Shortsea & Ferry – Page 7
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Fast cat arrives for Ro-Ro breakthrough
LD Lines' brand new catamaran, Norman Arrow, arrived in the Dover Straits and the Port of Dover last month following completion of a three week delivery voyage from Hobart, Tasmania.
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News'Motorway of the Sea' tries again
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 in France.
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NewsOstuferhafen grows to accommodate 'Lisco Maxima'
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 ship will from now on be employed in the regular liner shipping service between Kiel and Klaipeda.
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NewsDover-Calais ferries go supersize
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.
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NewsShortsea service to cut congestion
PD Ports has launched Logical Link, a UK coastal feeder container shipping service offering a next day connection between Felixstowe and Teesport.
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NewsIsle of Wight Ro-Ro Rollout
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 for ferry operator Wightlink.
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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.
