May 1 - Effective May 13, ro-ro shipping line Transfennica Iberia will extend its Bilbao - Zeebrugge service with the addition of twice-weekly direct calls to Portsmouth.
Tuesday and Friday evening sailings from Bilbao will call at Portsmouth on Thursday at 06:00 and on Sundays at 07:00.
Transfennica says that its ro-ro vessels will accept all types of rolling cargo, trailers, special transport units, industrial machinery, breakbulk cargo, mafi trailers, as well as containers.
Amasus Shipping has launched its offshore wind ro-ro vessel, Rotra Futura, at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China.
Peel Ports will invest GBP30 million (USD37.7 million) to develop a new ro-ro berth at the port of Sheerness, Kent, UK to meet growing demand from new and existing customers.
Liebherr’s factory in Nenzing, Austria, has been filling all its new machines with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel during assembly, with CO2 neutrality the driving factor for the change.
BBC Chartering said that its fifth Lakermax newbuild multipurpose vessel, BBC Santiago, successfully passed sea trials last week.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Vertom has placed an order for four 10,700 dwt geared tweendeckers at Chowgule Shipyards in India.
