London, October 22 – Amasus, one of Europe’s leading players in the shortsea, bulk, general cargo, offshore and heavy lift segments, has signed a fresh eSAIL® (suction sail) contract with Spain’s…
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 Passengers could reap the rewards of greener travel by sea thanks to the development of new shipping routes only accessible to zero emission vessels. Maritime Minister Mike Kane today (Thursday…
The new year is starting with the best prospects for arrivals from Ireland to Greece, after last year’s strong increase (+33%), marked by air arrivals from Dublin (9 months 2023…
BV Solutions M&O delivers efficiency and emissions “Forecast” Web application to Brittany Ferries
Paris La Défense, January, 19, 2024 – Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore (BV Solutions M&O) has developed and now delivered a ‘Fleet Energy and Emissions Forecast‘ tool to Brittany Ferries, the European…
easyJet – profits boom but some potential challenges on the horizon Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown: “easyJet has once again shown how its best-in-class operation has set…
Carnival exits Q3 with the wind in its sails Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown: “The world’s biggest cruise operator is set to return to a positive…
Port of Spain to welcome hundreds of Caribbean shipping executives for region’s premier maritime conference
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: More than three hundred decision-makers in the maritime sector have already registered for the Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) 53rd Annual General Meeting, Conference, and…
Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary said: “P&O Ferries said they unlawfully sacked nearly 800 seafarers to protect jobs elsewhere in their UK operation. “This latest attack on maritime jobs and…
Dover, UK: 9 August 2023 – The Port of Dover has seen its extensive planning pay off with a successful start to the summer getaway, helping 860,000 passengers on their…
Viking Line’s vessels have now been part of Turku for 50 years – to celebrate, the company is offering a city and sea holiday in one package
The “Viking Glory” Viking Line has linked Turku with Stockholm since 1973. Over the decades, the popularity of the route has been boosted by shopping bargains, good economic times and…
7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum Brings Cruise Industry Leaders Together for first cruise event ever in Thessaloniki
Global cruise industry leaders discuss growth, sustainability, and recovery in the Eastern Mediterranean region Over 400 delegates from the global cruise industry gathered at Thessaloniki’s iconic Makedonia Palace hotel for…
by John Faraclas and Anny Zade It has just been over 50 years since I have last sailed from top to bottom of the Adriatic Sea – and vice versa, during…
One year on: inaction over illegal P&O Ferries sackings shows UK workers’ rights in freefall
16 March 2023, London / Brussels A year after P&O Ferries illegally fired 786 UK seafarers, European and global unions are calling for the country’s latest Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to crack down…
THE WINNERS Melina Travlos, Theodore Veniamis and Harry Vafias win major awards while companies honoured –included Ionic Bulk Carriers, Andriaki Shipping and Levante Ferries The President and immediate past President…
Major boost in choice and capacity for travel passengers and freight operators with the addition of a cruise-ferry on Ireland-France service Irish tourists looking to holiday in France next year received…
Viking Line will place the vessel Viking Cinderella in service on its Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm route during the period 30.6.-6.8.2022. Cinderella will depart every other day in the afternoon from Helsinki and…
Following her successful speech at the 96th Propeller Club event in Athens, we bring you here below in free translation the speech of Olympia Anastasopoulou, Greece’s Secretary-General of Tourism Policy…
Nowhere Networks brings high speed internet to the Mediterranean Sea – making it a broadband ocean
Swedish Nowhere Networks’ goal: to cover all northern coastal areas in the Mediterranean Sea with broadband connectivity by the end of 2023, starting in Greece. Nowhere Networks provides a complete…
by John Faraclas I have been very fortunate, spoiled but also well acquainted with extensive knowledge on fast Catamarans, Trimarans, Monohulls, Hydrofoils, Hovercrafts and Ferries on various international routes since…
Greek tourist ports in today’s fast changing environment: Challenges, opportunities and new marketing strategies
As promised yesterday in our brief bulletin, we bring you here below the well documented speech of Olympia K. Anastasopoulou, the Secretary General for the Tourism Policy & Development of…
Continuous Dry Market fall; mixed Wets. Geopolitics on a shifting sand mode with energy about to derail the already weak Global Economy with Covid still mucking about…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost both the 1,400 and 1,300 points threshold and now stands at 1,279 points – minus 41 since yesterday and 198 since last week’s (12/08)…
ABBA-solutely fantastic prize draw to mark Swedish Midsummer Monday 20th June 2022: To celebrate the Swedish Midsummer, leading ferry company Stena Line is helping to ‘Swedify’ your life with a prize draw…
The Markets, particularly the Dry ones fell raising eyebrows; let us hope is a tempo fall as summer is here. The despicable war in Ukraine continues and unimaginable things will…
Markets, Geopolitics and Covid: what a week that was… Next week? The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was up 14 points since yesterday at 2,718 and 570 since last Friday the…
Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping By Anny Zade We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely…