The editorial team will take a summer break and the next newsletter will therefore not come again until 4 August. News will be added to the website, but more limited.
We wish you all a really great summer!
TRIPLE RELEASE! OUT NOW - SHIPPAX INFO JUL/AUG, GUIDE 23 AND MARKET 23
We are happy to be able to release the latest issue of our magazine, our ship register publication Guide 23 with P&O PIONEER as theme vessel and Market 23 which is filled with traffic figures, statistics, analyses and market reports for the previous year.
Shippax Info Jul/Aug
Established 1965
Theme: The Japanese Ferry Scene
The Japanese ferry market in 2023
Fleet renewal on the Hiroshima and Matsuyama route
Shodoshima - the gem of the inland sea
Uwajima Unyu Ferries introduce the REIME MARU
Interview: Mr Mitsujiro Akasaka, President Ferry Sunflower
Interferry update
Just delivered: CAP DE BARBARIA, EL DORADO EXPRESS
Quick Q&As: Erik Østergaard, CEO Danish Transport and Logistics
On order: Ferry / Cruise
More information https://www.shippax.com/en/webshop/shippax-cfi.aspx
Shippax Guide 23
Established 1975
Theme vessel in this issue: P&O PIONEER
Onboard Report - A tour through the passenger areas of the P&O PIONEER
The Channel technology champion - A technical onboard report of the P&O PIONEER
Peter Hebblethwaite on the new P&O - An interview with Peter Hebblethwaite
P&O's Dover-Calais ferry design progress
New vitality and fresh dynamism for the Dover-Calais ferry business
Pushmi-Pullyu Ferries - A brief history
A-Z Register Ferry (N to Z illustrated), Cruise, Ro-ro
Number of pages: 225 pages
More information https://www.shippax.com/en/webshop/shippax-guide-23.aspx
Shippax Market 23
Established 1998
FERRY MARKET & OUTLOOK: The ferry industry in facts & figures, comments and analyses.
CRUISE MARKET & OUTLOOK: The cruise industry in facts & figures, comments and analyses.
RO-RO MARKET & OUTLOOK: The ro-ro industry in facts & figures, comments and analyses.
HIGH-SPEED MARKET & OUTLOOK: The high-speed ferry industry in facts & figures, comments and analyses.
FERRY STATISTICS
CRUISE STATISTICS
PORT STATISTICS
ADVERTISERS INDEX
Number of pages: 273 pages
More information https://www.shippax.com/en/webshop/shippax-market-23.aspx
Ponant unveils a sail powered next generation cruise ship known as Swap2Zero
Ponant has unveiled a pioneering new design for its next generation cruise ship – Swap2Zero – a ship with sail power, solar panels and fuel cells. The 181m sail cruise ship will have accommodation for passengers in 100 cabins and is expected to be in service in 2030.
Ponant is currently in discussions with a number of shipyards on the new vessel and is looking at two French designs for the sail propulsion system – Ayro Oceanwings and Chantiers de l'Atlantique's Solid Sail.
P&O Ferries extend charter of Bore ships
P&O Ferries has confirmed its long term commitment to its North Sea routes by extending the charter agreement with Bore Ltd on the NORSKY and NORSTREAM for three years, boosting the flow of trade between Belgium and the UK, and maintaining its presence on the Zeebrugge-Teesport and Zeebrugge-Tilbury routes for the long term.
The first of three Griffon hovercraft soon to be delivered to Japan
THE PRINCESS sold to India
The 2003-built high-speed monohull ferry THE PRINCESS has been sold by Arab Bridge Maritime to M2M Ferries of India. For Arab Bridge Maritime it has served between Aqaba, Jordan to Nuweiba, Egypt. THE PRINCESS becomes the second ship in the M2M Ferries’ fleet, the first being a 95m Greek-built double-ender from 2019 that serve between Mumbai and Mandwa.
Additional EU grants to the Port of Trelleborg
The project has been granted funds from the EU’s Fund for a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), where the Port of Trelleborg, together with their partner port and core port, Port of Rostock, have been granted a grant of a total of approximately SEK 141 million, of which Port of Trelleborg’s share is approximately SEK 94 million.
Tallink Grupp publishes its 2023 June and Q2 passenger and cargo statistics
In the second quarter of the financial year 2023 (April-June) Tallink Grupp group transported 1,541,081 passengers, which is a 0.7% decrease compared to the same period last year (1,552,174 passengers in Q2 of 2022). The decrease was driven mostly due to chartering of vessels. In comparison to the period of Q2 of 2022, chartered vessels SILJA EUROPA and GALAXY transported together more than 250,000 passengers in total.
