Ferry News Worldwide

As of 13 April, CRUISE SMERALDA, owned by Grimaldi Group, will be operating for Finnlines on the Malmö-Travemünde route. The ferry arrived a few weeks ago in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, from the port of Gioia Tauro. Finnlines’ blue-painted cargo-passenger ships, FINNTRADER and FINNPARTNER have ...

Megastar, ferry from the fleet of Tallink's vessels berthed at the Port of Helsinki West Harbour on Friday, 7 April 2023. This shuttle vessel started drawing electricity from the shore overnight between departures. At the same time, MyStar vessel connected to OPS during its overnight stay in ...

Lisbon has joined the list of cities that offer an all-electric ferry service. The first in a series of ten all-electric ferries, the Cegonha Branca ferry has been delivered to operator Transtejo by shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan. Soon, this all-electric ferry equipped with ABB’s power solution ...

A leading global industrial gases and engineering company, Linde announced that the world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry for cars and passengers, Hydra, was launched by the Norwegian shipping company Norled. The 82.4-meter-long ferry serves on a triangular route between Hjelmeland, ...

On Thursday 23 March 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union agreed upon a new EU regulation deal (FuelEU Maritime). The main aim of this agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector and ultimately reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Cutting ...

Sun Ferry Services Company plans to deploy two brand new BV-classed hybrid ferries with onboard battery and solar power technology in Hong Kong. About Urban Sprinters 1000 Ferries Designed by CoCo Yachts, the Urban Sprinters 1000 ferries will sail between Central Pier and Cheung Chau Pier ...

What is the total cost and price per mile and kilometer? In the latest update of this research we've also added the price per kilometer in euro's in the tables. With summer approaching, FerryGoGo has investigated the prices for ferry crossings in the high season. Ferries are an excellent ...

Stena Vinga from Stena Line's ferry fleet is scheduled to operate from the Danish seaport of Køge to Rønne from 11 to 27 April 2023. Bornholmslinjen will charter this ferry to cover for Hammershus during a scheduled refit. Stena Vinga sailed as Hammerodde on the same route (Rønne to Køg) until ...

Holland Norway Lines has found a solution for the recent problems on the connection from Eemshaven to Kristiansand. From mid-April, the connection to Kristiansand will first divert to Cuxhaven and from the beginning of June the ferry will sail from Emden to Kristiansand. Emden is located on the ...

Disney Cruise Line has announced it will begin welcoming guests to an exclusive new island destination in the summer of 2024. The company announced that the new island destination named Lighthouse Point is located in the Bahamas on the island of Eleuthera. This one-of-a-kind private beach retreat ...

Greenline Ferries plans to launch a new Norwegian model of zero-emission all-electric catamaran vessel to link downtown Vancouver, Bowen Island, and Sunshine Coast. If all goes as planned, this high-speed passenger-only ferry will be launched by 2025. The service is primarily intended for people ...

There was a massive emergency services response to the Fishguard port after a fire broke out on the Stena Europe ferry on 11 February 2023. The Stena Line ferry was en route to Fishguard from Rosslare when the alarm was raised. The multi-agency response included everyone from coastguard rescue ...

The Swedish ferry company, Stena Line will introduce Stena Nordica on its Fishguard – Rosslare route this July. This means that Stena Nordica will replace Stena Europe on the popular ferry route between Fishguard, Wales, and Rosslare, Ireland. Stena Europe has been operating on the Fishguard – ...

Update: This connection has changed to Emden-Kristiansand for the reasons below.. You can read more about this move here: Eemshaven docking problems forces HNL to move to Emden. Today's sailing of the Holland Norway Line has been canceled, making it the fourth time in just over a month that the ...

We are happy to inform you that TT-Line will be adding the port of Karlshamn to its route network in April 2023. This direct route from Klaipeda (Lithuania) to Karlshamn (Sweden) will be available up to six times a week. The duration of the trip is 13 hours. It will be the first time in the ...

