The 2001 Southern Shipyard, Puerto Galera, Philippines built passenger/cargo vessel TAHITI NUI (Direction De L’equipement Flotille, Papeete, F.P) seen in the port of Uturoa, Raiatea, French Polynesia. She maintains a regular schedule ferrying people between, and supplying, the islands in French Polynesia.
Photo: A.Nonymous
Photo: Sven Arild Pedersen
She will get two new Mitsubishi diesel motors IMO Tire III to meet the requirements to operate in Geirangerfjord for a few more years.
M/F Hydra is being prepared for its first trip on hydrogen.
We look forward to welcoming travelers on board, says Heidi Wolden, managing director of Norled about “Hydra”, which will finally run on hydrogen.
M/F Hydra has now arrived in Viganeset together with the bunkering tower. Norled has finished most of the tests and is currently filling the system with nitrogen to get air out. The plan is to start with low pressure and hot hydrogen gas next week:
The first of two large double-ended ferries, P&O PIONEER, has been on sea trials. (1,500 passengers and 3,658 lane meters) Built by Guangzhou Shipbuilding International and designed by OSK-ShipTech A/S. The new P&O Ferries vessel will enter service on Calais-Dover in the spring of 2023.
Source: Ferry Shipping News & Ferry Shipping Summit
On 7 December 2022, Tallink Superfast Ltd, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp, took delivery of the new fast passenger ferry MYSTAR from Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, Finland. The 212m long MYSTAR has a capacity for 2800 passengers and a car deck for up to 750 passenger vehicles.
The cost of the ship is around EUR 250 million and the purchase is financed with a loan of EUR 196,3 million from KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH Ltd., the credit is guaranteed by Finnish Export Credit Agency Finnvera Oyj. The long-term loan was drawn down at the delivery, the maturity of the loan is twelve years and bears fixed interest rate.MYSTAR is co-financed by European Union, the Connecting Europe Facility, Transport – Motorways of the Sea. MYSTAR will start operating today, 13 December 2022.
Source: Ferry Shipping News & Ferry Shipping Summit