Huakai and Alakai transferred to Navy for $35 million

The Navy has just gotten $210 million worth of high speed cats for $35 million. The U.S. Maritime Administration reports that it has now transferred the former Hawaii super ferries Huakai and

ABB to provide energy management for LNG-fueled cruise ferry

ABB is to provide an energy management system for an environmentally-friendly cruise ferry. The LNG-fueled vessel is to be delivered to Viking Line in 2013. It is being built at STX Finland’s

STX Finland completes car-passenger ferry

STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard has delivered the car-passenger ferry NB 1368, the Spirit of France,  to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the Spirit of Britain was delivered from Rauma Shipyard one year

Chinese Ropax ferry to have MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package

A 2,200-passenger/1,100-lane-meter Ropax ferry ordered by China’s Weihai Haida Ferry Co., is to have a MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package. Weihai Haida is the exclusive operator on the route between the

Video released on new Cuba ferry service

In a recently released video, CubaKat CEO Pedro Baez talks about the company’s plans to begin operating high-speed ferry service  between Marathon, FL, to Havana, Cuba, in 13 months. As we reported

Foss Maritime partners with Confederated Tribes to build new WSDOT ferry

Foss Maritime Company is joining with Washington State and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to build a replacement for a 63-year-old cross-Columbia River ferry. The partnership between Foss and the

Survitech Zodiac escape slides chosen for two Austal built fast ferries

Survitec Zodiac escape slides have been selected for two 47 m fast ferries, Perle Express and Liberty, recently completed at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. The ferries entered service in October with

High speed cats ordered for planned Florida-Cuba ferry service

Kona Catamaran, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has reportedly signed a deal with CubaKat, Inc. to build three high speed catamarans that will operate between Marathon, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The ferries will

Navy extends charter of Westpac Express

The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded an $8.23 million fixed-price contract to Austal Hull 130 Chartering, L.L.C., Mobile, Ala., to charter the 101-meter Westpac Express to support the Marine Corps

Imtech to supply propulsion systems for hybrid Ropax pair

Rotterdam headquartered Imtech Marine is to supply the hybrid propulsion systems for the world’s first diesel electric, hybrid seagoing ferries. Owned by Scottish company Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), the two vehicle

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