Rendering of new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry

Conrad Shipyard picked to build new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry

When we last reported on the plan for a new ferry to operate between New York City’s Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, things had reached the stage where an RFP for the

Wavelab is a testbed for a planned Kiel autonomous ferry service

VIDEO: Kiel launches autonomous ferry test vessel

Stockholm, Sweden, is not the only European city aiming to get an autonomous passenger ferry into operation (see earlier story). Kiel, Germany, also has a boat in the water. That vessel is

Liberty Lines high speed hybrid ferry

Italy’s Liberty Lines orders three more high speed hybrid ferries

Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has added three more to the nine 38-meter hybrid monohull vessels it has on order at Spanish shipbuilder Armon. Designed by Incat Crowther, the ferries will feature

Autonomous ferry at dock

Stockholm to put autonomous ferry into operation this year

Back in November last year, Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten announced that it was planning to operate a small autonomous ferry in Stockholm, Sweden, and that shipbuilder Brødrene Aa had been given the

Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, and Capt. Zeita Merchant, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander and Captain of the Port of New York, present a Public Service Commendation to representatives from the NYC Ferry Vessel River Sprinter at Whitehall Ferry Terminal in New York City, March 9, 2023.

Ferry and tug crews recognized following ferry fire rescue

The Coast Guard presented Public Service Commendations and Certificates of Merit March 9 at the Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan to the New York City Police and Fire Departments, and to the ferry and tug

Mackinac Island ferry boat that will go all electric

1962-built Mackinac Island ferry will go electric

A $3.06 million award from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Fuel Transformation Program will support the first-ever conversion of a Mackinac Island passenger ferry to zero-emissions electric

Urban Sprinter double-ended ferry

BV to class double-ended ferry duo

Bureau Veritas is to class two 64.8 meter long, 1,000-passenger capacity, double-ended ferries ordered by Hong Kong’s Sun Ferries. Designed by Netherlands-based CoCo Yachts and built by YaGuang Technology Co. Ltd in

New Fire Island Ferries vessel

Fire Island Ferries takes delivery of multi-purpose vehicle ferry

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) and Fire Island Ferries report that construction of Fire Island Maid, the ferry company’s newest ferry, is complete. The vessel has received its U.S. Coast Guard COI

Sea Change ferry

Sea Change ferry arrives in San Francisco

The highly anticipated zero-emissions ferry, the M/V Sea Change, powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology arrived in San Francisco over the weekend, where it will prepare to carry passengers later this year.

Keel authentication of new auto and passenger ferry

Eastern Shipbuilding authenticates keel of new auto and passenger ferry

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla., last week hosted the keel authentication ceremony for a new 302-foot auto and passenger ferry (ESG Hull 228) it is building for

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