Shippax News Bulletin – 6
Shippax News Bulletin – 6
- In association with Interferry
Dear Subscriber,
Please find below a selection of news from this past week.
Photo above: Miyazaki Car Ferry’s FERRY TAKACHIHO is approaching its April delivery. The 194m and 578 passenger capacity ferry is built at the Japanese Naikai Zosen Shipyard. Sistership FERRY ROKKO will be followed in November this year, and both will serve the Miyazaki-Kobe route. Photo: Yoshiho Ikeda
Enjoy the reading and have a great weekend!
V.Ships Leisure to manage bankrupt Crystal Cruises fleet until buyers can be found
Crystal Cruises 2021-delivered CRYSTAL ENDEAVOR © MV Werften
With luxury cruise operator Crystal Cruises about to cease operations, news has emerged that the company’s three ship fleet will be taken under the management of V.Ships Leisure until buyers can be found for the vessels.
Crystal Cruises fleet have all been arrested by US Marshals Federal Arrest Warrants for unpaid fuel bills amounting to USD 4.6 million.
Emerald Cruises EMERALD AZZURRA handed over in Vietnam
EMERALD AZZURRA delivered © Emerald Cruises
The first of two luxury 5,350 gt superyacht type cruise vessels built for Emerald Cruises at Vietnam’s Halong Shipbuilding Co, in Ha Long City, was handed over to her new owners on 8 February. The 100-passenger capacity, 50 cabin vessel, which has a crew of 64, sailed immediately for Aqaba, Jordan, to embark passengers for her maiden round trip Red Sea cruise.
The cost of KiwiRail’s Interislander fleet replacement programme and ports upgrade almost doubles
Illustration of the Interislander newbuilds © KiwiRail
The dream of having a brand new fleet of large rail-enabled ro-pax ferries and port facilities to handle the two new giants is coming at a cost for New Zealand’s state-owned KiwiRail. The latest figures coming out of New Zealand make disturbing reading – the initial cost of New Zealand NZD 775 million made public in November 2018 has rocketed to nearly double that - NZD 1.76 billion.
Interislander’s two new 53,500 gt diesel-electric/battery hybrid vessels will enter service in 2025 and 2026, after delivery from South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and will replace the operator’s existing three ageing ferries. The South Korean newbuildings will be able to each carry 1,900 passengers and 3,600 lane metres of freight, including up to 40, 18m rail waggons on six tracks on the main vehicle deck.
UK’s Wight Shipyard Co merges with France’s OCEA
The UK’s largest aluminium shipbuilder and fast ferry specialist, The Wight Shipyard Co, based at East Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, is to merge with French passenger ferry specialist, doubling the size of the shipbuilder. The deal is expected to be finalised in March.
The coming together of The Wight Shipyard Co and OCEA will create a group aimed at capitalising on the fast ferry market, as well as the offshore renewables market.
K Line Kinkai sold SILVER QUEEN to Golden Star Ferries
SILVER QUEEN is going to Greece © Tsuyoshi Ishiyama
Tokyo-based K Line Kinkai (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, operated by Silver Ferry) have sold its 1998-built SILVER QUEEN to Greece’s Golden Star Ferries, thereby becoming the third ship in their fleet.
SILVER QUEEN will be temporarily renamed ANDROS QUEEN and have its passenger capacity increased from 600 to 1,400 at Perama Repair Zone before it will be put in service again in 2023, linking Rafina-Andros-Tinos-Mykonos.
DFDS delivered a strong 2021
AURA SEAWAYS in Karlshamn © Victor Mandersson
DFDS released their full year financial report for 2021. Group revenue for the full year ended at DKK 17.9 billion (DKK 14 billion), ferry division at DKK 11.8 billion (DKK 9.4 billion). EBITDA for the group for the full year ended at DKK 3.4 billion (DKK 2.7 billion), while the ferry division ended at DKK 2.9 billion (DKK 2.3 billion).
Outlook 2022
• EBITDA range DKK 3.9-4.4 billion (2021: DKK 3.4 billion)
• Revenue growth of 23-27%
• Investments of DKK 2.3 billion
Shippax Ferry Conference-now almost 300 delegates booked!
Time flies and it is now less than 3 months left until the 2022 edition of Shippax Ferry Conference. We are so excited to once again be able to meet you all and offer this networking platform for the ferry industry!
All covid restrictions have now been removed here in Sweden. There is also no longer any entry requirements when travelling into Sweden for citizens from EU/EES countries, and for those outside it is expected to be removed by latest 31 March.
So, welcome to SILJA SYMPHONY, 4-6 May, 2022, Stockholm-Helsinki-Stockholm.
