Stories Posted Under: Industry News
in July 2008
- IMO updates passengership safety rules
- UK ports' light dues due for increase soon
- Wärtsilä acquires global ship design group Vik-Sandvik
- NZ state takes ferry and rail back
- Blue Star sets Attica merger in motion
in June 2008
- LRQA achieves UKAS accreditation for BS 25999
- Blue Star launches evaluation ahead of merger
- Clarksons settles with Sovcomflot
- French dockers offer government olive branch
- Fred Olsen pull out of Comarit
- French port reform bill gets nod
- Scandlines to cut 100 jobs
- Ferry workers protest over sea motorways
- Lloyd’s Register readies shipping for “seafarers’ bill of rights”
- Lloyd’s Register introduces an environmental management standard
in May 2008
- Extensive improvement plan to safeguard earnings at DFDS Seaways
- Italian owners want Tirrenia privatisation
- Bigger fleet boosts Moby revenues
- DFDS releases quarterly report for Q1 2008
- CalMac launches website enhancement
- Finnlines announces interim report -1st Qtr 2008
- Clarkson's faces FSA probe
- Interislander nationalised
in April 2008
- GNV in pact with Spanish truckers to boost trade
- CalMac confirms Fuel supply position
- Wärtsilä expands in Dubai and opens new offices and a workshop
- Smith hails commission investigation into Scottish ferry service
- David MacBrayne Group welcomesEU Investigation
- MCA defiant over 24-hour action
- Deadline set for French ports on staff transfer
- Wightlink to spend £57m on upgrade
in March 2008
- Marseilles leads French port strikes
- Brittany Ferries’ income up despite passenger dip
- EU could cause CalMac calamity
- DFDS Announces positive 2007 annual results
- DFDS sniffs round Norfolkline
- New tonnage upgrade for Grimaldi Med ferry route
- Dover sailings resume
- Viking suffers first-quarter losses
- Italy to name Tirrenia sale team
- UK coastguard action begins
- Grimaldi builds big to beat rising oil prices
- SeaFrance hit by officers strike
in February 2008
- Attica set to absorb Blue Star subsidiary
- Ferry companies celebrate second year of increased passengers
- Finnlines 2007 financial statement
- Decisions of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders
- Sea Containers in pension settlement ‘milestone’
- Grimaldi invests in Minoan for growth
- Ireland to probe ferry exploitation
- Irish Ferries in pay row
- Conclusion of sale of RoRo Marin
in January 2008
- Class societies named after raids
- Dawn raid shock for class societies
- Refit €15m ferry revamp
- Condor dismisses sale speculation
- Bulker specialist in ferry swoop
- Grimaldi swaps Anek shares for Minoan stake
- Lloyd’s Register group achieves formal recognition in Kazakhstan
- Aker Kvaerner proposed to change name to Aker Solutions
- IMO welcomes scrap safety standards
- Treasury gets blame for MCA pay dispute
- Anek bond issue delay as Grimaldi questions facts
- Forth Ports in takeover moves
- Freight drives Scandlines higher
in December 2007
- Viking: bump to follow bumper year
- Sea Star snaps up slices of Minoan Lines and Hellenic
- Danish tonnage tax under fire in EU
- Viking wins landmark EU labour case
- Linkspan sails into place at new Stena Line terminal
- OPEC leaves output unchanged
- Eckero wins control of Birka
- Scandlines sales a snip for Clipper
in November 2007
- Weakened prospects for DFDS ferries
- David MacBrayne Group faces challenges with confidence
- Fanfare for Britanny Ferries’ great white hope
- Scandlines sells Mols stake
- Scandlines hives off domestic business
- Hellenic helps lift Minoan profit
- Brittany Ferries cuts strike deal
- Tirrenia subsidiaries to be sold
- Managers buy Kelvin Hughes for £52M
- Northlink to fly the flag at the World Travel Market
- Eckerö increases shareholding in Birka Line
- ICG takeover falters again
in October 2007
- Takeovers double Tallink revenues
- Finnlines builds profit
- Eurotunnel slashes freight costs
- Half a dozen operators interested in Bornholm concession
- Eurotunnel postpones fund-raiser
- KKR completes UN Ro-ro deal
- CalMac confirms 2008-9 fare levels
- Marfin swoops as Pericles sells out
- Cobelfret buys into Geest successor
- CalMac launches summer 2008 recruitment drive