After years of delay AMHS’ new ro-pax HUBBARD enters service
After many years of delay, Alaska Marine Highway Services (AMHS) newbuilding ro-pax HUBBARD has entered service. HUBBARD is one of two Alaska Class sisterships ordered by the State of Alaska for service with AMHS as day ferries on its Lynn Canal route – linking Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
Designed by Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group, both HUBBARD and sistership TAZLINA were built by the Ketchikan facility of Vigor Shipyards in Alaska, with TAZLINA being delivered in April 2019.
Gotlandsbolaget and H2 Green Steel work together for green hydrogen-supply to shipping
H2 Green Steel (H2GS) and Gotlandsbolaget , have entered into an agreement to explore the possibility to establish a production plant with the capacity to supply part of Gotlandsbolaget ’s fleet with green hydrogen.
H2GS will in a few years operate one of the world’s largest electrolyzers in Boden in norther Sweden, with a capacity of over 700 MW. Leveraging the expertise from the preparatory work from that site, and in line with the company’s strategy to use green hydrogen to reduce emissions in hard to abate industries, H2GS now takes a step into a new field, namely green fuels for shipping.
Auckland Transport announced a second newbuild Incat Crowther-designed electric ferry
Auckland Transport has announced shipbuilder Incat Crowther has been commissioned to deliver the design for a second new 300-passenger electric hybrid ferry. The project will see Incat Crowther work closely with Q-West Boat Builders, Hamilton Jet and Fullers360 on the design, construction and delivery of the 32-metre vessel.
The new electric ferry gives the operator a combination of efficiency and flexibility. Designed specifically for the route, the vessel will provide an efficient, low emission, quiet service between Auckland and Devonport.
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Shippax Newsletter– week 26
A busy week finishing three publications before the holidays. Shippax Guide 23 with P&O PIONEER as theme ship, Market 23 with its incredible amount of data and statistics and the latest issue of our monthly magazine Shippax Info. Guide and Market will be available to order next week in our webshop and sent to our subscribers shortly after, while Shippax Info will be uploaded on the website for our subscribers to read on tuesday next week. All our publications are available to read both printed and online.
DFDS switch ports from Sheerness to Tilbury for its unaccompanied freight service
Customer feedback and demands has resulted in DFDS taking the decision to switch from Sheerness to Tilbury its unaccompanied freight service to Calais from the end of June. The port switch will see the same vessel maintaining the service, with one round-trip sailing six days a week – the 115-trailer capacity BOTNIA SEAWAYS.
Seajets adds another fast ferry to its growing fleet
Greece’s largest owner and operator of high-speed ferries, Seajets, have added another fast ferry to its fleet in the shape of Panellenic Line’s former SANTA IRINI.
The vessel has been renamed SPEEDRUNNER JET 2.
Grimaldi Group gets its hands on the Port of Heraklion
The Grimaldi Group has been announced as the preferred bidder for the Greek port of Heraklion, on the island of Crete.
The Board of Directors opened two closed bids for the acquisition of 67 per cent of the shares of the Heraklion Port Authority SA. The winning bid, by a long way, was that from Grimaldi Euromed SpA and Minoan Lines NE for EUR 80 million.
Scandlines generated higher revenue and results after car and shopping traffic rebounded in 2022
2022 came off to a difficult start impacted by travel restrictions and efforts to mitigate the spreading of COVID-19, but passengers returned to Scandlines’ ferries in large numbers as soon as restrictions were lifted in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. The volume growth from increased car traffic, record-high freight activity and shopping boosted revenue by 42 percent to EUR 464 million and the result before tax from EUR 62 million to EUR 125 million.
FRS acquires HSC ARTEMIS for FRS Iberia service between Spain and Morocco
Förde Reederei Seetourist FRS has acquired the 96m Incat HSC ARTEMIS and, following a major interior upgrade in Valletta, Malta, will introduce the vessel into service with FRS Iberia, on its services between Spain and Morocco, across the Straits of Gibraltar.
Renamed PONIENTE JET for FRS, it will be able to carry 640 passengers, 180 cars and 18 trucks and enter service in July.
