Fastest Ever Diesel Powered Vehicle Ferry

01 Oct 2007

The first of two Multi-Purpose Auto Express 65m high speed ferries built for the Sultanate of Oman was launched at the Austal Image Henderson shipbuilding facility in Australia last month. With a top speed in excess of 50 knots the vessels will be the fastest diesel powered vehicle ferries ever built.   

Stena Orders Newbuilds for Harwich - Hook

01 Oct 2007

Stena Line has ordered two new RoPax vessels valued at some £145m from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessels will be put into service in 2011, when it is planned they will operate on the Harwich to Rotterdam route.  

Irish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple

01 Oct 2007

Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link’s Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacity available on Seatruck’s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding 'Clipper Point'.   

Rail No Snail in Shortsea Link

01 Oct 2007

Finland's short sea carrier Containerships is launching a weekly rail link between Liepaja in Latvia and Moscow using block trains to provide two-day transit for 45ft containers of up to 22 tons payload. The first train leaves Liepaja this month, arriving in Moscow 48 hours later without stopping at the Latvian - Russian border.