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...]
Searoad celebrates Bass Strait birthday
TWELVE months ago today [December 11] the distinctive blue ship Searoad Mersey II sailed into its namesake river at Devonport for the first time, to begin a new era in Bass Strait sea transport. The 182-metre vessel, with more than twice the cargo capacity of its predecessor (the original Searoad … [Read more...]
Local apprentices win places on P&O Ferries apprenticeships scheme
Ten local apprentices - including the first ever female apprentices - started work at P&O Ferries this month as they began a two-year course which will lead to them becoming fully qualified seafarers aboard 47,000 ton ships on the English Channel. The ten - who are aged between 18 and 29 - … [Read more...]
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