Turkish shipyard delivers first two in six ferry order
APRIL 22, 2014 — Turkey’s Ares Shipyard has delivered the first two of eight 51-passenger ferries that will serve Qatar’s new Anantara Doha Island Resort & Spa, 11 km east of Doha.
APRIL 22, 2014 — Turkey’s Ares Shipyard has delivered the first two of eight 51-passenger ferries that will serve Qatar’s new Anantara Doha Island Resort & Spa, 11 km east of Doha.
APRIL 21, 2014 — With her administration under fire for its handling of the response to the Sewol Ropax ferry disaster, South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the conduct of the captain
APRIL 16, 2014 — A massive rescue effort is underway after the capsize and sinking of a 6,586 gt ferry carrying 462 people off South Korea’s southern coast. Korea’s Ministry of Security
APRIL 9, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of
APRIL 8, 2014 — Staten Island Ferry riders can’t have felt too comfortable after reading a recent New York Post story that called the ferries “ticking time bombs.” The story was based
APRIL 7, 2014 — Rotterdam headquartered Imtech Marine says that a hybrid propulsion system supplied for the first diesel electric, hybrid ferries built for Scottish state-owned ferry operator, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
APRIL 3, 2014 — Mississauga, Ontario, headquartered Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) reports that a cable ferry powered by one of its battery systems has now been sailing between Mjånes and Hisarøy in Norway
MARCH 24, 2014—Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) is urging the federal government to provide $267 million in funding for a New York City Department of Transportation plan to build three new 4,500-passenger
MARCH 21, 2014 — Vigor Industrial’s shipyard in Seattle yesterday hosted Washington State elected, transportation and manufacturing leaders for the christening of M/V Tokitae, the state’s first 1,500 passenger, 144-car Olympic Class
MARCH 21, 2014 — David Moseley is stepping down as Washington State Ferries chief. “Recognizing that the ferry system is in a stronger position than when I came six years ago, I