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2021-delivered ISLAND GWAWIS and part of the Island Class © Gijs Lokker

Damen Shipyards wins contract for four, fully electrically operated, passenger car ferries to BC Ferries

Jan 17 2024

FerryDamen Shipyards has won the contract to build and supply four, fully electrically operated, passenger car ferries for BC Ferries. These will be used for...

Orkney Ferries on a new journey with Hogia Ferry Systems

Jan 16 2024

Orkney Ferries, a Scottish inter-island ferry operator, has signed an agreement with Hogia Ferry Systems for a replacement of their reservation and ticketing system.
Hogia Ferry Sys...

VIKING CINDERELLA is now red © Viking Line

VIKING CINDERELLA returning to Helsinki with a new red look

Jan 15 2024

FerryIn March, VIKING CINDERELLA will return to service between Helsinki and Stockholm after a makeover. The vessel, which was previously painted white, has ...

EXPRESS 5 © Austal

Record 2023 for Bornholmslinjen

Jan 15 2024

2023 set a record for Bornholmslinjen with its routes to and from Bornholm. 1,993,966 passengers travelled back and forth on the three routes. That is almost 46,000 more than in the previ...

LOBO MARINHO © Porto Santo Line

Best year ever for Porto Santo Line

Jan 12 2024

FerryPorto Santo Line transported more than 410,000 passengers on its route between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, surpassing the previous record of...

DFDS december volumes: freight 2% lower, passengers 8% higher

Jan 12 2024

DFDS total freight volumes in December 2023 were 2.4% below 2022. In 2023, the total transported freight lane metres decreased 7.9% to 38.4m from 41.7m in 2022. The decrease was 4.2% adju...

Polish Shipping Association joins ECSA membership

Jan 12 2024

ECSA welcomed the Polish Shipping Association as a full member as of 1 January 2024. The Polish Shipping Association brings together the Polish Shipowners’ Association (ZAP) and the Polis...

VARSOVIA © Polferries

Polferries' Visentini newbuild to be named VARSOVIA

Jan 11 2024

FerryPolferries has chosen a name for its new Swinoujscie-Ystad ro-pax. It will be VARSOVIA. Construction is proceeding on schedule at the Visentini Shipyard...

SICILIA © Baleària

Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express increase frequency on the Huelva-Canary route

Jan 11 2024

FerryBaleària and Fred. Olsen Express incorporate a new ferry to the route that links Huelva with the Canary Islands, which will allow from January 13, to ha...

© Peter Mild

Construction begins on Stena Line’s hybrid ro-ro’s for Belfast – Heysham route

Jan 11 2024

Ro-roStena Line held a steel cutting ceremony for the first of its ‘NewMax’ hybrid ro-ro’s in Weihai, China. The two new hybrid freight ro-ro’s are ordered fr...

Managing director of Fjord1, Dagfinn Neteland and director of ferries in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Dag Hole

Fjord1 signed contract for the world's first ferry connection with autonomous ferries

Jan 10 2024

FerryFjord1 and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration have signed a contract for the operation of the national road ferry connection E39 Lavik-Oppedal. F...

PONIENTE JET and PATRIA SEAWAYS

DFDS’ acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc completed

Jan 10 2024

DFDS has completed the acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc, thereby entering the Strait of Gibraltar short-sea ferry market connecting Spain and Morocco. The acquisition expands DFDS’ network...

Early look at DFDS’ refurbished Newhaven-Dieppe ferries

Jan 10 2024

FerryDFDS' two ferries, COTE D'ALBATRE and SEVEN SISTERS, on the Newhaven-Dieppe route, are undergoing refurbishments, and some early renderings have now bee...

Deltamarin to design new wind-assisted ro-ro vessels for LDA

Jan 10 2024

Ro-roDeltamarin announced its collaboration with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co Ltd. (WSIG) in designing three moder...

CAP DE BARBARIA © Balearia

Baleària's hybrid electric H2 Ready ferry CAP DE BARBARIA reduces CO2 emissions by 33%

Jan 10 2024

FerryBaleària 's hybrid electric H2 Ready ferry CAP DE BARBARIA, which has been operating since last May between Ibiza and Formentera, has reduced CO2 emissi...

AURORA BOTNIA © Wasaline

Record-breaking passenger volumes for Wasaline in 2023

Jan 09 2024

FerryWasaline’s passenger volumes continue to grow. In 2023 the company transported 279,590 passengers between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden, up 4.4 percen...

NORBANK © Frank Lose

P&O Ferries strengthens North Sea presence with new London – Rotterdam freight route

Jan 09 2024

Ro-roP&O Ferries announced the opening of a new ro-ro freight route in the North Sea, between London (Tilbury 2) and Rotterdam (Europoort), starting in Ma...

© Peter Mild

Corsica Linea signs a contract with Stena RoRo for E-Flexer

Jan 08 2024

FerryA contract has been signed between Corsica Linea and Stena RoRo for a new LNG-powered E-Flexer. This 13th E-Flexer will enter service in March 2026 for ...

BIRKA STOCKHOLM has been renamed BIRKA GOTLAND © Jukka Huotari

Trident BMC to equip BIRKA GOTLAND with shore power

Jan 05 2024

Trident BMC will equip Gotlandsbolaget’s and Viking Line’s BIRKA GOTLAND with Shore Power. The High Voltage Shore Connection HVSC on BIRKA GOTLAND is designed for 3,700kVA of power and ad...

GNV POLARIS © GSI

GSI Shipyard launched GNV POLARIS

Jan 05 2024

FerryGSI Shipyard launched the first of GNV’s new ro-paxes. Named GNV POLARIS, it will become 218-metres long and have a capacity for 1,500 passengers and 3,...

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