Baleara applies for license for Florida to Cuba ferry routes

MAY 12, 2015 — Spain’s Balearia Group has applied to the U.S. Treasury Department for a license to operate  ferry service between the U.S. and Cuba. It is not one of the

BC Ferries christens its first cable ferry

MAY 8, 2015 — BC Ferries christened its newest vessel and first-ever cable ferry, Baynes Sound Connector, in a ceremony at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver, BC, Canada, today at which

Five get OFAC licenses for U.S.-Cuba ferry service

MAY 6, 2015 — The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday issued a guidance regarding travel between the United States and Cuba covering on which individuals may be transported

AMHS fast ferry completes successful repower

MAY 5, 2015 — Alaska Marine Highway System’s fast vehicle ferry Chenega has successfully completed two days of sea trials in Puget Sound after being repowered with four new MTU Series 4000

Kvichak wins $32 million contract for two WETA ferries

APRIL 16, 2015 — Kvichak Marine Industries, Seattle, WA, a Vigor Industrial Company, was recently awarded a shipbuilding contract by the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), San Francisco, CA, for the design

The plight of the Condor …

APRIL 15, 2015 — U.K. ferry operator Condor Ferries seems to have been experiencing a series of unfortunate events with Condor Liberation, the 102 m Austal trimaran it acquired last year (see

Second 144-car ferry readied for Washington State

APRIL 13, 2015—The $126-million Samish, the second of three 144-car ferries, was recently accepted by Washington State Ferries (WSF), Seattle, WA, following its delivery from Vigor Industrial. Following two months of sea

LNG-fueled ferry on delivery voyage to Canada

APRIL 3, 2014 — Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri reports that the first LNG fueled ferry built in Italy, the F.-A.-Gauthier, departed its shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, April 1, after successfully completing

Gladding-Hearn building new Circle Line boats

MARCH 30, 2015 — In a keel laying ceremony held in celebration of the 70th anniversary year of New York City’s Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc.,  Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, recently began

Gladding-Hearn books order for high-speed ferry

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 — Hy-Line Cruises, a division of Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc., Hyannis, MA, has ordered a new 493-passenger, high-speed catamaran from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Duclos Corporation, for delivery in 2016.

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