Eighty people were safely rescued after a passenger ferry suffered water ingress in the Gulf of Trieste off Italy’s Adriatic coast on Wednesday, June 12. The incident on the vessel identified by the name Audace occurred in the eastern portion of the gulf at around midday (local time) on Wednesday....
Adriatic Sea
Croatian towage company welcomes new tug to fleet
Croatian harbour towage company Brodospas has taken delivery of a new ASD tug built by Damen Song Cam Shipyard of Vietnam. Hrabri (“Courageous”) will be operated in the waters of the ports of Split and Ploče on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. The tug joins two Damen-built anchor handling vessels and two...
VESSEL REVIEW | Vista – Oceania Cruises’ newest ship slated for Mediterranean and Caribbean itineraries
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ Oceania Cruises brand has taken delivery of a new ocean-going ship from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Vista is the first of the two-s ..
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Grimaldi to become ro-ro terminal operator in the port of Ravenna
The port of Ravenna, in Italy, is to become one of the most important hubs for Grimaldi Group’s network in the Adriatic Sea. The Naples-based shipping company is in advanced negotiations with the local port authority for setting up a new port terminal in Ravenna which is regularly called by...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/grimaldi-to-become-ro-ro-terminal-operator-in-the-port-of-ravenna/
COLUMN | Floating LNG projects in Israel, Malaysia and Congo get green light; Shell faces more Prelude woes; Australia seeks tighter offshore regulation to protect rock art and “sea country”; Canada’s First Nations take LNG equity [Offshore Accounts]
Last week, we looked at Europe’s rush to build floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into Europe (here). Of course, Eu ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Interceptor with 68 knots top speed delivered to Italian financial police
The Guardia di Finanza (GdF), the Italian law enforcement agency that is mainly focused on dealing with financial crimes and countering drug smuggling, recently took deli ..
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Croatian yard starts building wind-powered cruise ship
Croatian shipyard Brodosplit has begun construction on a new three-masted cruise sailship. Once completed, the vessel will be 63.5 metres long and 10 metres wide, with a ..
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COLUMN | The First Four Days of Christmas 2021: Cairn/Capricorn, Vantage Drilling, North Star and Vard, Shearwater and Shell [Offshore Accounts]
Last year we took an offshore take to the familiar Twelve Days of Christmas carol (here) and (here). So, now it is time to revisit the first four festive players, and cat ..
ANEK’s Olympic Champion-ship
ANEK’s Olympic Champion-ship
One might think that we exaggerate with this title, but we don’t. Nothing is by chance and this year, the actual year of the Olympic Games, the Bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the year we begin to make a breakthrough with Covid-19, we have yet another alignment – as in 2018 when we sailed with ANEK’s Hellenic Spirit from Patras, Greece to Ancona, Italy and that was more than a banner year!
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/20/aneks-olympic-champion-ship/
VESSEL REVIEW | Jumbo Jet – High-speed monohull ferry enters service on Gulf of Naples
Shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria has handed over a new high-speed ferry to Naples-based operator Navigazione Libera del Golfo (NLG) for sailings in the Mediterranean, ..