Battery powered ferry enters service in Norway

MAY 19, 2015 – Ampere, the world’s first battery powered electric car and passenger ferry, has entered service in Norway. Built by the Fjellstrand shipyard, the ferry only uses 150 kWh per

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

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