Ferries

AUGUST 27, 2012 —  Bay State Cruises said yesterday that its Boston-Provincetown fast ferry departures were again running as scheduled. That came after a grounding incident Saturday interrupted services. The Coast Guard says that the ferry Providence 3 ran aground o ...

AUGUST 17, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries. They are being built by Cammell Laird Shiprepaires and Shipbuilders in Birkenhead, England, and will be l ...

AUGUST 16, 2012—Are hydrogen fuel cells practical for use in zero-emission ferries? That question will be addressed in a new feasibility study being carried out by Scottish ferry owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. (CMAL). CMAL was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise to perform the study, which w ...

AUGUST 10, 2012 — The LNG-fueled 218 m cruise ferry M/S Viking Grace is a step nearer to entering service with Viking Line. Designed to be the most environmentally friendly large cruise ferry of all time, the ship was floated out this morning at STX Europe's Turku, Finland, shipyard. The float-out ceremony was witnessed by represen ...

AUGUST 6, 2012 — Linde Group, which has a contract to deliver LNG fuel for the natural gas fueled ferry newbuild Viking Grace (pictured at left), is setting up a 50/50 joint venture with bunker supplier Bomin. The aim is to build a European infrastructure for the supply of LNG fuel for ships.The JV is due to start its operations in ...

AUGUST 1, 2012 — An $80 million multipurpose ferry designed to operate in three modes has thus had only one role: white elephant. Built at Alaska Ship & Drydock with the aid of funding from the Office of Naval Research, for Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough, the ferry Susitna has a catamaran mode for high speeds; a sm ...

JULY 30, 2012—Fincantieri has been awarded a contract to build a latest generation ferry by Canada's Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ). The 130 m ferry will have a capacity of 800 passengers and 180 cars and will have a dual fuel diesel electric propulsion system able to operate on marine diesel oil or LNG. I ...

JULY 30, 2012—Maine Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, today said that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award $2.4 million in federal funding to the Maine Department of Transportation for ferry service improvements in Maine. The funding, which is being ...