Tag: ferries

The Port of Tallinn has signed contracts for the construction of four new car-passenger ferry boats

P&O Ferries has announced the expansion of its North Sea business with the introduction of a daily service between Teesport and Zeebrugge. Starting in the New Year this service will give more choice to customers wishing to ship to the north east of England and Scotland. The Mistral (1,625 lane metres) will take up service from January 2015 alongside the Bore Songenabling the company to increase frequency on Teesport - Zeebrugge from three departures per week to a daily service. To complement this the company will also increase capacity on its Teesport - Europoort route.  The Estraden (2,270 lane metres) will take up service after the ship presently on the Dutch route is returned to its owners. The ships have been selected for their efficiency, with the introduction of the new low sulphur emissions legislation from 2015 in mind.  Estraden will be fitted with two Norsepower wind rotors and NAPA Optimisation equipment and Mistral features an efficient single engine, fitted with variable frequency drive. In addition investment in the Bore Song will see her operating with a fully installed sulphur scrubber in January. At Teesport, PD Ports has invested more than £3m in a new intermodal rail terminal.  This will ...

Interferry has praised a decision at last week’s meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) that could exempt certain ferry operators from fitting equipment required by the impending Ballast Water Management Convention to reduce the spread of invasive species.       In a joint submission with Denmark, the trade association argued that ballast water management systems were irrelevant for ships continuously operating in the same body of water, such as between the UK and Ireland.  The MEPC responded by agreeing that one of its sub-committees should further consider the issue – including how appropriate operators could obtain an exemption certificate. Interferry’s director of regulatory affairs Johan Roos comments: “This is a very welcome step in the light of mounting concerns by short sea operators in general and ferry operators in particular.  We recognise the need to act on the movement of invasive species between geographical areas where natural spread does not occur, but in our view there is no added value to the environment by destroying organisms that may spread naturally.” The case for exemptions has mainly been voiced by North Sea and Baltic countries, but last week the governments of Croatia and Singapore also raised their ...

CHIRP has received a report of hazardous occurrence related to absence of emergency procedures announcement on a passenger ferry

Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has cancelled an LNG-powered newbuilding as well as plans to retrofit LNG engines to three of its fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an allision that occurred when the Ferry Peralta struck a piling at Pier 41 in San Francisco

Twenty years ago the MS Estonia turned on her side and sank in the Baltic sea with 803 passengers and 186 crew aboard

Master, operator and owner of the ferry, Tina Maria, were charged with four counts of sailing with insufficient liferafts onboard

Alaska Governor, Sean Parnell, announced the selection of Vigor Alaska to build the states two newest day ferries

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to install its efficient Promas Litepropulsion system on two vessels for ferry operator Finnlines