Shortsea & Ferry

For the first time the selection of the winner was not undertaken by a judging panel but, instead, by the use of a voting system, with individual transport operators nominating their own…

The brand new Lisco Maxima, the biggest ferry to sail under the flag of Lithuania, was given an official welcome last month to mark its first call in Kiel’ s Ostuferhafen. The…

A second attempt at the ‘ Motorway of the Sea’ between France and Italy will open in the autumn, connecting the ports of Gijó n in Spain and Nantes - St Nazaire…

P& O Ferries has signed a € 360m contract with Aker Yards for the two largest ferries ever to be constructed for the Dover-Calais service.

PD Ports has launched Logical Link, a UK coastal feeder container shipping service offering a next day connection between Felixstowe and Teesport.

The first two new Wight Class ferry designs went into service last month. The two flat bottomed Ro-Ro vessels, Wight Light and Wight Sky are part of a £ 26m investment programme…

A new ferry and freight service has taken over the Dover-Boulogne route six months earlier than planned.

Dales Marine Services has successfully completed a £ 300,000 contract at its Aberdeen facility for general annual maintenance and other work on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, Lord of the Isles, which operates…

Seatruck Ferries Ltd and Federicia Shipping have announced the a new ro-ro trailer cargo service to be called Fredericia-Moss, which will run   between Fredericia in Denmark and Moss in Norway. The…

An invitation to break with maritime tradition is being offered in the form of a pilot study by Dutch firms Wagenborg Shipping, Flinter Management and Amasus Shipping.

A gruelling five hour journey to the mainland from the Scottish island of Jura has been shrunk to a mere 45 minute hop to a local bus service by a new ferry…

The first ferry ticket agency in the UK to address the environmentalissues associated with travel by sea has launched a website at which customershave the opportunity to offset carbon emissions during the…

Seatruck Ferries,freight only specialists on the Irish Sea route, are about to introduce a majorincrease in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Seatruck is part of the majorshipping…

' Engineering Greener Logistics' is the topical title for the ro-ro sector’ s biggest three day conference and trade show which takes place in Gothenburg 20-22 May.

Clipper Point, the first of Seatruck Ferries’ eight newbuildings, has entered service. A further three vessels in this 120 unit class of freight ro-ros will be delivered during the course of this…

Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken a further step in their fleet expansion plans with the purchase of two ro-ro ferries from Attica Holdings in Greece. The 1998 built…

Members of the UK passenger boat industry will gather in London on 6 March 2008 for the first national conference in the history of the industry. Opportunity, Challenge and Change: The Future…