SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says PSA's bid for British ports and ferries group P&O, is for sound business reasons and not prestige.

Brittany Ferries has new low fares on its Poole to Cherbourg ferry service, starting at £55 each way for a car and two adults staying five days or fewer. For a longer stay the fare is £85. This range of low fares is for travel until May 21.

A Leading academic has called for the Northern Isles ferries Hjaltland and Hrossey to be replaced after branding them among the most inefficient ships built in recent years.

Shares in P&O have jumped by more than 6% after the UK ports and ferries group backed a fresh £3.9bn ($7bn) takeover bid from a Dubai-based operator.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's flagship ferry has reached a milestone with its 10,000th journey.

A bidding war for ports and ferries operator P&O has broken out with Dubai Ports World trumping a £3.5bn ($6.3bn) takeover bid for the group.

Ports and ferries group P&O has agreed a takeover bid from Singapore's PSA International, valuing the company at £3.5bn ($6.3bn).

Viking Line, the Finnish ferry operator, has put in a ‘tentative’ bid for Silja, the rival company put up for sale by Sea Containers. The move comes ahead of today’s deadline for offers but more than a month since Tallink said it was interested in Silja’s Finland-Sweden services. Silja Line operates two cruise ferries from Helsinki to Stockhom ferry port plus two other vessels between Turku and Stockholm under the Silja Line brand name. It also has two ro-pax ferries on the Turku to Stockhom ferry route under Seawind Line.

Effective last week, Bornholmstrafikken has stopped the service on the route Køge - Mukran (Sassnitz). It may be re-opened on a charter basis, however.

Revenue & Customs has agreed to pay Hoverspeed almost £2m to settle a long-running legal dispute over its officers' alleged "heavy-handed" searches of booze cruise customers.

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.

local firm stands ready to reinstate a car ferry between Scotland and Northern Ireland for the £1m subsidy offered by ministers.

States' help could be given to Emeraude Ferries so it can restart its ferry services between Jersey and St Malo.

Korean shipbuilding has made a seminal impact on the north European ro-pax market with the entry of the 35,000 gt Maersk Dunkerque into Cross Channel Ferry service under the Norfolkline banner.

Former managers at Hoverspeed, the Dover, UK-based ferry operation closed by Sea Containers last month, and Speed Ferries are understood to be two contenders bidding to revive a fast ferry link to Calais.

Balearia, the Spanish ferry operator, has brought serious competition to the Barcelona Palma ferry route with the introduction of a new passenger and Freight. The operator has chartered the 22,000-gt Brave Merchant from NorseMerchant Ferries, now renamed Pau Casals after the Catalan composer.

Over two million lorries passed through Dover Ferry Port in 2005 whilst the number of tourist cars increased by two per cent compared to 2004.

Hopes for the revival of a ferry route between Argyll and Northern Ireland have been dashed after it failed to attract any potential operators.

The fast ferry from the Isle of Man to Liverpool is being overhauled.

The 26,500 tonne Mersey Viking joins sister ship, the Lagan Viking, which Norse Merchant Ferries introduced to the route six months ago.

As from April/May next year, Master Ferries will deploy the former MADS MOLS between Kristiansand and Hanstholm.