The steel cutting ceremony of Silver Muse, the ultra-luxury cruise ship which Fincantieri will build    for Silversea Cruises, was held today at the shipyard in Sestri Ponente (Genoa). The ceremony was attended, among others, by Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, Silversea’s chairman, while Fincantieri … [Read more...]

The second of two 80-metre ice class Ro-Pax ferries - the MV Legionnaire - has been launched at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania. The naming was performed by Mrs. Lori Anne Companion, Deputy Minister at the Department of Transportation and Works of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. … [Read more...]

P&O Ferries has acted to meet strong demand in the English Channel ferry market and offer more choice to its customers by bringing a sixth ship back into service on the route. The European Seaway - a 23,000 ton ship with the capacity to carry up to 120 freight vehicles - will return … [Read more...]

The Port of Helsinki together with the Port of Tallinn and AS Tallink Grupp obtained EUR 29.3 million EU funding within the 2014 CEF Transport Multi-Annual Calls for proposals for financing their infrastructure investments. The total cost of the planned investments is EUR 97.6 million. The CEF … [Read more...]

Trieste, 10th July 2015 – The keel laying ceremony of the new unit for Princess Cruises has been held today at Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard. The third of the Royal Princess class and the first vessel to be designed and built for the Chinese market. The new vessel, which has been ordered by the … [Read more...]

DFDS Seaways and Forth Ports will invest over EUR 6 million in the future of the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight route, following a meeting with the First Minister of Scotland to discuss the investment plan. This includes new environmental technology, a fuel optimisation programme and infrastructure … [Read more...]