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VIDEO: Fjord FSTR completes delivery voyage

The largest vessel thus far built by the Austal Philippines shipyard — the 109-meter, high-speed catamaran ferry Fjord FSTR — arrived in Hirtsals, Denmark, Sunday, ready to go to work for Norway’s

Rendering of ferry

ABB electric solutions picked for 10 Lisbon river ferries

ABB is to supply the all-electric power solution for ten 40-meter, 540-passenger ferries being built by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán under a EUR 52.4 million (about $62.5 million) contract from Portuguese public

Mystery of the shrinking ferry

When a 1978-built ferry operated for Canada’s BC Ferries between 1991 and 2015 as the Queen of Chilliwack she had a length of 114 meters and a gross tonnage of 5,011 gt

Splashy side launch of yellow Staten Island ferry

VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding launches third Ollis class ferry

Launched March 26, the Dorothy Day is the third of the three 320 foot long Ollis class Staten Island ferry being built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla.,

New report explains IMO cruise and ferry sector cybersecurity requirement

Leading global mobile satcom specialist Inmarsat has released a new, free of charge, report covering new International Maritime Organization cybersecurity requirements and their implications for cruise ship and ferry operators. By IMO

Chinese yard launches first of two new rail ferries for U.S. operator

China’s CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company has launched the first of two new rail ferries for Jacksonville, Fla., headquartered CG Railway (CGR). The ferries, the first of which is set to start

Casco Bay Line Ferry

Casco Bay Lines gets go ahead to order new hybrid-electric ferry

Portland, Maine-based Casco Bay Lines — more formally Casco Bay Island Transit District — reports that it will soon begin construction of a long-awaited new ferry to service its Peaks Island route.

Solar-powered ferry will be first vessel with new thruster

Torqeedo and Poseidon Propulsion B.V. are introducing a fully-electric steerable thruster system designed to provide up to 65 kW of emissions-free power and directional thrust. The first vessel with the new system

Austal delivers largest aluminum vessel ever built in Philippines

Austal Philippines has successfully delivered Hull 419, a 109-meter, high-speed catamaran ferry, to Fjord Line of Norway. Named FSTR, the vessel is the largest aluminum vessel ever constructed in the Philippines —

Electric-ready ferry will feature Schottel main propulsion

The 89 meter long double-ended car/passenger ferry being built by Western Pacific Marine Inc. at its Vancouver, B.C., shipyard for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation will feature a Schottel main propulsion

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