In our latest update regarding the ferry troubles on the Wellington Picton connection, we mentioned that 5 out of 6 ships weren't sailing anymore. A few days later it's a bit better now since out of the 6 ferries about 3 or 4 are sailing again. The newest ship on the route however the ...

New Update: Kaiarahi is sailing again from Wednesday onwards and the ferries from Bluebridge seem to be repaired fast as well. Usually, the fleet of ferries from Wellington to Picton consists of 6 ferries. Due to different problems, however, the fleet is down from 6 ferries to only one two ...

The eco-friendly ships MS Stavangerfjord and MS Bergensfjord will resume traffic in May/June and permanently sail between Bergen, Stavanger, Hirtshals, and Kristiansand. This means that these ships from the Fjord Line (Norway's second-largest shipping company) will no longer call at Langesund. ...

The busiest seaport in the Western Hemisphere, the Port of Los Angeles is planning to construct a brand new cruise terminal and redevelop the existing Inner Harbor Cruise Terminal for $600m. This cruise development initiative comes after the post-COVID cruise industry rebound.  For ...

Due to the annual maintenance of MOROCCO STAR and MOROCCO SUN (ships of AFRICA MOROCCO LINK), BLUE STAR CHIOS from the Blue Star Ferries fleet will sail temporarily on the Tanger Med – Algeciras line as a replacement vessel. Built in 2007, this Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship Blue Star ship will ...

Stena Line will take a new ship into service this month: the E-Flexer Stena Ebba. This brand new ferry sails together with her sister ship Stena Estelle on the Baltic Sea between Karlskrona in Sweden and the Polish port city of Gdynia. The Stena Ebba and Stena Estelle are the largest E-Flexers ...

The ferry company Havila Kystruten operating in Norway is changing the rules for the transport of electric, hybrid, and hydrogen((Hydrogen Vehicles - Wikipedia.org)) cars within their fleet. The company bans the transport of these types of cars due to increased fire danger. While Havila uses ...

While LNG is the cleanest of the fossil fuels((How clean is LNG - NationalGrid)), you can't really call it 100% green. Maybe that's why Incat is currently talking with one of its clients: Buquebús. To change the 130-meter lightweight ferry they are building, which is intended to be powered by LNG ...

This dataset is a combination of the stats of Eurostat((Eurostat: Passenger Data EU)) and UK Passenger 2021((Gov. UK: Annual Passenger data)) data. For the second time in a row, Messina is the busiest passenger port in Europe. If you look at international ferry traffic, the Helsingborg - Helsingor ...

The largest cruise ship in the world, the Icon of the Seas, was launched on December 9 at the Meyer Turku shipyard. The safe ship was then moved to the construction dock, where the now fully assembled hull will be completed late next year to become the largest new cruise ship in the world. The ...

There have been sea trials of the first ship of P&O Ferries this week. From 2023, two new ships will sail for P&O Ferries on the Dover-Calais route. These two new ships will be very large ferries. More than 1500 passengers can sail on these ships and more than 3600 lane ...

Peter Pan, an impressive new ship, will be the second TT Line ferry from a new environmentally friendly generation of boats in the southern Baltic Sea. TT-line will use LNG for its unique green ship. The ship was delivered to Nanjing, China. And will set off its 49-day maiden journey towards ...

With the first sea trials starting in December, MF Hydra will be the world's first ferry powered by PEM fuel cells running on liquid hydrogen. The two fuel cell systems (more information about these systems) are integrated into the MF Hyrda. All interfaces are accessible from the front for ...

New York Cruise Lines and Green City Ferries together will launch the first zero-emissions passenger ferry in the US. The two companies will make use of the Beluga24 vessel. The ferry has a capacity of 147 passengers and about 30 bicycles. Besides the zero emissions, it's also a low-vibration, ...

On the 23rd of October 2022, the only ferry connection between Tasmania and Australia moved from Melbourne-Devonport to Geelong-Devonport. One month after this move: How are the reviews, what is the status, and did things improve for the millions of travelers between Tasmania and Australia? The ...