The 1982-built ferry MOBY ZAZA has been chartered by SNAV, an MSC company. During summer she will be deployed on the reopened maritime bridge linking the ports of Ancona in Italy and Split in Croatia. The Moby ship, which offers 700 lane metres garage deck and can accommodate up to 1,860...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/snav-charters-moby-zaza-for-the-ancona-split-route/
Following the previous failed attempt, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has just launched a new public tender aimed at finding shipyards interested at building a pair of new dual-fual highspeed ferries to be operated by BluJet in the Strait of Massina. The tender price stands now at EUR 52.19 million for...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/second-tender-for-21-highspeed-ferries-launched-by-italys-rfi/
Italian Marinvest (a company of the MSC Group) and Naples-based ferry firm SNAV officially announced the signing of an order with Intermarine shipyard for a new hybrid monohull highspeed craft to be delivered in 2024. It will be deployed on the routes in the Gulf of Naples. Technical details: 58.2m...
Naples-based ferry company SNAV (MSC Group) is in advanced talks with the Italian shipyard Intermarine for a new single-hull ship capable of transporting up to 700 passengers, several sources revealed to Ferry Shipping News. The ship in question will be deployed on the routes connecting Naples with...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/snav-in-talks-with-intermarine-shipyard-for-a-new-high-speed-ferry/
All five companies operating passenger transport services in the Gulf of Naples decided to close down or reduce the sailings offered to and from the surrounding islands (such as Capri, Ischia, etc.). Three labour unions (Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl e Uiltrasporti) publicly protested against the ferry...
Naples-based SNAV, the ferry company owned my Marinvest (the Italian holding company owned by the Aponte family), last year closed with a loss of EUR 550,000 (from a red of EUR 2.5 million in 2017), and the result is also due to an in-depth reorganisation of the business and of the structure. Today...
Following complaints filed by frequent customers and tourists, antitrust authority in Italy found that competitive constraints and unfair market conditions seems to be still present in the short sea ferry market between the port of Naples and the surrounding islands. MSC’s controlled SNAV and...