JULY 22, 2015 — Gorinchem, Netherlands, based CoCo Yachts and China’s AFAI Southern Shipyard Guangzhou Panyu have been awarded a contract by Cosco Xiamen. It covers design and construction of a Coastal
JULY 21, 2015 — Spain’s Baleària Group has obtained a U.S. Treasury Department license to operate a ferry service between the U.S. and Cuba, following its application to the Treasury’s Office of
JULY 19, 2015—The first of dual fuel ferry ever built for North America was launched yesterday at Chantier Davie Canada Inc. in Levis, Quebec. The MV Armand-Imbeau II is the first of
JULY 13, 2015 — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder yesterday christened the newest addition to the Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry fleet, the $3.8 million, 85-foot Miss Margy. It is the first ferry to
JULY 9, 2015 — Canada’s BC Ferries announced today thatit has shortlisted three shipyards, including one British Columbia yard, for the mid-life upgrades of its two Spirit Class vessels, which include converting
JULY 9, 2015 — Four 33 m catamaran ferries under construction for Singapore’s Majestic Fast Ferry at PT Cahaya Samudra Shipyard, Indonesia, are being built to a new design by Incat Crowther.
JUNE 23, 2015 — A double ended ferry under construction at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England, will replace an existing ferry on the route between Strangford and Portaferry in County
JUNE 23, 2015 — Bagnolet, France, headquartered Saft S.A. has won a contract to supply state-of-the-art Li-ion (lithium ion) battery systems to Rotterdam headquarterd Imtech Marine which (as we reported earlier) will
JUNE 9, 2015 — Finnish electric drive train specialist Visedo has been selected as the sole electric-system supplier for a fully electric ferry to be built by the Danish shipbuilder Søby Shipyard
JUNE 9, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises’ Provincetown Fast Ferry, Salacia is officially back at work after being drydocked at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, from January through May to undergo an almost