Spanish yard to build dual fuel hybrid ferry
MAY 28, 2014 — Spain’s LaNaval Shipyard (Construcciones Navales del Norte, S.L.) has signed a contract to design and build a new 1,750 passenger, 350 vehicle ferry for the Dutch company Royal
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Cape May – Lewes Ferry to celebrate 50th Anniversary
MAY 21, 2014 — The Cape May – Lewes Ferry is set to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. On July 1, 1964, the very first ferry vessel departed the Lewes, Delaware, terminal at
U.K. shipyard to build two harbor ferries for Malta
MAY 20, 2014 — Exeter,U.K., shipyard Exeter Maritime Services (EMS) located at Gabriel’s Wharf on the Exeter Canal, has won a contract to build two 19 m low wash catamaran ferries for
New cruise ferry debuts in Canada-U.S. service
May 17, 2014—Friday, May 15 marked the initial sailing of the Nova Star, the first ferry to serve the cross border route between Portland, ME, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in five years.
CoCo Yachts delivers first of two high speed ferries
MAY 12, 2014 — Peng Xing 15, the first of two CoCo Yachts Coastal Cruiser 200 high speed passenger ferries has been delivered to Peng Xing Shipping Company, Shenzhen, China, by AFAI
Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster
APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing
Prosecutors widen net as death toll rises in ferry disaster
APRIL 23, 2014 — The death toll in the Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster has passed a grim turning point, with the number of deaths now exceeding the number of those missing. As
Turkish shipyard delivers first two in six ferry order
APRIL 22, 2014 — Turkey’s Ares Shipyard has delivered the first two of eight 51-passenger ferries that will serve Qatar’s new Anantara Doha Island Resort & Spa, 11 km east of Doha.
Korean President slams Sewol captain’s conduct
APRIL 21, 2014 — With her administration under fire for its handling of the response to the Sewol Ropax ferry disaster, South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the conduct of the captain
Many missing after Korean ferry capsizes and sinks
APRIL 16, 2014 — A massive rescue effort is underway after the capsize and sinking of a 6,586 gt ferry carrying 462 people off South Korea’s southern coast. Korea’s Ministry of Security