Austal Australia has launched a new series of Volta electric-powered high speed ferries, with the first design offered being the fully electric 46-meter Passenger Express 46V. Austal says the Volta series differs
Germany’s Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) has exercised a contract option with Holland Shipyards Group to build three additional hybrid ferries. The design of the new ferries will be in line with
The two autonomous RO/RO freight ferries on order for Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO will have Schottel propulsion systems. As we reported earlier, the vessels are being built at Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in
France’s Piriou Shipyard has been awarded a contract by the Pays de La Loire region for the construction of a ferry to serve the island of Yeu off the French Atlantic coast.
Canada’s BC Ferries has released a video showing the launch of its fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled Salish Class vessel at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland, Work at the shipyard will
Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA), Port Angeles, Wash., has delivered a new 4615-CTC luxury water taxi, Liberty National I, to Liberty National Golf Club after successful launch and sea trials in
Interlake Holding Company has purchased the assets of Pere Marquette Shipping Company and Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company in an acquisition that includes two working Great Lakes vessels, the articulated tug-barge(ATB) Undaunted/Pere
EQT Infrastructure, part of Swedish private equity firm EQT, has reached an agreement to acquire Denmark’s largest passenger ferry operator, Molslinjen, from a group of shareholders led by Copenhagen-headquartered Polaris Private Equity.
Thailand’s first emissions-free commuter fleet was placed into service on November 26 2020 by the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA). Seven new vessels joined the first test boat, which has been successfully transporting
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark reports that it has delivered the final vessel in a four-year newbuilding program for NYC Ferry, operated by Hornblower. The vessel, Time Traveler is the twelfth
