Fincantieri preferred bidder in the sale of STX France
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- Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä
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- Published: 03 January 2017 03 January 2017
Fincantieri S.p.A. announces that it has received a letter from Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, advisor appointed by STX Europe, with the notification that it has been selected as preferred bidder in the sale of the 66.66% stake in STX France SA.
STX France is a major cruise shipbuilder, which has several ships in its orderbook for MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
All Leisure group cancels early January cruises of two ships
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
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- Published: 03 January 2017 03 January 2017
All Leisure group, the privately owned British company that owns boutique cruise brands Swan Hellenic, Voyages of Discovery and Hebridean Island Cruises, has cancelled the first cruises of the year of the first named two brands.
Voyages of Discovery, which operates the Voyager cruise ship, has cancelled the Riches of the Orient cruise, which is due to start in Malaysia on 4 January 2017, information on the company’s website shows. A message on the Swan Hellenic website announces the cancellation of Minerva’s “Gateway to the Atlantic Isles” cruise scheduled to leave Marseille on 3 January.
Cruise Business Online has been unable to obtain further details from the All Leisure group.
Hebridean Island Cruises, which operates the Hebridean Princess, is due to recommence sailings in the waters of the west coast of Scotland in March.
Brittany Ferries sign letter of intent with Flensburger for 42,000 gross ton ropax ferry
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
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- Published: 22 December 2016 22 December 2016
Brittany Ferries, the French company that operates large ropax and cruise ferry units in the Western Channel, says it has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburge shipyard in Germany to build a 42,000 gross ton ropax vessels for its service between Caen in France and Portsmouth in the UK.
The LNG powered ship that is planned for delivery in 2019, would be 185 metres in length, have a beam of 31 metres and carry 1,680 passengers, for whom there would be 257 cabins.
The lane metre capacity of the ship would be 2,600, whereby it would be able to carry 130 lorries or 550 cars. The parties plan to sign firm contract to build the ship in the spring of 2017.
Flensburger recently won an order from the Irish Continental group to build a large ropax vessel for its services between Ireland and the Continent and the UK.
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