Annual 2014 figures show continued growth of passengers, cars and coaches Britain’s ferry industry continued its revival in 2014 on over 75 routes, posting increases across the board for passengers, cars and coaches carried during last year. According to 2014 “Ferrystat” figures, released today … [Read more...]
Modern RoPax ferry for Scottish Shipowner CMAL leaves FSG – Loch Seaforth has space for 700 passengers and 142 cars.
Flensburg: The RoPax ferry ‘Loch Seaforth’, built for the Scottish owner Caledonian Maritime Assests Limited (CMAL), has left Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) today. FSG Managing Director Peter Sierk said he was delighted his team had delivered a ship that had posted such outstanding … [Read more...]
Brittany Ferries starts new no-frills service
Leading French ferry and holiday company, Brittany Ferries, is to start a new no-frills service on 25th March, from Portsmouth to Le Havre and Santander. There will be a weekend service between Portsmouth and Santander in northern Spain and five return crossings between Portsmouth and Le Havre, … [Read more...]
Sten Allan Olsson, 1916 – 2013
Stena’s founder, ship-owner, entrepreneur and family man, Sten Allan Olsson has passed away at the age of 96 years old. He leaves behind his children Madeleine, Dan, Stefan and Christofer and their families. Sten A Olsson was one of Sweden’s greatest entrepreneurs of all time. He was born in 1916 … [Read more...]
Scandlines and STX Finland Sign MoU
Scandlines and STX Finland Oy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Letter of Intent (LOI)) today for the construction of two new ferries for the route Rostock (Germany) Gedser (Denmark) to be delivered in spring 2015. The new project brings STX Finland and the associated subcontractors’ … [Read more...]
MyFerryLink awarded €10 million
The uncertainty surrounding the funding of the employee partnership which operates the MyFerryLink cross Channel service has largely been removed with the announcement of a settlement between the company and the SeaFrance liquidator. On 23 January, at a hearing of the Tribunal de Commerce in … [Read more...]
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