Hurtigruten’s RICHARD WITH to start her major seven-month conversion to battery hybrid propulsion
RICHARD WITH becomes hybrid © Hurtigruten
The first of three Norwegian Coastal Express vessels owned by Norway’s Hurtigruten to be converted from diesel propulsion to battery hybrid propulsion, the 11,205 gt and 1993-built RICHARD WITH, arrived at Norwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft on 4 February to start her major seven month conversion from diesel propulsion to a battery hybrid system.
The same conversion project will be undertaken on sistership NORDLYS and KONG HARALD, with all three vessels back in service in 2023.
PrimeServ Retrofits selective catalytic reduction System for German Cruise Ship AMADEA
MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division in Augsburg, Germany – MAN PrimeServ Augsburg – has completed the retrofitting of dual SCR systems aboard the AMADEA, a cruise ship chartered by PHOENIX Reisen GmbH Bonn (Germany) and managed by BSM Cruise Services. Also known as ‘Das Traumschiff’, the AMADEA is well-known in Germany as the main filming set for a very popular television series.
The retrofit developed by MAN PrimeServ Augsburg integrated an SCR system into both of the AMADEA's four-stroke MAN 7L58/64 propulsion-engines to ensure optimal performance.
DNV launches new Joint Industry Project to ensure reliable, safe and cost-efficient hydrogen production systems
Together with 18 industry partners, DNV is launching a new Joint Industry Project (JIP) to enhance the standardization for reliable, safe and cost-efficient hydrogen production systems that use renewable energy-powered electrolysis to produce green hydrogen. Electrolysers are hydrogen producing devices, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity in a chemical process known as electrolysis.
P&O Ferries Introduces Free Digital ‘Travel Wallet’ To Help Freight Customers Overcome Brexit Complexities
SPIRIT OF BRITAIN © P&O Ferries
P&O Ferries is to offer its freight customers a purpose-built, new digital product aimed at easing some of the border control issues caused by Brexit.
With the next set of border requirements, for cargo movements from Europe to the UK, introduced on 1st January 2022, P&O Ferries is introducing the new digital ‘Travel Wallet’ completely free of charge, to help hauliers navigate the pre-journey process and make it as simple as possible for all drivers checking-in at their ports.
STQ brings two more vessels under Wärtsilä Optimised Maintenance Agreements
JOS-DESCHÊNES II and ARMAND-IMBEAU II © Societé des Traversiers du Quebec
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Optimised Maintenance Agreement with the Canadian ferry operator Societé des Traversiers du Quebec (STQ). The five year long-term agreement covers two vessels, JOS-DESCHÊNES II and ARMAND-IMBEAU II, each of which operates with Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines. A similar agreement was signed earlier covering another STQ ferry, F.-A.-GAUTHIER. The latest contract was signed in October 2021 and carries an option to extend the agreement for an additional five years
MOL and partners set world records for time and distance in autonomous navigation with sea trial using large commercial car ferry
SUNFLOWER SHIRETOKO © MOL
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines together with its two group companies and consortium partners, announced the completion of a successful sea trial of autonomous sailing using a large commercial coastal car ferry, in a voyage from the Tomakomai Port, Hokkaido Prefecture to the Oarai Port, Ibaraki Prefecture. The trial was conducted on February 6 and 7 as part of the Nippon Foundation's MEGURI2040 unmanned ship project.
The test followed the actual commercial route of the ferry SUNFLOWER SHIRETOKO, covering a distance of about 750km, the world's longest distance for autonomous sailing, in about 18 hours, also a world record.
DFDS: Monthly volume report: freight up 14% driven by Mediterranean and UK routes
Ferry – freight: Total volumes in January 2022 were 13.8% above 2021. Net adjustments for structural route changes reduced growth 0.7 ppt to 13.1%.
Ferry – passenger: The total number of passengers in January 2022 was 45.7% above 2021. The number of passengers increased between Norway and Denmark, while the number of passengers on UK and Baltic routes were on level with 2021.
Strategic Marine Completes Acquisition of New Shipyard in Singapore
Strategic Marine has completed the acquisition of a significantly larger shipbuilding facility in Singapore in a move that will significantly boost its shipbuilding capacity and product range.
Strategic Marine has acquired the fixed infrastructure as well as the lease of the shipyard at 5 Benoi Road and has completed the lease transfer from JTC Corporation, the lessor of the shipyard.
This facility will represent a significant upgrade in Strategic Marine’s offering to its clients and some notable features include a 5,000 DWT Dry Dock (L: 105M x W: 18.5m x D: 8m) and a 6,000 DWT slipway.
Royal Caribbean Group reports on 2021 results
For the full year, the company reported US GAAP Net Loss of USD (5.3) billion compared to US GAAP Net Loss of USD (5.8) billion in the prior year. The company also reported Adjusted Net Loss of USD (4.8) billion for the full year 2021 compared to Adjusted Net Loss of USD (3.9) billion in the prior year.
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