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Tallink establishes subsidiary in Singapore

September 9, 2019 by the News Team

Tallink Grupp has announced establishing a subsidiary in Singapore this week – Tallink Asia Pte Ltd – which is the group’s first subsidiary in Asia. The purpose of founding a subsidiary in Singapore is to simplify the development and expansion of the group’s activities in Asia. Tallink Asia Pte Ltd … [Read more...]

Red Funnel CEO honoured with Merchant Navy Medal

September 4, 2019 by the News Team

Fran Collins started her career as a dual cadet and sailed on deep-sea oil and gas tankers before going on to become the first female captain for Channel Islands operator, Condor Ferries. She moved ashore in 2008 and was subsequently promoted to Executive Director - Operations where she was … [Read more...]

NorthLink Ferries first in European with digital crew management

August 30, 2019 by the News Team

NorthLink Ferries has become the first European ferry operator to introduce a pioneering digital platform that helps maritime operators to manage their crews. Ankaa Marine is a unique cloud-based portal and app for collecting, storing and processing seafarer information. It replaces outdated … [Read more...]

Scandlines installs Norsepower’s rotor sail solution

August 14, 2019 by the News Team

Ferry operator Scandlines is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy Ltd, leading clean technology and engineering company pioneering modern wind propulsion technology, to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/V Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger … [Read more...]

Tallink Grupp is the first ferry company to offer fast tax refunds

July 24, 2019 by the News Team

Tallink Grupp has recently launched the Global Blue Fast Refund service onboard its Tallinn-Helsinki route shuttle vessels for shoppers from non-EU countries, becoming the first company in Estonia to offer this service and the first shipping company in the world to offer this service onboard. The … [Read more...]

Change of ownership in Norled

May 20, 2019 by the News Team

The family-owned company Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab (DSD), has entered into an agreement to sell its ferry- and expressboat company Norled to a consortium owned jointly by the Nordic infrastructure fund CapMan Infra and the Canadian company CBRE Caledon Capital Management. - In recent … [Read more...]