Ferry industry - Latest events

A weekly review of events on the PromySKAT portal informs about the most important events of the past days. This time, among the reports we will find information about advanced work on the new ferry for Polferries.

New ferry built in the Italian shipyard for Polish carrier Polferries will soon be launched. Ro-pax will be 216 m long, a capacity of 1,000 passengers and a cargo line of 3,000 metres long, thereby increasing the shipowner's capacity by 25%. Ferry will be adapted to the LNG system and will operate the Świnoujście-Ystad route. The Polish company will charter it for 10 years, and the Polish carrier has the right to its first purchase. In addition, work on the construction of a series of new ferryThis is for PZB and PŻM in Gdańsk Shiprepair Yard.

Thanks to the operation on the ship-hospital Global Mercy, belonging to the Mercy Ships fleet, a four-year-old boy will be able to move normally in the future. It is the first such intervention in the history of ships-hospitals of a charitable organization, which, with the help of such units, provides humanitarian aid in the most needy areas of the world.

The CLdN Group introduced a new schedule of connections, which widens the offer of the Luxembourg carrier. A new Zeebrugge-Teesport connection has been introduced and the Zeebrugge-Purfleet connection has been strengthened, making it possible to implement three coursein every direction. In addition, a new one appeared ferry crossing between Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, which opens up new transport opportunities. The changes made by CLdN are a response to growing customer needs.

Bornholmslinjen decided to charter the ferry Sena Vinga. It will serve as a replacement vessel for the unit HammershusThat'll go into the dry dock. Sena Vinga was built to operate connections to Bornholm and in the past operated the port at Rønne under the name Hammerodde. Route from/to Rønne Sena Vinga will swim from 11 to 27 April this year.

Molslinjen still cannot start operating connections to Bornholm with the new high-speed ferry, as the final work continues at Austal shipyard in the Philippines.

Source: PromySKAT