BRIEF NEWS
SERVICES STOPPED • All Aegean Sea ferry sailings were halted from 21 April for a period of at least a month to safeguard connectivity, with €30 million needed to cover costs. RP
TRASMED CUTS • The leading Spanish operator has taken 26,916gt ferries Ciudad Autonoma Melilla and Ciudad de Granada, delivered in 2001 from the Izar and Barreras yards respectively, out of service for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. RP
CONDOR MOVE • Passenger sailings from Poole to Guernsey and Jersey by Condor Liberation (2010) and links between the Channel Islands and St Malo by Condor Rapide (1997) were stopped from 27 March, and the suspension continued into May. Ro-ro vessels Commodore Clipper (1999) and Commodore Goodwill (1996) ran from Portsmouth, taking unaccompanied freight only. RP
• The America-born Britain-based shipping entrepreneur James Sherwood, who made Sea Containers the world’s largest container operation and leasing business as well as involving it in
