Following Stena Line's move from Nynäshamn to Norvik as part of its service to and from Ventspils, the company's Stena Flavia has inaugurated the port's ro-ro operations.
The Swedish Maritime Administration and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency have commissioned the Helsinki-headquartered engineering company with designing a new model of more effective, cheaper, and greener icebreakers.
N.C. Nielsen has supplied Uddevalla Hamnterminal, a stevedore in charge of freight handling in the Swedish Port of Uddevalla, with a reachstacker that can lift up to 100t.
Thanks to the grant, the Swedish and Finnish ports, between which an EU Motorway of the Sea (MoS) runs, will carry out a joint project tasked with reducing ship-caused emissions as well as streamlining ferry operations.
Due to unsatisfactory volumes, the Paldiski-Hanko route has been terminated - for this reason Patria Seaways, the ferry serving the link, has been moved onto the Paldiski-Kapellskär service.
Stena Lagan and Stena Mersey will undergo lengthening, by 36 metres, in the Turkish Sedef shipyard in Tuzla, after which they'll be employed across the Nynäshamn-Ventspils service.
The shipping line has chartered, from Leomar RoRo, two ro-ro vessels, Fionia Sea and Jutlandia Sea, set to start plying in the company's colours as of January 2021.
The Swedish ferry company will replace Stena Baltica with Stena Nordica, which alongside Stena Vision and Stena Spirit will serve the route in question as of end-October.