Wärtsilä ANCS launches retrofit solution for its marine engine governor system
Wärtsilä Automation, Navigation and Control Systems (ANCS) has launched an innovative retrofit solution for its marine engine governor system in collaboration with Swedish marine green tech company Qtagg. The solution is designed to extend the lifespan of a ship’s propulsion control system, while simultaneously enhancing the vessel’s overall efficiency.
ECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA enter service on Grimaldi’s Venice-Bari-Patras ro-ro service
From 26 June, Grimaldi has upped the anti on its freight ro-ro service between Italy and Greece, the Venice-Bari-Patras route, by introducing the two GG5G – class ro-ro’s ECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA onto the route, replacing four smaller Eurocargo-class vessels.
The two GG5G vessels can carry 7,800 lanemetre of freight, equivalent of 500 trailers and 180 cars – double the capacity of the vessels that they replace. However,the green giants consume the same amount of fuel as the Eurocargo-class ro-ro's.
Interislander’s VALENTINE put up for sale just six months after being bought
New Zealand’s Cook Strait ferry operator Interislander has the ro-ro VALENTINE up for sale, just six months after it bought the vessel. It seems that the ferry operator needs the cash from the sale and the crew that the ro-ro releases to provide resilience to its remaining three ship ageing fleet, until its two giant ro-pax newbuildings under construction in South Korea enter service in 2025 and 2026.
Condor Ferries commits to Portsmouth International Port for a further 10 years
Jersey, Channel Islands-based Condor Ferries has continued its long-term association with Portsmouth International Port (PIP) by committing to a further 10 years running both freight and passenger services from the UK south coast port to the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Kyoudougumi Kaiun’s TSUBASA launched
A freight ferry built for Kyoudougumi Kaiun was launched at the Japanese Miura Shipbuilding. The vessel was named TSUBASA, meaning "wing" in Japanese.
TSUBASA is scheduled to be completed in the middle of October, 2023.
Travel to Tallinn has returned to normal – Viking Line to double its capacity this summer
Tallinn and Estonia are attracting more Finns than in years, and Viking Line is responding to summer demand by also placing its GABRIELLA and VIKING CINDERELLA in service on the same route as VIKING XPRS. One new development is that passengers, more often than in the past, book at the last minute. Viking Line’s three daily departures guarantee that there will be sufficient options for people who want to travel across the Gulf of Finland.
Wärtsilä to accelerate Stena Line’s decarbonisation journey through methanol conversions
Wärtsilä has been contracted by Stena Line to carry out and convert some of its vessels to operate with methanol fuel. As methanol is one of the key components of decarbonisation in the maritime industry, this contract will equip the vessels with unmatched fuel flexibility, thus marking an important milestone in Stena Line’s journey towards becoming a leader in sustainable shipping.
The conversions will include the fuel supply system and engine modifications, as well as integrating the new installations with the ships’ existing systems.
The conversions are scheduled to take place in 2025.
DFDS May volumes: freight slowdown, passengers up 31%
Total volumes in May 2023 for DFDS were 18.6% below 2022 while the number of passengers continued to recover and increased 30.5% to 384,000, equal to 88% of volumes in May 2019, the latest comparable month pre-Covid-19.
City Council approved the amended town plan for Ferry Terminal Turku
The Turku City Council approved the proposed amendment of town plan for Ferry Terminal Turku in its meeting on 19 June. The objectives of the amended town plan are to enable the building of the joint terminal for ship traffic and the relocating of the passenger rail, and to develop the traffic arrangements and the operations in the port area.
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DFDS switch ports from Sheerness to Tilbury for its unaccompanied freight service
Customer feedback and demands has resulted in DFDS taking the decision to switch from Sheerness to Tilbury its unaccompanied freight service to Calais from the end of June. The port switch will see the same vessel maintaining the service, with one round-trip sailing six days a week – the 115-trailer capacity BOTNIA SEAWAYS.
Seajets adds another fast ferry to its growing fleet
Greece’s largest owner and operator of high-speed ferries, Seajets, have added another fast ferry to its fleet in the shape of Panellenic Line’s former SANTA IRINI.
The vessel has been renamed SPEEDRUNNER JET 2.
Grimaldi Group gets its hands on the Port of Heraklion
The Grimaldi Group has been announced as the preferred bidder for the Greek port of Heraklion, on the island of Crete.
The Board of Directors opened two closed bids for the acquisition of 67 per cent of the shares of the Heraklion Port Authority SA. The winning bid, by a long way, was that from Grimaldi Euromed SpA and Minoan Lines NE for EUR 80 million.
