newsletter week 10
Moby Vinci and Sharden transferred to Grandi Navi Veloci and renamed GNV Sirio and GNV Auriga
Moby Vinci and Sharden have been transferred from the control of Onorato’s Moby to Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), a company owned by the MSC Group, as anticipated. The transaction, valued at EUR 109 million, marks the conclusion of the broader restructuring plan for Moby. This restructuring was recently...
Baleària carries more than 5 million passengers in 2023
Press release (in Spanish) Sustainability Report (click on picture below)…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/balearia-carries-more-than-5-million-passengers-in-2023/
AS Tallink Grupp Statistics for February 2024
In February 2024 AS Tallink Grupp transported: +2.3% pax 364,003 +0.0% cargo units 26,672 -4.5% passenger vehicles 47,997 AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for February 2024 were the following…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/as-tallink-grupp-statistics-for-february-2024/
The Grimaldi Group has already sold five ships since the beginning of this year
In less than three months in 2024, the Grimaldi Group has emerged as a seller of five ships as part of a broader plan for fleet modernization and the phase-out of its most aged vessels. The Naples-based company recently signed an agreement with Fred Olsen to sell the 24-year-old sister ships,...
A new electric ferry for Norway’s challenging Vestfjord, Lofoten
Western Baltija Shipbuilding in Klaipeda, Lithuania will build an electric ferry for Torghatten Nord…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/a-new-electric-ferry-for-norways-challenging-vestfjord-lofoten/
CLdN launches new services between Rotterdam and Ireland and expands capacity between Rotterdam and the UK
CLdN has chartered two 962 TEU LoLo cargo vessels (Pavo J and Andromeda J) that will ship container cargo between the recently acquired Distriport terminal in Rotterdam and Dublin and Cork. The introduction of the new LoLo services will also enable an optimisation of CLdN’s RoRo fleet deployment,...
Tallink Grupp makes changes in company Management Board
The Supervisory Board of Tallink Grupp has approved changes to AS Tallink Grupp’s Management Board, accepting the resignation from the Management Board from Mrs Kadri Land, and appointing Ms Elise Nassar to the Management Board as a new member. Source: Tallink Grupp…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/tallink-grupp-makes-changes-in-company-management-board/
Finnlines’ Financial statements 2023 and Financial review January–December 2023
January–December 2023 Tom Pippingsköld, President and CEO, in conjunction with the review: “The high interest rate environment has negatively affected private consumption, construction sector and industrial demand. Finnlines had to face multiple of issues during 2023 which weakened our result,...
Badji Mokhtar III arrived at Elefsis shipyards (Onex Group) for refit
On February 26, 2024, Algerie Ferries’ Badji Mokhtar III (2021) arrived at the Greek Elefsis Shipyards (ONEX Group) for her general overhaul. A few days prior, her fleet mate Tariq Ibn Zyad (1995) also arrived at the Greek yards for the same reason. Both vessels mark the first Algerian ships to...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/badji-mokhtar-iii-arrived-at-elefsis-shipyards-onex-group-for-refit/