TT-Line Signs Contract For LNG-Powered Ro-Pax TT-Line have signed a contract for one new ‘TT-Line Green Ship’, with an option for a second vessel. The contract was awarded to the Chinese Jinling shipyard (Toll Shipping, DFDS, Grimaldi..). Some particulars: Length: 230m Gross tonnage: 45,000 Pax:...
Kwakiutl First Nation’s Richard Hunt and Nuxalk Nation’s Danika Naccarella designed the artwork that will adorn the NORTHERN SEA WOLF (the former Greek ferry AQUA SPIRIT). The artwork will be displayed on the interior and exterior of the vessel for customers to view, along with profiles of the...
The building of ENTMV / Algérie Ferries’ new ro-pax has officially started after Wang Yanzhong (China Shipping Trading Co.), Jan Andersson (CEO Seaquest), Captain Ayed Abdeselam (ENTMV) and Zhou Xuhui (Guangzhou Shipyard International) signed the last documents. The vessel has a capacity of 1,800...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/start-shot-given-for-algerie-ferries-new-ro-pax/
Norled won the competition to operate a hydrogen ferry that will serve the route Hjelmeland-Nesvik-Skipavik in Rogaland, Norway. As with the battery-operated AMPERE, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has designed the tender as a ‘development contract’. At least 50% of the propulsion power...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/norled-to-operate-a-hydrogen-powered-ferry-in-2021/
The privately-led project to construct a rail link under the Gulf of Finland has received 100 million euros from a Dubai construction firm. Source: yle.fi
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/first-external-financing-for-helsinki-tallinn-tunnel/
Austal has entered into a contract with the National Infrastructure Development Company (NIDCO) which is owned by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s (GORTT). The contract is to design and build a 94m high-speed vehicle and passenger catamaran to be delivered in mid-2020. The...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/austal-to-build-a-fast-ferry-for-trinidad-and-tobago/
The Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) examined an incident involving the Irish Ferries ro-pax EPSILON, which happened in February 2016. The report has been published and can be downloaded via the link below. What happened: after sailing from Cherbourg to Dublin the Italian-flagged...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/mcib-published-the-epsilon-incident-report/
Scandlines’ KRONPRINS FREDERIK visited Rostock on Friday 30 November for berthing trials. A berth has been modified to allow her to be used again on the route, if required. Scandlines currently uses this Gedser – Rostock veteran as an additional cargo ferry on Puttgarden – Rødby route. In 2017 she...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/kronprins-frederik-tests-old-berth-in-rostock/
FosenNamsos Sjø has taken delivery of the two new plug-in hybrid ferries LAGATUN and MUNKEN. They will be used on the Flakk – Rørvik route as from 1 January. The hulls have been built at the Montex Shipyard in Gdansk, and equipped at the Myklebust Verft in Norway, after a Multi Maritime design.
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/the-new-fosennamsos-sjo-ferries-are-ready-to-be-plugged-in/
Nasdaq announced on 3 December that AS Tallink Grupp commenced on Nasdaq Helsinki Main Market. Its shares are listed on the main market of Nasdaq Tallinn since December 2005. Tallink Grupp is the 75th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2018, and it represents the 14th...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/as-tallink-grupp-now-on-the-nasdaq-helsinki-main-market/