Hong Kong shipyard launches 40 m Incat Crowther cat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 — Hong Kong’s Wang Tak Engineering and Shipbuilding Company has launched the 40 m catamaran passenger ferry Jiang Men. Operated by Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises, the vessel is the third

Miller Boat orders car/passenger ferry from Fraser Shipyards

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 — Family-owned Miller Boat Line, which operates ferries to Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island, OH, recently ordered a new 140 ft passenger/vehicle ferry from Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI, for

Blount Boats to build double ended ferry for South Ferry

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 — Blount Boats, Warren, RI, has signed a contract with South Ferry Company to construct a steel passenger/vehicle ferry for Shelter Island, NY. The 101 ft x 40 ft

Austal Philippines delivers high speed cat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 — Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reports that its shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, has delivered a 30 m high speed aluminum catamaran to VS Grand Ferries of the Philippines. Designed

Austal to build 94 m fast ferry for Trinidad and Tobago

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 — Austal said yesterday that, following an announcement that the Trinidad and Tobago Cabinet has authorized the purchase of a fast ferry, it “looks forward to negotiating and resolving

MAN wins contract for first RoPax ferry LNG conversions

AUGUST 29, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions, to convert two RoPax ferries to dual-fuel operation. The sister ships Nápoles and

Bristol Harbor Group designing new high-speed boat for Sayville Ferry

AUGUST 27, 2018 — Naval architects and marine engineers Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), Bristol, RI, reports that it was recently contracted for the design of a new aluminum, monohull, high-speed ferry

MTUs for new Fred Olsen high-speed trimaran ferries

AUGUST 27, 2018 — Two new high-speed, 117m trimaran ferries for Spanish ferry operator Fred. Olsen, S.A. will each to be powered by four MTU 20-cylinder 8000 M71L engines and by Kamewa waterjets reports

All American Marine launches hybrid tour boat for Red and White Fleet

AUGUST 24, 2018 — All American Marine, Inc., Bellingham, WA, recently launched the Enhydra, an innovative, 600-passenger, hybrid electric harbor tour boat for and Red and White Fleet, San Francisco. Designed by

EBDG designs landing craft for San Juan Ferry & Barge

AUGUST 21, 2018 — Over the last 30 years, naval architectural and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), Seattle, WA, has designed a multitude of ferries, barges and tugs.  Although

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