DFDS buys Moby RoPax duo
Copenhagen headquartered DFDS reports that it has entered into an agreement with the Italian ferry company Moby to acquire the two combined freight and passenger ferries Moby Wonder and Moby Aki, built
Ferries
Schottel delivers propulsion units for BC Ferries battery hybrids
Spay, Germany, headquartered Schottel has delivered propulsion units for two 81 meter road ferries under construction at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, for Canada’s BC Ferries. Each will be equipped with two high-efficiency
Forty year old ferry back at work following four-month refit
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass., has just completed a four-month refit of the Cormorant, a ferry that it delivered in 1979. Since then, the vessel has logged thousands of miles under its keel
Seastreak orders second 600 passenger fast ferry
Designer Incat Crowther reports that Seastreak LLC, Atlantic City, N.J., has ordered a sister vessel to its Seastreak Commodore. Delivered last year (see earlier story) the Incat Crowther 45 design, 600 passenger
Austal and Fred. Olsen hone next gen trimarans’ environmental creds
Australian shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) and long term customer Fred. Olsen, S.A. have partnered on two next generation trimarans with advanced environmental credentials. Starting with the design process, Austal’s R&D team used
Why non-skid deck and topside coatings make sense for ferries
Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2019 event will include Glenn Arent , Senior. National Sales & Distribution Manager for NCP Coatings Inc., Niles, Mich. His career in the paint and coatings
Gulf Island books TxDOT order for 300 ft hybrid ferry
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (GIFI) reports that its Shipyard Division has received an award for the construction of a 495 passenger, 70 vehicle, double-ended ferry for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Electric Propulsion for a Rural ROPax ferry
Among the speakers presenting at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2019 conference in November will be Will Moon, PE, Senior Naval Architect, Glosten, and Capt. Rachel Rowe, Ferry Operations Division Manager, Skagit County, Wash.
Diesel electric ferry to be upgraded to battery hybrid
Godvik, Norway, headquartered Norwegian Electric Systems has signed a contract with Estonian shipbuilder Baltic Workboats to upgrade the diesel electric propulsion system onboard the ferry Tõll to battery-hybrid. The ferry operator TS
New Orleans RTA ferries nearer to gaining COIs
Two new ferries delivered the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority last year (see earlier story) may now be on track to gain the Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection (COI) required before they