N.C. DoT is auctioning off a surplus ferry
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DoT) has put a 1995-built car/passenger ferry up for auction on the state’s surplus property website. The ferry is the Thomas A. Baum, with a capacity
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“They’re hiring women now!” Ferry captain reflects on 46 years of service
Back in late September 2021, Capt. Marsha Morse of Vashon, Wash., retired after over 46 years of service as a professional mariner with the Washington State Ferry (WSF) system. Morse became the
Zan Fast Ferries orders third CoCo Yachts Coastal Cruiser
Gorinchen, Netherlands-headquartered CoCo Yachts reports that Zan Fast Ferries of Zanzibar, Tanzania, has ordered a third CoCo Yachts designed high speed passenger craft. The vessel, a Coastal Cruiser 599, will join two
CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases
Royal Caribbean breaks industry silence on Omicron impact
Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard
VIDEO: CBS looks inside the Sea Change ferry
SWITCH Maritime’s landmark Sea Change hydrogen-powered ferry project got a lot of attention at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 event. Now it is starting to get some much needed mass media coverage. Watch
10 minutes with NYCEDC’s Cecilia Kushner on ferry investments
Last month, Cecilia Kushner, the executive vice president for the Planning Division of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), opened Marine Log’s FERRIES conference along the New York Harbor waterfront.
“Climate smart” cruise ferry starts delivery voyage
Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line reports that its new flagship, the 222.55 meter long, 2,800 passenger, cruise ferry Viking Glory, has begun its delivery voyage from Xiamen, China, to its home port
Ocean Victory gets ice-block christening
The Ocean Victory, one of a series of X-Bow expedition cruise vessels of Ulstein’s CX103 design, was recently officially named in South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was christened by
Viking takes delivery of first expedition ship
Torstein Hagen’s Viking cruises has taken delivery of Viking Octantis, the first of two new purpose-built expedition ships. The delivery ceremony took place yesterday at Fincantieri group member Vard’s Søviknes, Norway, shipyard.