Damen delivers Gambia ferry a month ahead of schedule
JUNE 6, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The ferry was built entirely in the Netherlands
Ferries
Rolls-Royce to supply engines for five LNG electric hybrid ferries
JUNE 1, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to supply 15 Bergen gas engines to Norwegian Ferry Company, Torghatten Nord AS. They will power five 134 m passenger and car ferries
Norwegian ferries will have Schottel SRE EcoPellers
MAY 31, 2017 — Schottel’s new Rudder EcoPeller (SRE EcoPeller) is enjoying considerable success in environmentally-conscious Norwegian ferry operations. Eight new ferries ordered by two of Norway’s leading ferry lines will be fitted
Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry
MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The
MTU to power largest high speed cat operating in Med
MAY 22, 2017 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania with four 20-cylinder Series 8000 MTU engines. They will power the new high-speed ROpax catamaran ferry that Incat is building for
Vigor delivers first of four 400-passenger WETA ferries
MAY 19, 2017 — Hydrus, the first in a series of four Incat Crowther designed 400-passenger catamaran ferries built for WETA, the Water and Emergency Transportation Authority of San Francisco, is now
University of Liege wins 2017 WFSA student ferry competition
MAY 10, 2017 — Teams from the University of Liege, Webb Institute and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, have taken the first, second and third prizes respectively in the Worldwide Ferry
New FRS cat to have MTU engines and Kamewa waterjets
MAY 9, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has received an order from the Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) Shipping Group in Flensburg, Germany, to supply four 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engines and four Kamewa S71
Spanish operator orders 109 m Incat wavepiercer
MAY 9, 2017 — Spain’s Naviera Armas has awarded Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania a significant contract for the design and construction of a large new vehicle-passenger ferry. The contract price is EUR
New Water Bus wows Damen guests
MAY 2, 2017 — Damen Shipyards recently demonstrated its next generation composite Water Bus, the 240, at an event held at its headquarters in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. Reactions from the guests included