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San Diego’s oldest family-owned and operated tour boat and ferry company, Flagship Cruises & Events, founded in 1915, is currently in the process of building two cutting-edge, all-electric, zero-emission ferries. But meantime
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Incat Tasmania has marked another milestone in maritime decarbonization with the world’s largest battery-electric ship, still referred to by the shipbuilder only as Hull 096, commencing harbor trials on Tasmania’s River Derwent
ABB has been selected to supply a complete package of power, propulsion and control technology for four new hybrid-electric, double-ended passenger and car ferries that will replace four end-of-life vessels, under BC
Marine Atlantic, the Canadian crown corporation that provides freight and passenger services between the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, has entered into a five-year charter agreement with Stena RoRo
As ferry electrification projects pick up pace worldwide, Norwegian operator Vestlandske Traffikk is to convert two ferries to electric propulsion for operation in the Geirangerfjord, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Spirit of Mulgumpin, a highly customized 22-meter tour vessel designed by Incat Crowther and built by the Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard in Queensland, Australia, is now in operation for eco-tour
Originally delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation in 1995, the Boston Harbor ferry MV Outward Bound has returned to the Somerset, Mass., shipyard for a mid-life refit. Redelivery is planned for spring
San Diego-based Flagship Cruises & Events reports that the shipbuilding bid package has now been released for the two all-electric, zero-emission ferries it plans to build (see earlier story). Released in partnership
In a significant step fpr South Korea’s strategy for maritime decarbonization, Busan Port Authority (BPA) has officially launched Korea’s first state-owned all-electric ferry, with the end-to-end electric power and propulsion system supplied