DFDS has today ordered an additional freight ferry (ro-ro) new build from the Chinese Jinling Shipyard. The new build is similar to the five previously ordered freight ferries and likewise designed to carry 6,700 lane metres of freight equivalent to around 450 trailers. The large capacity … [Read more...]
My Fast Ferries’ new vessel Ocean Adventurer delivered
My Fast Ferries’ new vessel Ocean Adventurer arrived in Sans Souci, Sydney Harbour at 10:30 today. Incat launched hull number 092 a 33 metre 400 passenger commuter passenger vessel built for Manly Fast Ferries on 10 July. The ferry had been under construction at Incat since late 2017, with a team … [Read more...]
MBNA Thames Clippers confirms largest UK fast-ferry order in 25 years
The largest fast passenger ferry order for a UK shipyard in over 25 years has been confirmed by MBNA Thames Clippers. Two 170 capacity passenger boats will be built at the Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight and will join London's growing river transport network in summer 2017. Representing an … [Read more...]
Scandlines records its highest passenger volumes for 5 years
Scandlines focused the business on the Germany-Denmark routes and made significant investments in future-proofing the group’s ferry operations as well as catering and retail activities in 2015. Efforts to promote the Rostock-Gedser route paid off, Scandlines recorded the highest number of … [Read more...]
DFDS named World’s leading ferry operator
DFDS has been awarded the prestigious accolade of ‘World’s Leading Ferry Operator’ at the 2015 World Travel Awards™ gala ceremony in Morocco on 12 December, for the fifth year in a row. The World Travel Awards™, hailed as the most prestigious and sought after awards … [Read more...]
Support for Ramsgate Ferry
Bill Moses has announced that 'The 'Ramsgate Ferry' campaign has taken on a life of its own with offers of support and encouragement that have been at times overwhelming. Of particular significance is the higher profile that the port, and indeed cross-Channel travel in general has received, the … [Read more...]
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