Thoma-Sea launches Lake Erie ferry
Designed by New Orleans headquartered TAI Engineers LLC, the 168- by 45-foot passenger, truck and car ferry Carmen Lee was recently launched by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors’ Houma, La., shipyard. The ferry is
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Gladding-Hearn completes Bermuda Incat ferry refit
Resolute, one of two high-speed passenger catamaran ferries delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, to the Government of Bermuda, Ministry on Transport in 2002, has returned to service after a compete refit
Alaska to move ahead on new ferry
Alaska’s state ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway, is set to at long last get a replacement for its 57-year-old ferry Tustamena, which is now costing the state $2 million a year
New Zealand operator orders plug-in hybrid fast ferry
Auckland, New Zealand, operator Fullers360 has ordered its first plug-in electric hybrid ferry. Designed by Incat Crowther, the 34.6- by 9.5-meter vessel will carry 299 passenger and have a service speed of
VIDEO: Kongsberg tests full-scale hydrogen propulsion drivetrain
In a world first, Kongsberg has tested and verified a full-scale, full-size, zero-emissions drivetrain, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, designed for ships and ferries. The project, which marks a critical step in
Stena RoRo’s E-Flexer Salamanca delivered to Brittany Ferries
The Salamanca, the second of five ships in the E-Flexer class ordered by Stena RoRo for Brittany Ferries, was delivered on November 30. The vessel is the sixth E-Flexer of 12 ordered
Sea Change ferry completes landmark hydrogen fueling
SWITCH Maritime reports that its hydrogen fuel cell powered ferry Sea Change successfully completed a world first-of-its kind hydrogen fueling on November 18 at the Bellingham, Wash., All American Marine shipyard. The
Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 attracts largest attendance in 15 years
Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022 event will need a larger space than this year’s. Available exhibit space sold out, the conference room was full throughout the entire event, and registration numbers were the
Danfoss Editron picked to power Portuguese e-ferry
The municipality of Aveiro, Portugal, is to put its first fully-electric ferry into service next year. It could be Portugal’s first e-ferry and will replace a diesel powered boat on the one-mile
Finnish hybrid-electric ferry features Schottel propulsion
Currently under construction at the Crist shipyard in Poland, the latest addition to the fleet of Finland’s FinFerries, Altera, will be able to sail solely on battery power, charging its batteries with