Moby Fantasy – An Overview of Moby Line’s Huge New Ferry
Moby Lines’ giant new ferry MOBY FANTASY has recently entered service on the Livorno – Olbia route. We take a look at what is onboard.
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Ferry Fleets Update – 4 January 2022
NIFS brings you all the latest sales, charters, scrappings, orders and deliveries from the European passenger ferry and roro market.
UPDATED 20/05/21: Covid-19 Passenger Ferry Route Suspensions
Your in-depth guide to the Northern European ferry routes currently suspended due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Steel cutting starts on the first of Moby’s next-generation ferries
Moby Lines has confirmed that the first of its two Chinese new-builds will be named ‘Moby Fantasy’ as steel cutting begins.
New tonnage for DFDS’s Newcastle – Amsterdam Route on Hold
DFDS will now not be acquiring two vessels from Moby Lines after the latter failed to meet the terms of delivery.
PR: New Amsterdam-Newcastle Ferries to Create More Value for Passengers and Freight Customers
DFDS has entered into an agreement to acquire the two combined freight and passenger ferries Moby Wonder and Moby Aki for the Amsterdam-Newcastle route
Siem sells minority stake in FSG as yard delivers Leevsten to them
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft has delivered a seventh Ro-Ro to Siem while the latter has sold its stake in the shipyard.
Could Irish Ferries new Dublin – Holyhead ferry be built in China Instead of Germany?
There has been a report that Irish Ferries are in talks with Chinese yards to potentially build their next new ferry in place of Germany’s FSG.
June (and early July) 2019 news roundup
A brief roundup of news stories not already covered on NI Ferry Site including local news, news of vessels which have left our waters, plus industry and new building news.
November Ferry News Roundup
A quick roundup of some recent stories featuring local, industry, and former local vessel news which haven’t warranted their own separate post.
In Waters New, Easter 2017 Roundup.
A quick news roundup featuring some vessels which previously plied their trade in NI waters. LE RIF: Could the former STENA GALLOWAY/GALLOWAY PRINCESS soon be back in service? The last purpose-built vessel for the Larne to Stranraer service could soon be back plying her trade in the Mediterranean. Last month LE RIF (ex Stena Galloway, Galloway Princess) was moved from La Spezia to Napoli. The vessel had previously been purchased at auction by the mysterious new Moroccan company DWLM who had intended to refit her at Malaga, however the vessel was moved to La Spezia amid reports of a dispute with the Malaga yard owners over costs. Reports from Italy suggest that the vessel may now be under the control of the group of companies that own Mediterranean operator Moby Lines. Moby themselves have been acquiring a number of elderly vessels in the past couple of years, including the now MOBY KISS (ex … Read more
Ferry industry news roundup (wk 2 Apr ’17)
A roundup of some of the news from the ferry industry in recent weeks. Viking launches FSTR service with former Larne vessel HSC express, whilst competitor Linda Line sells one of their craft. HSC EXPRESS has started the latest chapter of her post-P&O career operating another service in the Baltic, this time for Viking Line as an additional vessel to their fast-conventional RoPax VIKING XPRS on the Helsinki – Tallinn route. Marketed as Viking FSTR (though still officially named EXPRESS), the former P&O vessel is operating the popular route in competition with Tallink’s ‘Shuttle’ service for vehicles and passengers, Eckerö Line who also carry vehicles and passengers on FINLANDIA, and Linda Line, who only carry passengers. The introduction of EXPRESS, which appears to be largely unchanged from her days operating from Larne, appears to be a response to Tallink’s introduction of the brand new MEGASTAR fast-conventional RoPax alongside STAR. Meanwhile, Linda Line have sold one of … Read more
