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...
Karin Orsel has been appointed the first female President ever in the history of ECSA, starting on 1 January 2024 for a two-year term, with Mikki Koskinen joining as the new Vice-President. She succeeds Philippos Philis, who has held the position since January 2022.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/fred-olsen-express-closes-2023-with-more-than-3-5-million-passengers/
After buying a Suardiaz Ro-Ro vessel —now the YSABEL— the Spanish armed forces acquired a second ro-ro vessel: CADENA 4. The vessel belonged to a company within the CLdN sphere. The former COLOR CARRIER was last chartered by Baleària on the route between the continent and the Canary Islands....
https://ferryshippingnews.com/spanish-mod-buys-a-second-ro-ro/
Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express added chartered roro vessel CADENA 4 to the service between Huelva and the Canary Islands. The former COLOR CARRIER left Huelva for the first time on Sunday morning 22 January 2023. This service is added to the two departures that ropax MARIE CURIE already makes....
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ro-ro-cadena-4-on-mainland-spain-canary-islands/
+25% passengers compared to 2021 (3 million+) +15% passenger and cargo vehicles (1 million in total) +30% trips (in total 19,500) 17% of the passengers (500,000+) were non-residents, which reflects the recovery of foreign tourism on trips between islands. Source: Fred.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/fred-olsen-express-saw-the-return-of-tourists-in-2022/
Fred. Olsen Express will restore the inland route of La Gomera on Friday, July 1, after a long stand still because of the pandemic. The shipping company will have two departures between the three ports of San Sebastián, Playa Santiago and Valle Gran Rey, operated by the BENCHI EXPRESS catamaran...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/fred-olsen-express-returns-on-la-gomera/
Austal Philippines in Cebu recently handed over a new fast trimaran Ro-Pax ferry to passenger vessel company Fred Olsen Express for operation in Spain’s Canary Islands. ..
Fred Olsen Express has taken delivery of Banaderos Express, the second trimaran ferry in a series built for the company by Austal Philippines. The delivery marks the comp ..
The second of two 118-metre trimaran Ro-Pax ferries constructed for Fred Olsen Express of the Canary Islands has completed a rigorous program of sea trials in Cebu, Austa ..
Austal Philippines has successfully launched Bañaderos Express, a new aluminium trimaran ferry for Fred Olsen Express, at its shipyard in Balamban, Cebu province. The se ..