Fjord Line accuses Color Line of dumping
31 January 2006
Bergen-based passenger/car ferry operator Fjord Line maintains that Color Line is trying to drive them out of the market by illegal means, like distributing free tickets on the route from Bergen, via Stavanger to Denmark, according to the managing director of Fjord Line, Ove Solem.

Irish Ferries new low spring fares to France
31 January 2006
Further benefits of Irish Ferries recently-announced policy of cutting fares on their UK and France routes are revealed in a number of new low Spring fares to France.

Award winning Stena Line on crest of a wave
31 January 2006
Ireland's leading ferry company Stena Line has picked up the Best Ferry Company Award at the prestigious Irish Travel Trade Awards in Dublin.

Viking and Tallink make offers to buy Silja Line
27 January 2006
Finnish passenger and cargo shipping operator Viking Line and Estonia's Tallink have offered to buy loss-making rival Silja Line.

Eurotunnel hits 10 million
27 January 2006
Transporting trucks is the heart of Eurotunnel's freight business.

Isle of Wight rock Festival makes ferry tills sing out
27 January 2006
WIith no Glastonbury Festival scheduled for 2006, WightLink reports early bookings for this year's Nokia IW Festival are booming.

PSA offer for P&O recommended
26 January 2006
Recommended cash acquisition of The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (" P&O ") by PSA Venture (UK) Limited (the .

Northlink Ferries future
26 January 2006
SHETLAND Islands Council is to hold a public meeting to discuss the future of the lifeline ferry service to the northern isles.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company flagship 10,000th journey
26 January 2006
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company flagship Ben My Chree launched in 1998 will notch up a unique Company passenger vessel record in 2006 when it completes its 10,000th journey and 590,000 miles crossing from Heysham to the Isle of Man on its 02.

Color Line buys terminal preference
26 January 2006
Norway's biggest passenger/ferry operator Color Line buys preference to the ferry terminal in Kristiansand in South Norway to the tune of NOK 3.

Viking joins Tallink in Silja bidding
26 January 2006
Viking Line, the Finnish ferry operator, has put in a `tentative' bid for Silja, the rival company put up for sale by Sea Containers.

Book early to catch a ferry good bargain with P&O Ferries
25 January 2006
Canny cross-Channel travellers can snap up peak summer fares to France with P&O Ferries for just £35 each way for a car and up to nine people.

P&O Ferries has been voted the UK's top ferry company
25 January 2006
P&O Ferries has been voted the nation's top ferry company by Britain's travel agents - twice -in the prestigious annual Travel Weekly Globe Awards.

Red Funnel announces positive end of year results for 2005
25 January 2006
Red Funnel, the Isle of Wight specialist, has announced a successful 2005 with extremely positive market share results.

Falling Stena Line ferry fares good news for consumers
20 January 2006
Those planning to book ferry travel in the near future will be glad to hear the news that leading ferry company Stena Line has slashed its fares, the latest move in an Irish Sea price war.

Almost 500 Irish Ferries workers accept redundancy terms
20 January 2006
ALMOST 500 seafarers from Irish Ferries have accepted the company's redundancy terms, leaving only 48 members of the 'old order' on its Irish Sea routes.

LOI Aker Yards - Brittany Ferries confirmed as an order
19 January 2006
The Letter of Intent (LOI) for a roro-passenger ferry signed on 23 December 2005 by Aker Yards and the French company Brittany Ferries was today confirmed as a firm contract worth approximately 110 million euro.

Trasmediterranea Ferries eyes Vigo to Bristol ferry link
18 January 2006
A representative from Spanish ferry operator Trasmediterranea flies to the UK next week to finalise plans for a new passenger/freight service between Vigo and Bristol.

Dover port traffic hit new heights
17 January 2006
Over two million lorries passed through the Port of Dover in 2005 whilst the number of tourist cars increased by two per cent compared to 2004.

Channel Islands might help Emeraude ferry company
17 January 2006
States' help could be given to Emeraude so it can restart its ferry services between Jersey and St Malo.

EuroTunnel: 2005 Traffic and revenue figures
16 January 2006
EuroTunnel manages the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel and operates accompanied truck shuttle and passenger shuttle (car and coach) services between Folkestone, UK and Calais, France.

Eurostar gains as business travellers switch from airlines
16 January 2006
Eurostar has claimed a record year in 2005 with sales up 7% to £464 million and 2.

SeaFrance Dover-Calais Ferries celebrated its 10th anniversary
13 January 2006
SeaFrance Dover-Calais Ferries celebrated its 10th anniversary last week by breaking its own record.

Irish Ferries promotes EUR59 One way fare to Britain
13 January 2006
Life has returned to normal at Irish Ferries with the news that the company is holding a fare sale to launch their 2006 programme to Britain .

DFDS sells Ro-Pax ship
13 January 2006
As of today's date, the DFDS - owned company Lisco Baltic Service has sold the Ro-Pax vessel PALANGA to the New Zealand shipping company Monto Stello Limited.

Hoverspeed Ferry Talks
12 January 2006
"Hoverspeed has been revealed as one of the three firms currently in talks with Dover Harbour Board about running fast ferry services out of the disused International Hoverport.

The world wide web is proving a success for IOM Steam Packet
12 January 2006
The world wide web is proving a success for the world's oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company.

Balearia inaugurates its new daily Barcelona-Palma route
12 January 2006
Balearia inaugurates its new daily Barcelona-Palma route in January

Balearia will start operating the Barcelona-Palma route in the first half of January.

Brave Merchant new career with Iscomar Ferrys
12 January 2006
ISCOMAR incorporates to its fleet the superferry Blanca del Mar, a recently built ship, to cover the Barcelona-Palma de Mallorca line.

P&O receives further takeover bid
11 January 2006
Ports and ferries group P&O has received a £3,5bn takeover approach from Singaporean state-owned operator PSA International.

Trasmediterranea between Vigo and Bristol from 1st April 2006
10 January 2006
According to information published in Atlantico Diario, Trasmediterranea will begin operating a passanger and cargo ferry service between Vigo and Bristol as from 1st April next.

Record numbers of trucks transported on Scandlines routes
09 January 2006
Record numbers of trucks transported on Scandlines routes in 2005

Considerable growth particularly on the lines to and from Scandinavia due to greatly increased traffic from the new EU Member States

"The Scandlines shipping line achieved substantial growth in the transport of trucks in 2005.

LD Lines relents over union demands on Norman Spirit flag
09 January 2006
LD Lines, operator of the new Le Havre-Portsmouth ferry service, has given into French seafarer union demands that the ship on the line should be switched from Italian to British or French flag.

Scandlines for sale at $950M
07 January 2006
GERMAN-Danish ferry operator Scandlines has been put up for sale, with an anticipated sale price of about euro800M ($950M).

Fresh Air with P&O Irish Sea
05 January 2006
P&O Ferries Irish Sea who operate ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland and Liverpool - Dublin will go non smoking on all their vessels from 9th January 2006.

AFerry Special Offers January 2006
01 January 2006
AFerry Special Offers January 2006.