DFDS, a leading European shipping and logistics company, has announced its plan to introduce up to six fully electric ferries on the English Channel. The announcement came after a meeting…
https://gcaptain.com/dfds-commits-to-electrify-cross-channel-transport-with-battery-powered-vessels/
Whilst the first big consolidator of this offshore upcycle was Tidewater, rapidly followed by ADNOC and AD Ports of Abu Dhabi, Europe is also experiencing a quiet wave of consolidation. Driving this is the biggest of the “Big Four” lowlands dredging and offshore companies, Boskalis. But whereas the gains in Tidewater have been open to […]
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French boatbuilder Plasti-Peche recently delivered a new trawler to father and son fishers Thierry and Martin Ramet based in the port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern coast of France. Mere du Christ II (“Mother of Christ II”) was designed by local naval architect Coprexma primarily for the...
These are febrile times and the recent shutdown of a gas pipeline across the Gulf of Finland, along with the apparent severing of at least one communication cable, has focused attention on geo-politics in this part of the world. Was this a reprise of the earlier attack by an unknown agency upon the...
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/column-anchor-away-but-not-aweigh-grey-power/
The French Minister for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Olivier Becht and CEO of DFDS, Torben Carlsen, met to discuss decarbonisation of the shipping sector and the electrification of maritime traffic across the English Channel. DFDS commits to invest in innovation and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/electric-ferries-across-the-english-channel-by-2030-says-dfds/
There was a story the other day about clever Chinese car exporters who have designed a rig that will fit inside a 40-foot container that enables three cars to be transported in safety within the single box. It might not be the novelty it claims. I remember inspecting a similar system in Scandinavia...
French family-owned fishing company Armement Porcher recently took delivery of a new trawler and crab fishing vessel built by compatriot shipyard Socarenam. Named Aventurine, the Coprexma-designed vessel is the sixteenth to be built by Socarenam for the same owner. The new trawler will be...
UK operator P&O Ferries has taken delivery of the first vessel in a series of two double-ended Ro-Pax ferries built by Chinese shipyard CSSC Offshore and Marine Engin ..
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French shipbuilder Piriou has delivered a new longliner/gillnetter to Armement Cooperatif Artisanal Vendeen (ACAV), an artisanal fishing cooperative based in western Fran ..
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A BBC news source deals with Channel ferry blaze: Investigation launched after Isle of Innisfree towed to Calais.
Cause of a fire which broke out on a ferryAn investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire which broke out on a ferry in the English Channel.
It started in the engine room of the Isle of Innisfree at 17:30 GMT on Friday and was contained, according to Irish Ferries.
The vessel was towed to Calais overnight by a French coastguard tug.
A total of...
https://mfame.guru/english-channel-ferry-fire-is-being-investigated/