Shortsea & Ferry – Page 5
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NewsSisters fill Dover - Boulogne gap
A new ferry and freight service has taken over the Dover-Boulogne route six months earlier than planned.
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NewsDales Marine complete Lord of the Isles
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 on Scotland’ s west coast.
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NewsDedicated Denmark-Norway ro-ro in New Year
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 first sailing will be from Fredericia on Monday 5 January, 2009.
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NewsShort sea offered 'a break with tradition'
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.
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NewsJura ferry runs again after 36 years
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 which was officially launched last month.
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NewsFerryGreen Way to Save the Planet
The first ferry ticket agency in the UK to address the environmental issues associated with travel by sea has launched a website at which customers have the opportunity to offset carbon emissions during the booking process.
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ECDIS Upgrade for Red Funnel
UK based Red Funnel was the ''original Isle of Wight ferry operator'', transporting passengers between Southampton and Cowes since 1861.
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NewsNew Seatruck Ferry Sets Sail
Seatruck Ferries, freight only specialists on the Irish Sea route, are about to introduce a major increase in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Seatruck is part of the major shipping consortium Clipper Group.
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NewsGreen Theme to RORO 2008 Conference
' 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.
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NewsSeatruck's First New Ro-Ro Enters Service
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 year by the Spanish builder Astilleros de Huelva.
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Rail No Snail in Shortsea Link
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.
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NewsSeatruck Purchases Two More Ro-Ros
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 ' Challenge' and the 1999 built ' Shield' are sister ships. They measure 121m LOA and have the ...
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NewsPassenger Boat Industry Launches Conference
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 of the UK Passenger Boat Industry is organised by The Passenger Boat Association (PBA) in partnership with Knighthood ...
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NewsBMT Delivers Triplet Ferries to Indian Islands
Three high speed aluminium catamaran ferries designed by BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have safely arrived in India’ s Lakshadweep Islands.
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NewsFerry Delivery Thanks to Tanks
In the second week of October Dutch ship delivery and maritime recruitment specialist Redwise was approached by it’ s long term customer Conferry to deliver the Austal built catamaran ' Tallink Autoexpress 2' from Tallin to Curacao.
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NewsStena Orders Newbuilds for Harwich - Hook
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.
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NewsIrish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple
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''.
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NewsFastest Ever Diesel Powered Vehicle Ferry
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 ...
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NewsVirtual Ferry Cross the Mersey
UK Shipping Minister Stephen Ladyman had the opportunity to pilot a virtual ferry ''cross the Mersey on a recent visit to Liverpool John Moores University''s (LJMU) Lairdside Maritime Centre. Dr Ladyman took the helm of the UK''s only full mission ship bridge simulator with a 360 degree visual projection system.
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NewsLNG Fueled Ferries Use Rolls-Royce Power
Norway is heavily dependent on passenger/vehicle ferries to connect sections of the road network.
