Scandlines increased revenue and boosted profitability in 2017 in line with the expectations for the year as the group’s expanded capacity on the Rostock-Gedser route was leveraged and investments dampened following a substantial strengthening of fleet and infrastructure in prior years. The group … [Read more...]
Operations Director changes at Condor Ferries
Condor Ferries is delighted to confirm the appointment of a new Executive Director – Operations, Captain Elwyn Dop, to replace Captain Fran Collins, who is leaving the company in order to take up a new position at Red Funnel Ferries in Southampton. Captain Dop, who has been working as a … [Read more...]
Viking enters agreement with Fincantieri for six additional ocean ships
Viking Cruises today announced a new agreement with Fincantieri that could see the delivery of six additional ocean ships by 2027. The new understanding expands Viking’s partnership with Fincantieri, raising the company’s total ocean ship order and options to 16 – the highest-ever for a shipyard … [Read more...]
Stena Line launches ‘battery power’ initiative
The next step in Stena Line's ongoing sustainability strategy is to test new environmentally friendly energy options for the propulsion of its vessels. Stena Line recently signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group for batteries with a total capacity of 1 MWh which will be installed on the … [Read more...]
Red Funnel places £10m ship order from UK yard
Red Funnel, the original Isle of Wight ferry operator has placed a £10 million order for a new RoRo ferry from UK shipbuilder Cammell Laird. The new ship is designed to provide additional year-round freight capacity for Red Funnel's Southampton-East Cowes route which currently handles 53% of all … [Read more...]
Scandlines increases environmental performance
At the end of last year, HASYTEC’s Ultrasound DBP System was put into operation on Scandlines’ hybrid ferry, Berlin. As a result, the Danish-German shipping company improves its environmental performance further and manifests its role as a pioneer in terms of green ferry operation. The complete … [Read more...]
Irish Ferries’ new cruise ferry W.B. Yeats is in the water!
The W.B. Yeats, Irish Ferries’ new cruise ferry which comes into service this summer, reached a key milestone today (Friday 19 January), when the ship was formally named in traditional style, and the completed hull launched into the water. The ship’s name, W.B. Yeats, was chosen following a … [Read more...]
Irish Ferries to build a second new super cruise ferry
Irish Ferries has ordered a second new cruise ferry, which will start sailing between the UK and Ireland in 2020. The cruise ferry will be built in Germany at a cost of €165.2 million. The same shipyard is already building Irish Ferries’ new ship W.B.Yeats which is due for delivery this … [Read more...]
P&O Tilbury–Zeebrugge Ferries report highest ever freight volumes
P&O Ferries today reports that it carried more freight between Zeebrugge and Tilbury in 2017 than in any other year in the decade long history of the route. The integrated ferry and logistics company carried 185,908 freight units between January and December - an increase of 4.3 per cent on … [Read more...]
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