Nigel Cabral

PODCAST: Small-scale ferry operations and the bigger picture

In this edition of Listen Up!, we talk to Nigel Cabral, who is the CEO of Tideline Marine Group, a ferry services and maritime consulting firm based in Tiburon, Calif., that focuses

Ferry at sea

First look at new ferry designs for Isles of Scilly

BMT has now released the first details of its cutting edge designs for new vessels to serve the Isles of Scilly, off the southwest tip of the U.K. The Isles of Scilly

Charging system is centrally located on the vessels, allowing charging on both port and starboard from towers located on the terminal’s floating pontoons.

Bureau Veritas to class 10 Portuguese electric ferries

Bureau Veritas (BV) has won a contract for the classification of the 10 electric ferries under construction at the Gondán Shipyard in Spain for Portuguese operator Transtejo. Set to enter service between

Ferry at shipyard

Fully-electric ferry features Schottel propulsion

Equipped with two Schottel RudderPropellers, the 42- by 11-meter Sandøy is the first-fully electric ferry for Norwegian operator Brevik Fergeselskap. Recently launched by Holland Shipyards Group, it will operate operate in the

Rendering of ferry

All-electric ferries will connect to shore power autonomously

Bømlo, Norway, based Zinus AS is to supply autonomous charging connections for the 10 all-electric ferries currently under construction at Spain’s Astillero Gondán. As we reported earlier, the ferries are being built

Profile view of Brix Marine water taxi

Brix Marine builds water taxi for QXMC

Port Angeles, Wash., based boatbuilder Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA) is currently constructing a 32- by 12-foot catamaran for the Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC). QXMC is the business arm of

Large catamaran car/passenger ferry

World’s first LNG-fueled fast ferry ready for work

Spanish ferry operator Baleària reports that its Eleanor Roosevelt, the world’s first fast ferry with LNG-fueled engines, will start operating May 1 on its route linking Dénia on Spain’s east coast, with

catamaran ferry Nordlich II

VIDEO: AG Ems set to take delivery of MAN 175D-powered 34-knot cat

German ferry operator AG Ems is getting set to deploy the new high tech catamaran ferry Nordlich II on its routes between Cuxhaven and Hegoland and Borkum. Set for commissioning in July,

Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

DOT: $1 billion available in RAISE grants

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has announced that he U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY)

Rendering of ferry

Tasmania’s TT-Line finally inks two-ferry order at Rauma shipyard

An on-again, off-again contract between Tasmanian ferry operator TT Line Company and Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) is on again. Yesterday, April 14, the Prime Minister of Tasmania granted permission for

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