Fjord Line’s completely transformed cruise ferry MS Oslofjord was christened under its new name at the Sandefjord wharf, Norway. The renovated ship will serve Fjord Line’s new Sandefjord to Strömstad, Sweden line. ”Erik Bye wrote and sang ”Today, it may be our best day”, and that may just be the case for Fjord Line today,” […]
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Bergen Group Fosen has notified Fjord Line about a delay in delivery for up to three weeks for first cruise ferry. The reason is that the installation and testing of engines and other technical equipment is assumed to take longer than planned. The adjusted delivery date will cause additional expenses for Bergen Group Fosen. Appropriations […]
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Gadansk Shipyard launched a cruise ferry Bergensfjord on March 1, 2013. This modern cruise ferry, owned and operated by Norwegian ferry operator Fjord Line, is an LNG fulled eco-friendly vessel. The ferry will connect Norway and Denmark, and can receive 1,500 people and 600 cars on board. March 4, 2013
On Thursday 10 January 2013, STX Finland Oy’s Turku shipyard delivered a next-generation cruise ferry to Viking Line ABP. Building of the environmentally friendly M/S Viking Grace started at the STX Turku shipyard in September 2011 and the ship was floated out in August 2012. The ship provided some 2,600 man-years of labour to the […]
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The float-out of M/S Viking Grace, an environmentally friendly new generation cruise ferry, being built for Viking Line was performed at STX Turku Shipyard on Friday 10 August 2012. At the beginning of the event, the invited guests had an opportunity to visit the dry dock floor and see the ship from a rare perspective. […]
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The keel-laying cermony for the second of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries were marked at the shipyard in Gdansk on Thursday 15 December 2011. “Laying the keel” has more symbolic than practical significance in that the keels of the modern ships no longer stretch the traditional way. Yet is this concept of the procedure […]
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