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WETA awarded $14.9 million to develop San Francisco zero-emission ferry network

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry Service, has won a $14.9 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). It

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VIDEO: Solar-electric ferry goes to work in the Baltic

This summer, there’s a new way to get to the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea: a solar-electric ferry. A 14.65-meter-long emission-free vessel is operating several times a day between the

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Podcast: BAE Systems on powering the Beluga24 ferry by Green City Ferries

In this edition of Listen Up! podcast, we’re bringing back Joe Hudspeth, Director of Business Development-Global Marine with BAE Systems, on Powering Green City Ferries high-speed emission-free catamaran passenger ferry, the Beluga24.

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C-Job will design fully-electric RoPax for Saronic Ferries

Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects is to develop the design for Greece’s first full-electric RoPax ferry. The 800-passenger vessel is being designed for Saronic Ferries, which, with a five-vessel fleet, is the largest

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NYCEDC to issue new RFP for NYC Ferry operator

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has released an audit finding that NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) underreported nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in NYC Ferry expenditures during former Mayor

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Biden administration announces availability of nearly $300 million in ferry grants

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available nearly $300 million through three competitive grant programs that aim to boost access to rural

EBDG-designed hybrid-electric ferry for Casco Bay enters construction

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) today announced that its design of a hybrid-electric passenger vehicle ferry for Casco Bay Lines of Portland, Maine, will enter the construction phase at Senesco Marine of

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Sembcorp Marine hands over second battery-powered ferry to Norled

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd. has completed the handover of the Dragsvik, the second of three identical battery-powered roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries to Norwegian operator Norled AS. It is now being dry transported to

BC Ferries: On the mend, but numbers still lag pre-pandemic levels

One of the world’s largest ferry operators—Canada’s BC Ferries—last week released its results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The good news: traffic, revenue, net earnings and expenditures were all

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Green City Ferries picks key suppliers for emissions-free ferry

Stockholm, Sweden, based Green City Ferries has announced the award of contracts for key suppliers to provide the emission-free propulsion system for Beluga24 – its high-speed emission-free catamaran passenger ferry. The Beluga24

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