FOLGEFONN, a Norled ferry which was transformed into a hybrid ferry some years ago, is the first in the World to experiment with autodocking technology.
It has been equipped with Wärtsilä’s innovative autodocking system
Photo: Wärtsilä
Corsica Linea has confirmed the long-term charter of ro-pax ferry EUROFERRY CORFU from owner Grimaldi Lines.
She will be flying the French flag, and will sail on the routes from Marseille to Sardina and the Maghreb as from mid-June.
She will be renamed VIZZANOVA.
ProCargo Line, A New Ro-Ro Freight Company
The Grendi Group announced the birth of a new shipping company: ProCargo Line.
It is a company formed by Grendi, marine agency Vittorio Bogazzi and sons, the Port of Carrara and entrepreneur Euan Lonmon.
The route Carrara-Cagliari-Tunisia will be operated by ro-ro ALTINIA (1,150 lane meters).
The forecasts is for 200.000 tons of goods in the first 12 months.
Three categories of cargoes will be taken: rolling stock, containers and general cargo, such as large equipment, steel coils, marble pallets.
Buquebus has revealed plans to order one more LNG-powered high-speed vessel for the route Colonia (Uruguay) – Puerto Madero (Argentina). So far, InCat, the company which built the FRANCISCO, has not confirmed the order.
The investment is worth USD 130 million.
The catamaran is expected for 2020, and would have a capacity for 2,100 passengers.
Source: Cronista (in Spanish)
Photo: Robert Heazlewood
“Despite a 20% increase in bunker prices through 2017, North European operators continued to post impressive financial results.”
Quote in the ro-ro section of the Annual Review 2018 published by the BRS Group.
A PDF version can be downloaded by clicking on the cover picture (14MB).
- FRS Helgoland organised a festive namegiving ceremony for its new catamaran HALUNDER JET in Hamburg on April 27.
The new high-speed craft was built by the Austal shipyard in the Philippines. - CECILIA PAYNE is the new name for JONATHAN SWIFT, the fast ferry which left Dublin bound for La Coruña. For almost two decades she was active on the Irish Ferries route between Dublin and Holyhead. She has been sold to Baleària for EUR 15.5 million.