Scandlines generated higher revenue and results after car and shopping traffic rebounded in 2022
2022 came off to a difficult start impacted by travel restrictions and efforts to mitigate the spreading of COVID-19, but passengers returned to Scandlines’ ferries in large numbers as soon as restrictions were lifted in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. The volume growth from increased car traffic, record-high freight activity and shopping boosted revenue by 42 percent to EUR 464 million and the result before tax from EUR 62 million to EUR 125 million.
FRS acquires HSC ARTEMIS for FRS Iberia service between Spain and Morocco
Förde Reederei Seetourist FRS has acquired the 96m Incat HSC ARTEMIS and, following a major interior upgrade in Valletta, Malta, will introduce the vessel into service with FRS Iberia, on its services between Spain and Morocco, across the Straits of Gibraltar.
Renamed PONIENTE JET for FRS, it will be able to carry 640 passengers, 180 cars and 18 trucks and enter service in July.
Wärtsilä ANCS launches retrofit solution for its marine engine governor system
Wärtsilä Automation, Navigation and Control Systems (ANCS) has launched an innovative retrofit solution for its marine engine governor system in collaboration with Swedish marine green tech company Qtagg. The solution is designed to extend the lifespan of a ship’s propulsion control system, while simultaneously enhancing the vessel’s overall efficiency.
ECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA enter service on Grimaldi’s Venice-Bari-Patras ro-ro service
From 26 June, Grimaldi has upped the anti on its freight ro-ro service between Italy and Greece, the Venice-Bari-Patras route, by introducing the two GG5G – class ro-ro’s ECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA onto the route, replacing four smaller Eurocargo-class vessels.
The two GG5G vessels can carry 7,800 lanemetre of freight, equivalent of 500 trailers and 180 cars – double the capacity of the vessels that they replace. However,the green giants consume the same amount of fuel as the Eurocargo-class ro-ro's.
Interislander’s VALENTINE put up for sale just six months after being bought
New Zealand’s Cook Strait ferry operator Interislander has the ro-ro VALENTINE up for sale, just six months after it bought the vessel. It seems that the ferry operator needs the cash from the sale and the crew that the ro-ro releases to provide resilience to its remaining three ship ageing fleet, until its two giant ro-pax newbuildings under construction in South Korea enter service in 2025 and 2026.
Condor Ferries commits to Portsmouth International Port for a further 10 years
Jersey, Channel Islands-based Condor Ferries has continued its long-term association with Portsmouth International Port (PIP) by committing to a further 10 years running both freight and passenger services from the UK south coast port to the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Kyoudougumi Kaiun’s TSUBASA launched
A freight ferry built for Kyoudougumi Kaiun was launched at the Japanese Miura Shipbuilding. The vessel was named TSUBASA, meaning "wing" in Japanese.
TSUBASA is scheduled to be completed in the middle of October, 2023.
Travel to Tallinn has returned to normal – Viking Line to double its capacity this summer
Tallinn and Estonia are attracting more Finns than in years, and Viking Line is responding to summer demand by also placing its GABRIELLA and VIKING CINDERELLA in service on the same route as VIKING XPRS. One new development is that passengers, more often than in the past, book at the last minute. Viking Line’s three daily departures guarantee that there will be sufficient options for people who want to travel across the Gulf of Finland.
Wärtsilä to accelerate Stena Line’s decarbonisation journey through methanol conversions
Wärtsilä has been contracted by Stena Line to carry out and convert some of its vessels to operate with methanol fuel. As methanol is one of the key components of decarbonisation in the maritime industry, this contract will equip the vessels with unmatched fuel flexibility, thus marking an important milestone in Stena Line’s journey towards becoming a leader in sustainable shipping.
The conversions will include the fuel supply system and engine modifications, as well as integrating the new installations with the ships’ existing systems.
The conversions are scheduled to take place in 2025.
DFDS May volumes: freight slowdown, passengers up 31%
Total volumes in May 2023 for DFDS were 18.6% below 2022 while the number of passengers continued to recover and increased 30.5% to 384,000, equal to 88% of volumes in May 2019, the latest comparable month pre-Covid-19.
City Council approved the amended town plan for Ferry Terminal Turku
The Turku City Council approved the proposed amendment of town plan for Ferry Terminal Turku in its meeting on 19 June. The objectives of the amended town plan are to enable the building of the joint terminal for ship traffic and the relocating of the passenger rail, and to develop the traffic arrangements and the operations in the port area.
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