Midship Marine building two 25 m cats

OCTOBER 4, 2012 — Midship Marine’s Harvey, La., shipyard is building two Incat Crowther design 25 m catamaran passenger ferries to operate in St Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They feature

Blount Boats books contract to build 85 ft ferry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Blount Boats, Warren, R.I.. has signed a contract with Fire Island Ferries to construct an 85 foot aluminum ferry boat for service between Bay Shore and Fire Island

MAN Diesel & Turbo to power Taiwan Ropax ferry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 — A Ropax ferry being built by Taiwan’s Jade Shipbuilding for Lienchiang County Government is to be propelled by two 9L32/44CR four-stroke engines. The medium-speed engines will form part

Seastreak cat gets c.p. propellers instead of jets

AUGUST 29, 2012 — Midship Marine, Harvey, La., has completed a successful refit of the 43 m Incat Crowther design catamaran ferry Seastreak Wall Street. Owned by Seastreak LLC, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.,

Fast ferry grounds on Boston sandbar

AUGUST 27, 2012 —  Bay State Cruises said yesterday that its Boston-Provincetown fast ferry departures were again running as scheduled. That came after a grounding incident Saturday interrupted services. The Coast Guard

Scottish ferry operators pick Rolls-Royce thrusters

AUGUST 17, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries. They are

CMAL to study hydrogen fuel cell applications for green ferries

AUGUST 16, 2012—Are hydrogen fuel cells practical for use in zero-emission ferries? That question will be addressed in a new feasibility study being carried out by Scottish ferry owner Caledonian Maritime Assets

STX Turku floats out LNG fueled cruise ferry

AUGUST 10, 2012 — The LNG-fueled 218 m cruise ferry M/S Viking Grace is a step nearer to entering service with Viking Line. Designed to be the most environmentally friendly large cruise

JV plans European LNG marine fuel infrastructure

AUGUST 6, 2012 — Linde Group, which has a contract to deliver LNG fuel for the natural gas fueled ferry newbuild Viking Grace (pictured at left), is setting up a 50/50 joint

Ferry funded by ONR is yet to enter service

AUGUST 1, 2012 — An $80 million multipurpose ferry designed to operate in three modes has thus had only one role: white elephant. Built at Alaska Ship & Drydock with the aid

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