Moby Fantasy - a new giant in European waters

Every week, the portal "PromySKAT" publishes the latest events from the ferry industry. This week is worth paying attention to the new ferry Moby Fantasywhich will soon appear in European waters. Ferry was just picked up by the shipowner in one of the Chinese shipyards and delights with his modern look and equipment.

The Easter period was record for ForSea, a carrier who carried as many as 78,616 unmotorized passengers on the Helsingborg-Helsingør route during the holidays. This is a new record for the shipowner and a 10% better result than in the same period last year. The ForSea connection is a "floating bridge" that uses 6 million passengers each year and is one of the world's most besieged ferry services.

There was an unusual situation in Trelleborg last weekend. On Saturday, April 15, the service intervened on a truck that fell off a car deck on a ferry during the cruise Scans and hung on his edge. Fortunately, belonging to Sten Line ro-pax safely reached the port of Trelleborg. There, the specialists went into action, who had to remove the hanging vehicle from the ship and secure a small leak. As a result of this incident, no one was injured. Ferry He set off in voyage return to Germany late.

In recent years, more and more shipowners have chosen to use rotors, i.e. environmentally friendly devices, which allow fuel savings and improved ship traffic efficiency through the use of wind force and Magnus effect. The leading manufacturer of rotors on masts is Norsepower, which has just received EUR 28 million (about PLN 130 million) for the development of this technology thanks to investors. Among the ferry operators who use rotors are Scandlines, Viking Line and CLdN.

In April, Croatian carrier Jadrolinija announced the sale of the ferry Dubrovnik built in 1978. Finally, it turned out that the buyer of the unit is the Greek company A-Ships Management, which specializes in the implementation of sea connections between Italy, Greece and Albania.

Upon completion of the transaction, the ship will be upgraded at the shipyard in Rijeka and will sail under the Greek flag. Thus A-Ships Management will enrich its fleet by a third unit. Modern ferry it will have better technical parameters, which will positively affect the quality and safety of maritime transport. A-Ships Management is one of the leading operators in the transport services market, specializing in dry and liquid cargo transport. Thanks to the development of the fleet, this company is gaining increasing popularity and trust among its customers.

On 14 April, the ceremony of handing over one of the most modern technology ferryof the world Moby Fantasy – Italian shipowner Moby Lines. The 237 metres long ship, 32 metres wide, and the capacity of 2,500 passengers and 1,300 passenger vehicles or 300 trucks, was built at the Chinese shipyard of Guangzhou Shipyard.

Moby Fantasy will be operated on the Livorno-Olbia route, and soon another modern one will join the fleet ferry – Moby Legacy. A week ago. ferry was picked up by the shipowner and docked in European waters. Moby Fantasy It will impress its passengers with beautiful architecture and comfortable locations, as well as modern technologies such as interactive screens in cabins or safety systems such as passenger body temperature monitoring.

Source: PromySKAT