New catamaran ferry for Orkney Isles
28 February 2007
It was a case of out with the very old and in with the very new as FBMA Marine Inc, the Aboitiz Corp owned shipbuilders based in Cebu, Philippines signed a contract on February 19th 2007 with Pentland Ferries to supply a 70m catamaran ferry for operation from Scotland to the Orkney Isles.

HD FERRIES - New catamaran ferry enters the ports of St Malo, Jersey and Guernsey for the first time
20 February 2007
HD Ferries will start operating between Jersey, Guernsey and St Malo on March 15th in competition with Condor Ferries.

Brittany Ferries expands Cherbourg freight service
15 February 2007
Brittany Ferries has announced an expansion of its cross-Channel freight service from Autumn this year.

Caledonian MacBrayne's troubled Gourock - Dunoon service
12 February 2007
Ministers are set to appeal to the European Commission over Caledonian MacBrayne troubled service to negotiate flexibility on subsidy regulations imposed on the service.