Ferries

With Hurricane Irene approaching New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced during his press conference today that Staten Island Ferry service by 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 27. There was a possibility of the ferry service being halted sooner if winds and wave conditions make it difficult for the boats to land at the dock.Com ...

Johan Roos, director of sustainability at Sweden's Stena group since 2006, will join ferry industry trade association Interferry as executive director of EU and IMO affairs in September, working from an office within the Brussels HQ of the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA).Interferry is opening a Brussels office with a full-time specialist for EU and IMO activities in a bid to strengthen the ferry industry's voice on maritime policy and regulations.Star ...

Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. has won an order to design a 25 m, all-electric, 150 passenger ferry in China.A new green ship design is being developed to demonstrate the practical use of a battery powered ferry in estuarial and coastal waters where marine transportation is a viable alternative to land-based transport. ...

The Board of Directors of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) has unanimously voted to oppose enactment of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow foreign-flagged passenger vessels to directly compete with their American-flagged counterparts. The PVA Board action reaffirmed support of the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) which reserves the commercial carr ...

SkipperLiner, LaCrosse, Wis., recently delivered the vehicle ferry Pride of Cassville to the city of Cassville, Wi. The ferry comprises a passenger/vehicle barge and a towboat.The ferry will transport vehicles and passengers across the Mississippi River between Cassville  and Indiana  This service connects two National Scenic Byways: the ...

The first two of a new class of vessels designed by Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group LLC (EBDG) and built for the Port Aransas Ferry Service by Southwest Shipyard LP went into operation July 1. EBDG was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Corpus Christi District, to prepare the design for this new 160-ft double-ended ferry serving ...

Small ship cruise specialist American Cruise Lines reports that it has been awarded a contract by the Glacier Bay National Park to operate in the famed Alaskan park, making the line one of only several permitted to tour the area.A National Park Service Ranger and a native cultural interpreter will join passengers aboard each cruise to provide narration and insight into Glacier Bay ...

In partnership with Fleetway, Inc., Denmark's Knud E. Hansen A/S  recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada for the basic design of a series of six ferries for operation on the intra-provincial south shore routes off Newfoundland.This is the second such arrangement in which Knud E. Hansen has been involved, with the basic ...