Image of ferry aground in shallow water due to contaminated fuel

Contaminated fuel caused WSF ferry grounding

A little more than two weeks after running aground in Rich Passage, the Washington State Ferries (WSF) Jumbo-class ferry Walla Walla returned to service May 3 on the Seattle/Bremerton route. WSF says

Queen Anne in the building dock

VIDEO: Fincantieri floats out Cunard’s Queen Anne

Carnival Corporation’s tradition-steeped U.K. luxury cruise brand Cunard celebrated a major milestone yesterday with the float out of its newest ship, Queen Anne, at the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice, Italy. The

Austal Vietnam has launched its third ship

Austal Vietnam launches high-speed cat for French Polynesia

Austal Vietnam’s Vung Tau shipyard has successfully launched a new high-speed catamaran being built for the Degage Group of French Polynesia. Ordered in 2021, the 66 meter Apetahi Express (Austal Hull 425)

Incat Crowther 29 Tuhi Rapa

New Incat Crowther 29 joins Auckland operator’s fleet

The latest addition to Auckland, New Zealand, tourism operator Explore Group’s fleet, Tuhi Rapa, is a 300-passenger Incat Crowther 29. Built by Australian shipyard Aluminium Marine, it has been plying the waters

MSC World Europa LNG bunkering operation

MSC World Europa completes first Marseille LNG bunkering

MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa has completed its first LNG bunkering at the Port of Marseille Fos in southern France. TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ chartered LNG bunker vessel, the Gas Vitality, refueled the

Jim Wunderman

WETA wins $13.8 million grant to electrify ferry facilities

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the agency that provides the San Francisco Bay Ferry service, has won a $13.8 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency

Two new Vancouver Island Ferry Company vessels are now om sea trials

New Vancouver Island ferry service readies for take off

Start-up Canadian operator Vancouver Island Ferry Company (VIFC) has made a lot of progress since last November when it first made public its plans to launch a foot-ferry service linking Nanaimo, on

Singapore's first a;;-electric ferry

VIDEO: Singapore’s first all-electric ferry launches

Singapore’s Penguin Shipyard this week launched Penguin Refresh, the first of three all-electric ferries being built for parent Penguin International’s Electric Dream project. Under a contract with Shell Singapore signed in 2021,

Image of ferry aground in shallow water due to contaminated fuel

WSF ferry Walla Walla refloated after grounding

The Washington State Ferries Jumbo Class ferry M/V Walla Walla was back in Bremerton, Sunday, after grounding at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Rich Passage, just off Bainbridge Island, when en route

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Fire safety: USCG in crackdown on small passenger vessels

Fortunately, there have been no recent incidents on the scale of the 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34 people. Nonetheless, in a Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued April 6,(MSIB Number:

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