Corona scare gives cruise line share prices a slight ding
Stocks of cruise lines took a minor hit today, in apparent reaction to reports that a passenger on board SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream 1 had tested positive for COVID-19. The boutique cruise
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Everett Ship Repair repositions floating dry dock to receive ferry
The Port of Everett, Wash., reports that port tenant Everett Ship Repair has relocated its floating dry dock, Faithful Servant, from Pier 3 to South Terminal. The temporary move provided the depth
Japanese partnership teams up on new electric vessel project
Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) and e5 Lab Inc. have formed a business partnership to develop and promote the use of pure electric vessels in the Kansai Bay area. Called
Second of two battery-powered RO/ROs to be retrofitted with Thordon bearings
The bow doors of Tycho Brahe — one of the two battery-powered RO/RO ferries operated on the 20-minute Helsingør, Denmark-Helsingborg, Sweden route by ForSeas Ferries —are to be retrofitted with grease-free ThorPlas-Blue
Cruise line shares rebound on Pfizer vaccine announcement
Prices of cruise lines stocks soared on the New York Stock Exchange today as Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate had demonstrated evidence
New Orleans RTA breaks ground on new Canal Street ferry terminal
A two-year development program that will see New Orleans’ current Canal Street ferry terminal replaced by a modern ADA compliant facility has kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony at the present terminal.
FERRIES 2020 goes virtual
Marine Log’s FERRIES 2020 virtual event is ready to kick off next week on November 9-10 from 1 to 4 p.m. EST. The conference will feature a number of expert speakers, a
Austal Vietnam delivers high speed cat to Trinidad and Tobago operator
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that Austal Vietnam has delivered the first vessel fully constructed at its Vung Tau shipyard — the A.P.T. James, a 94-meter high-speed catamaran built for the National Infrastructure
Gangways play a role in helping new electric ferries conserve power
The five electric double-ended, passenger-only ferries that Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard is building for Norwegian operator Boreal (see earlier story) will each have two gangways supplied by Skodje, Norway, headquartered Undertun Industri. The
Former WSF ferry to be sold at U.S. Marshal’s auction
A retired Washington State Ferries vessel with a long history, the former Evergreen State, is to go on the block in a U.S. Marshal’s auction. Built in 1954 and retired in 2015,