Damen Galati to build two hybrids for BC Ferries

JUNE 7, 2017  — BC Ferries has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract to build what it calls “two new minor class vessels” that are scheduled to go into service in 2020.

BMT wins New Orleans RTA ferry design contract

JUNE 6, 2017 — BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, and sister company BMT Designers & Planners have won a contract for the design of the two 32 m

Damen delivers Gambia ferry a month ahead of schedule

JUNE 6, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The ferry was built entirely in the Netherlands

Rolls-Royce to supply engines for five LNG electric hybrid ferries

JUNE 1, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to supply 15 Bergen gas engines to Norwegian Ferry Company, Torghatten Nord AS. They will power five 134 m passenger and car ferries

Norwegian ferries will have Schottel SRE EcoPellers

MAY 31, 2017 — Schottel’s new Rudder EcoPeller (SRE EcoPeller) is enjoying considerable success in environmentally-conscious Norwegian ferry operations. Eight new ferries ordered by two of Norway’s leading ferry lines will be fitted

Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry

MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The

MTU to power largest high speed cat operating in Med

MAY 22, 2017 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania with four 20-cylinder Series 8000 MTU engines. They will power the new high-speed ROpax catamaran ferry that Incat is building for

Vigor delivers first of four 400-passenger WETA ferries

MAY 19, 2017 — Hydrus, the first in a series of four Incat Crowther designed 400-passenger catamaran ferries built for WETA, the Water and Emergency Transportation Authority of San Francisco, is now

University of Liege wins 2017 WFSA student ferry competition

MAY 10, 2017 — Teams from the University of Liege, Webb Institute and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, have taken the first, second and third prizes respectively in the Worldwide Ferry

New FRS cat to have MTU engines and Kamewa waterjets

MAY 9, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has received an order from the Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) Shipping Group in Flensburg, Germany, to supply four 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engines and four Kamewa S71

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