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On Nov 4, 2026, the 'GNV Atlas' left the port of Filyos enroute to breakers in Aliağa with an ETA as of Nov 6 in order to be recycled.

The Armas Mead family has reached an agreement with Baleària to terminate the charter contract for the 'Ciudad de Ibiza , after it has been sold to the Jordanian company Arab Bridge Maritime (ABM), which was already the owner of the ferries 'Amman', formerly the 'Manuel Azaña', and the 'Sinaa', formerly the 'Volcán de Tejeda' —, with the delivery being scheduled for the end of September 2026. Baleària planned to assume the labour liabilities, so the crew members, who were affected by the sale of the vessel, would be reassigned to the fleet of the Group led by Adolfo Utor. In recent months, the 'Ciudad de Ibiza' has covered the cargo service between the two Canary capitals. Everything indicated that it did not fit well into other Baleària routes, so, given the opportunity for sale that has arisen, the parties have reached a friendly agreement to terminate the contract, along with job security. Arab Bridge Maritime purchased the ship from Trasmediterránea in October and was operating it under Jordanian ownership as 'Al Jisr'. It arrived in Alexandria on Oct 24.

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The Jordan-based Arab Bridge Maritime has acquired the 'Cotentin' from Brittany Ferries. The vessel was one of two RoPax ferries that Brittany Ferries announced in June would leave its fleet. It became surplus on the Cherbourg–Rosslare route, where it wasreplaced by another vessel, while Brittany Ferries’ oldest RoPax, the 1992-built 'Barfleur, became redundant following the closure of the Cherbourg–Poole route and temporarily replaced the 'Cotentin' between Cherbourg and Rosslare. Brittany Ferries attributed the fleet reduction to rising costs associated with the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and increased financing costs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arab Bridge Maritime formally took delivery of the 'Cotentin' in Cherbourg on Oct 19, 2026, when the ferry was renamed 'Nefertiti' and transferred from the French to the Jordanian flag. It became by far Arab Bridge Maritime’s largest RoPax in terms of freight capacity. Arab Bridge Maritime had also acquired the 'Ciudad de Ibiza' from Spain’s Trasmediterránea and renamed it 'Al Jisr'. Attica Holdings RoPax 'Lefka Ori', now renamed 'Daleela Express', was also sold to a company with a registered CO-address at Arab Ship Management, the ISM manager for Arab Bridge Maritime’s fleet. Arab Bridge Maritime announced record profits for the first nine months of the year, and said another RoPax was set to join its fleet alongside a capacity expansion on the Safaga–Duba corridor between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Following the acquisition of the 'Cotentin', Arab Bridge Maritime’s fleet now comprised of 12 vessels, consisting of five RoPax ferries, three RoRo vessels and four high-speed ferries.

The sale of the 'Lefka Ori' was announced on Sep 30 by the Attica company, for a total price of 8.3 million euros. The sale resulted in a profit of 4.9 million euros, which would be recognised in the results of the second half of 2026. The ferry completed its voyages on the Aegean routes on Sep 15, while on Sep 20 it made its last voyage from the port of Piraeus to Rhodes and then to Limassol, where it arrived on Sep 24. The ship is the former 'Blue Horizon', the name of which was associated with the tragic death of the 36-year-old Antonis Kargiotis in Sep 2023 in the port of Piraeus, when crew members left him helpless to drown at sea. The ship was renamed 'Daleela Express' after ot was sold to a company with a registered CO-address at Arab Ship Management, the ISM manager for Arab Bridge Maritime’s fleet. It arrived in Suez on Oct 6 and departed for Jeddah on Oct 19, where it arrived on Oct 25.