New cruise ferry debuts in Canada-U.S. service

May 17, 2014—Friday, May 15 marked the initial sailing of the Nova Star, the first ferry to serve the cross border route between Portland, ME, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in five years.

CoCo Yachts delivers first of two high speed ferries

MAY 12, 2014 — Peng Xing 15, the first of two CoCo Yachts Coastal Cruiser 200 high speed passenger ferries has been delivered to Peng Xing Shipping Company, Shenzhen, China, by AFAI

Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster

APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing

Prosecutors widen net as death toll rises in ferry disaster

APRIL 23, 2014 — The death toll in the Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster has passed a grim turning point, with the number of deaths now exceeding the number of those missing. As

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.

Korean President slams Sewol captain’s conduct

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

Many missing after Korean ferry capsizes and sinks

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

NTSB issues Seastreak Wall Street incident findings

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

Newspaper story questions SI Ferry safety

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

Hybrid ferry achieves 38% fuel savings

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

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