Heddle Shipyards president

Heddle Shipyards picked for cable ferry build

A CAD 3.3 million (about US$2,6 million) investment by the Government of Ontario will see Canada’s Heddle Shipyards build a new cable ferry for the route that links the province’s Simcoe Island

Ferry design e-ferry

Ferry Design: The boat is just one part of the solution

There are a lot of moving parts to designing a ferry system, and the boat itself is just the one that floats. Ferries—and in particular commuter ferries—are components of overall transportation networks.

Cummins and Wabtec on ferry propulsion

Q&A: 10 Minutes with Cummins and Wabtec Marine Propulsion

[Sponsored Content]: Cummins has long provided engines, gensets, and other applications and accessories to ferries, tugboats, towboats, fishing vessels and more. Wabtec Corporation, of which Cummins has partnered with on various sales

Heimat is to be repowered with batteries

Veteran Alpine lake ferry set for battery repower

An historic Swiss passenger ferry built in 1933 and now on its third diesel engine is to be repowered again, but this time with batteries. Carrying up to 60 passengers, the ferry,

Electra uses hudrofoil technology

VIDEO: Electra e-ferry concept unveiled

Alameda, Calif.-based marine technology startup Boundary Layer Technologies has released a concept design for a zero-emission all-electric ferry said to have twice the speed and range of existing e-ferries. Called Electra, the

fuel cell powered ferry

Plans for seagoing hydrogen fuel cell ferry move ahead

The Scottish-led Hyseas III project, which aims to build Europe’s first sea-going hydrogen fuel cell powered ferry, reports significant progress.The AqualisBraemar LOC Group has completed designs which show what the vessel, which

Pace Ralli

FERRIES 2021: Pace Ralli to speak on first zero-carbon, hydrogen fuel cell ferry

Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2021 will include Pace Ralli, founder and CEO of SWITCH Maritime. On November 10, the second day of the conference, he will speak on the first

battery hybrid ferry at dawn

VIDEO: BC Ferries’ latest battery hybrid starts long-haul delivery voyage

The latest Island Class battery hybrid ferry to join the BC Ferries fleet is set to give its battery capabilities an endurance test. The ferry, which departed Damen’s Galati, Romania, shipyard at

Two NYC Ferry vessels

Cecilia Kushner to keynote Ferries 2021 on New York’s ferry investments

Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 conference is set to go live and in person in just over three weeks, with a full agenda and a nearly sold out venue. The event will take

Panelists

FERRIES 2021 PANEL: Ridership growth—preparing for the boom

A feature of Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2021 event will be two panel discussions in front of a live-audience. The first, on November 9, will focus on the topic of ferry ridership

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