the News Team, Author at Bill Moses Maritime Consultants

City of Angels and Old Father Thames

April 30, 2017 by the News Team

From a distance, it is difficult to conceive similarities between the River Thames and the Chao Phraya River in Thailand and yet there are interesting parallels not least because both are transport arteries. But it does not rest there In the same way that 215 miles of Father Thames runs … [Read more...]

Scandlines receives prestigious Shippax award

April 29, 2017 by the News Team

During the annual Shippax “Ferry Shipping Conference”, which was held on board Grandi Navi Veloci's La Superba, April 5-7, 2017, the German-Danish ferry operator Scandlines received once again an esteemed Shippax Award. In 2014, Scandlines was awarded for the conversion of the ferry Prinsesse … [Read more...]

Condor Ferries celebrates 30 years of service

April 28, 2017 by the News Team

Condor Ferries is celebrating 30 years of passenger services between the UK and Channel Islands, a very special milestone. The first passenger sailing left the South Coast for the Channel Islands in April 1987, in a year which also saw the iconic film ‘Dirty Dancing’ hit cinemas, the start of … [Read more...]

Incat heralds new generation fast ferry

April 21, 2017 by the News Team

A new generation fast ferry has left Tasmania on her delivery voyage to Denmark via the Panama Canal. The Express 3 is a 109 metre high speed vehicle-passenger ferry from Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania for Danish operator Molslinjen, becoming the fourth Hobart-built catamaran in the … [Read more...]

Corvus Energy and Scandlines sign long-term service agreement

April 20, 2017 by the News Team

Corvus Energy has been awarded a long-term contract to provide service & maintenance to Scandlines hybrid ferry fleet. Corvus Energy has been awarded a 10-year long-term service and maintenance agreement for the entire Scandlines hybrid ferry fleet. The comprehensive multi-year contract … [Read more...]

Scandlines introduces a freight ferry on Puttgarden-Rødby

April 5, 2017 by the News Team

On Tuesday, 04 April 2017 Scandlines introduced Kronprins Frederik as a freight ferry with capacity for 35 lorries on its Puttgarden-Rødby route, where freight volumes have increased by 8%. Kronprins Frederik has been sailing on the Rostock-Gedser route together with the company's two new hybrid … [Read more...]