A new generation fast ferry has left Tasmania on her delivery voyage to Denmark via the Panama Canal. The Express 3 is a 109 metre high speed vehicle-passenger ferry from Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania for Danish operator Molslinjen, becoming the fourth Hobart-built catamaran in the … [Read more...]
Tallink’s new LNG ferry Megastar sets sail
Tallink`s new LNG driven 49,000 GT fast ferry Megastar, built by Meyer Turku Oy set sail on her maiden voyage at 13:30 on 29th of January local time. Test moorings in both harbours and bunkering in Helsinki has been carried out successfully. Mr. Janek Stalmeister, the CEO of AS Tallink Grupp said … [Read more...]
Condor publishes improved punctuality figures for 2016
Condor Ferries has published its key performance indicators for last year which show a further improvement in overall reliability and punctuality compared with the previous 12 month period. The compiling of these key indicators forms part of the service level agreement Condor signed with the … [Read more...]
Tallink reached a record of nearly 9.5 million passengers in 2016
AS Tallink Grupp transported an ever highest number of passengers in 2016, reaching nearly 9.5 million passengers for the first time in company`s history. One of the largest growths of 7% or more than 300,000 people in total was seen on Finland-Estonia route, where the passenger number kept on … [Read more...]
Scandlines’ MV Copenhagen makes her maiden voyage
On Wednesday 21 December 2016, Scandlines’ second new hybrid ferry for the Rostock-Gedser route, M/V Copenhagen, carried passengers for the first time when it departs from Gedser towards Rostock at 09:00. Scandlines new hybrid ferry was registered 19 December 2016 and departed the same day from … [Read more...]
Brittany Ferries prepares way for new LNG powered ship
Brittany Ferries has today signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard in Germany to construct a new ship powered by LNG. It will be one of the cleanest, most environmentally-friendly ships to operate in UK waters because LNG emits less carbon dioxide during combustion than … [Read more...]
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