German state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn AG and the Danish government are to sell their Scandlines joint venture to two financial investors and a German ferry company for around 1.5 bln eur, Financial Times Deutschland said, citing sources.

Alderneys tourism chiefs face a nervous wait today as experts decide whether to allow a new ferry service to run to the island.

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Spanish ferry operator Balearia will add a new fast ferry later this year into its service between Palma de Mallorca and Valencia. The ship is part of a €300m fleet expansion programme.

The new owners of the Newhaven Dieppe ferry route have said the number of people travelling to and from the Continent had soared since it took over the service three months ago.

French Mediterranean ferry operator SNCM and its partner Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation have officially been awarded the ferociously contested concession for the provision of ferry services between the French mainland and the island of Corsica for the period 2007 to 2012, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.

A new ferry port could be built on the Isle of Wight breaking the stranglehold on travel across the Solent, it has emerged.

Scandlines appears to have been adopting a lower public profile over the course of the past few weeks.

Grimaldi Holding, Aldo Grimaldi’s Genoa-based shipping concern, announced the technical launch of the second of the eight small cruise ferries it has under construction at Tuscan shipyard Nuovi Cantieri Apuania.

The winner of the first X Factor - Steve Brookstein, has signed up to provide the musical entertainment on a P&O Ferries Mini Cruise, along with other former contestants whose careers have sunk without a trace.

Stena Line is telling passengers it has no plans to axe its fast ferry crossings from the port of Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire in Ireland because of escalating fuel costs.