BYD expands its fleet as Chinese Government calls for action
NewsThere are shortages in car carrying capacity, especially in China, where the export of electric vehicles has soared in the past two years....
DP World’s ‘cars in containers’ solution
NewsDP World Yarimca and Chery Automotive, the large China-based manufacturer of automobiles, have developed a new racking system that enables 5...
Car carrier on fire in the North Sea
NewsOne crew member is dead and several others are injured after a fire broke out on a car carrier off the coast of the Netherlands, forcing som...
Kalmar ro-ro tractors to Australia
News18 new Kalmar heavy duty terminal tractors are heading to Australia to service the Spirit of Tasmania Bass Strait ferry service....
First hybrid ‘Superstar’ delivered to Finnlines
NewsFINNSIRIUS, the first of a series of two ro-pax vessels, was delivered at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard on 18 July 2023....
P&O Ferries ‘committed to North Sea routes’
NewsP&O Ferries has extended its charter agreement with Bore Ltd on the MS NORSKY and MS NORSTREAM, and with Finnlines on the MS FINNPULP....
Kaliningrad waits
NewsThe long-running saga regarding the development of the Pionersky ro-pax terminal in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave continues, with Moscow ag...
More methanol fuel conversions for Stena
NewsTechnology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by ferry operator Stena Line to convert some of its vessels to operate on methanol fuel....
Iraq – UAE service underway
NewsThe Port of Umm Qasr recently welcomed the first direct freight service between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq....
Enter ‘the greenest ro-ro ships in the world’
NewsECO CATANIA and ECO MALTA will operate Grimaldi’s regular dedicated ro-ro freight service between Italy and Greece....
Ro-ro freight service links UAE and Iraq
NewsDP World has launched the first direct freight service between the UAE and Iraq, which will cater for unaccompanied trailers....
80% capacity boost for Heysham-Belfast
NewsStena Line has announced that it has two new bespoke freight ferries under construction for its Heysham-Belfast service....
Stena acquires Ventspils ferry/ro-ro operations
NewsStena Line has acquired the operations of the ferry and ro-ro terminal at the Port of Ventspils in Latvia....
Hydrogen ro-ro tractor at Valencia
NewsA hydrogen (H2)-fuelled converted ro-ro tractor has finally arrived at the Port of Valencia from Salerno, for use at the Grimaldi terminal, ...
Grimaldi for TFB Barcelona
NewsFollowing an eight-month investigation, Spain’s National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has given Grimaldi Naples the go-ahead ...