Finneco III, the third and last of the three ro-ro vessels in the Eco class was delivered at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) in China on 6 June 2022. The vessel will enter Finnlines’ Biscay line, where it will join the sister vessels, Finneco I and II.
MS Finneco III is part of Finnlines’ EUR 500 million Newbuilding Programme, which consists of three hybrid ro-ro vessels and two hybrid ro-pax vessels. Photo: Finnlines Plc
The Chinese shipyard China Merchants Jinling Shipyard...
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been selected to supply RoRo equipment for an LNG-powered RoRo vessel being built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for the Tasmanian-based Australian shipping company, SeaRoad. The order was booked into Cargotec’s 2022 first quarter order intake. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the last quarter of 2023.
MacGregor’s scope of supply encompasses design, fabrication and installation of a large stern ramp and ramp cover, with capacity for heavy...
Using VesselsValue data, Dan Nash, Head of RoRo, explores the current landscape of the Car Carrier sector after long term recovery from Covid-19, looking at record high rates and a surge in demand. This article highlights China taking the lead in the Car Carrier market, and the increase in commodity costs in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Focussing on global fleet supply, 5 consecutive years of low orders from 2016, combined with over exuberant scrapping activity by shipowners...
Dozens of vehicles have arrived at a Russian port caked in many inches of ice owing to the extreme weather. Unusually windy and cold weather conditions plated the Hondas and Toyotas with a thick layer of frozen seawater when these reached Vladivostok on the Sun Rio RoRo carrier.
At -2F in Russia’s Pacific capital, the ice-caked vehicles were hoisted off the deck using a crane on Tuesday. Reports showed that some had been clad in ice up to six inches.
Second-hand Japanese vehicles are quite...
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured RoRo equipment orders for 8 vessels to be built in Asia. The orders are booked into Cargotec’s second (EUR 9 million) and third quarter (EUR 22 million) 2021 order intake with deliveries planned to commence during the second quarter of 2022 and completed during the third quarter of 2023.
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Scope of supply includes quarter and side ramps, hoistable car decks and rampway doors. The customers have established relationships with...
Australian-based transport company SeaRoad has secured its future growth plan after finalising an agreement with German shipbuilding yard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) to construct a new roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) vessel with LNG propulsion worth more than 100 million euros.
The new freight vessel will join Searoad Mersey II and replace charter vessel MV Liekut to operate on Bass Strait between Melbourne and Devonport, scheduled for the last quarter of 2023.
Construction on the...
After a slow start to 2021, there looks to be light at the end of the tunnel highlighted by P&O Ferries recent announcement to take back market leadership on the English Channel. Owned vessel THE PRIDE OF BURGUNDY (28,128gt, 1900 LM, 1420pax, March 1993, SSW Fahr) has become P&O’s fifth vessel on the Dover-Calais route this week, increasing from four.
A mutual space charter agreement was signed with DFDS for three of their vessels operating on the same route – the COTE DES FLANDRES (33,940gt,...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/roro-cargo-demand-drives-sp-transactions-vesselsvalue/
The UK Government’s £77.6 million freight contract agreement with leading RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off) Operators Stena Line, DFDS, Brittany Ferries, and P&O last month was deemed as “necessary to safeguard the smooth and successful flow of freight” as per Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport.
Essentially, freight capacity has been bought by the UK Government for the first 6 months of 2021 for vessels to call regularly into Felixstowe, Harwich, Hull, Newhaven, Poole, Portsmouth, Teesport and...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/brexit-chaos-to-roll-on-or-roll-off/
Designed by Wallenius Marine, a Swedish shipbuilder, with support from the Swedish government and several research institutions, Oceanbird may look like a ship of the future, but it also pays heeds back to ancient maritime history as it runs completely on the wind.
The transatlantic car carrier is 650 foot-long vessel is a similar size to conventional car carriers, but it will look radically different, it also has the capacity for 7,000 vehicles. The ship’s hull is topped by five telescopic...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/oceanbird-the-worlds-largest-wind-powered-cargo-vessel/
Leading short sea ro-ro operator UECC and sustainable marine biofuel pioneer GoodFuels have launched a joint trial of GoodFuels Bio-Fuel Oil (MR1-100 or BFO) on UECC’s ro-ro vessel M/V Autosky, the companies have announced today.
The three month trial will test 3,000 metric tonnes of sustainable biofuel on the 140m, 2080 vehicle carrier – a significant step in advancing marine biofuel for the ro-ro segment.
The biobunkering, which will take place in the Port of Rotterdam, will be the first in a...