FEBRUARY 10, 2016 — Melbourne, Australia, based BMT Design & Technology Pty Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has recently completed a design project for the South Australian Government’s Department
FEBRUARY 4, 2016—Rolls-Royce and the local public utility in Constance, Germany, Stadtwerke Konstanz, have teamed up to develop a liquid natural gas (LNG) propulsion system based on MTU engines for a new
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 — The North Carolina Department of Transportation says that at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, the Ferry Division vessel M/V Roanoke ran soft aground on its way
JANUARY 29, 2016—For a second consecutive year, a seven-man crew, led by Joseph Craine, owner and president of Lake Erie Ship Repair and Fabrication (LESR) based in Jefferson, OH, has repowered a
JANUARY 29, 2016 — Denia, Spain, headquartered ferry giant Baleària is to build a 232.2 m x 30.4 m LNG fueled “smart ship” at Spain’s LaNaval shipyard. It will be the largest
JANUARY 28, 2016 — Utila Dream, a 244 passenger Incat Crowther design catamaran ferry built by Midship Marine’s Harvey, LA, shipyard is now operating in Honduras after delivery from the shipbuilder on
Peng Xing was the first customer for CoCo Yachts’ Coastal Cruiser 199 design. This time round it has ordered another Coastal Cruiser 199 and one Coastal Cruiser 300, both with an option for one further vessel .
Peng Xing decided to continue with the Coastal Cruiser series is based on its experiences with a fleet of five of these ferries.
“The 27.5% lower fuel consumption, compared with their other vessels, and very low noise levels in the wheelhouse, crew
accommodations and passengers salons, in combination with good sea keeping performance, appeared to be very convincing,” says CoCo Yachts.
The Coastal Cruiser 199 will be delivered to Peng Xing Shipping Company in January 2017, with the Coastal Cruiser 300 following in April 2017. Both will be deployed to run services in the Pearl River delta between Shenzhen – Zhuhai – Hong Kong – Macau P.R. China.
| COASTAL CRUISER 199 | COASTAL CRUISER 300 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Length over all | 40.0 m | 42.3 m | |
| Beam over all | 9.3 m | 10.3 m | |
| Depth at mid ship | 3.4 m | 3.4 m | |
| Draft to baseline | 1.2 m | 1.3 m | |
| Economy passengers capacity | 159 @ 880 mm seat pitch | 232 @ 880 mm seat pitch | |
| Business passengers capacity | 30 @ 1000 mm seat pitch | 58 @ 1000 mm seat pitch | |
| VIP capacity | 10 | 10 | |
| Main engines | 2 x MTU 12V2000M7 | 22 x MTU 16V2000M72 | |
| Installed power | 2 x 1080 kW | 2x 1440 kW | |
| Waterjets | Rolls Royce S63-4 | Rolls Royce S71-4 | |
| Speed @ full load @ 95% MCR | 31.0 knots | 28.5 knots |
JANUARY 19, 2016 — Flensburg, Germany, based ferry operator FRS (Förde Reederei Seetouristik mbH) has acquired a majority interest in Seattle, WA, based Clipper Navigation, Inc., whose Clipper Vacations operates the Victoria
JANUARY 14, 2016 — New Zealand builder Q-West’s Wanganui shipyard has started construction of two 34 m catamarans. They represent a NZ$16 million (about US$10.3 million) investment by operator Fullers Group Ltd
JANUARY 7, 2016 — Germany’s first LNG-fueled ferry, the MS Ostfriesland, has now been operating for AG Ems between Emden and Borkum Island on the ecologically sensitive Wadden Sea, since June 2015.