Austal USA delivers EPF 11
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of its eleventh Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), from shipbuilder Austal USA in a Dec. 10 ceremony held aboard the
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Wight Shipyard to build four ferries for Malta
U.K. shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Co. is continuing its success in the ferry sector, securing an order for four vessels for Malta’s Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Fortina Investments Ltd. The
Metal Shark marks ferry construction milestone
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered its thirtieth passenger vessel since June of 2017. Its latest ferry delivery, a 97-foot, 350-passenger, USCG Subchapter “K,” welded-aluminum, high-speed, low-wake catamaran, was handed
Wight Shipyard calls hybrid SES crew transfer vessel a “game changer”
Britain’s Wight Shipyard Co. has released some more details of the first-of-its-kind hybrid surface effect crew transfer vessel that it is to build for offshore wind support specialist CWind. The SES will
Austal books order for its largest ferry yet
Austal (ASX:ASB) has been awarded an EUR 83.65 million (about US$92.6 million) contract for the design and construction of a new 115 meter high-speed catamaran ferry for Molslinjen of Denmark. The order
Ferry arrives in Scotland after epic delivery voyage
Scottish operator Pentland Ferries’ new vessel Alfred arrived in Orkney yesterday after completing a 5,481 nautical mile voyage from shipbuilder Strategic Marine’s Vung Tao, Vietnam, shipyard that began August 29. Designed by
Indonesian yard launches first in new Incat Crowther 42 series
Indonesia’s PT Cahaya Saumdra shipyard has launched the Brilliance of Majestic for Singapore operator Majestic Fast Ferry. The vessel is the first of a new class of Incat Crowther 42 design vessels
Metal Shark delivers foil-assisted cat
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new excursion vessel to Southwest Florida tour and charter boat operator Pure Florida. Sea Flight is a custom 40’ x 14’ welded aluminum
Seastreak orders second 600 passenger fast ferry
Designer Incat Crowther reports that Seastreak LLC, Atlantic City, N.J., has ordered a sister vessel to its Seastreak Commodore. Delivered last year (see earlier story) the Incat Crowther 45 design, 600 passenger
Prominent fast-ferry builders choose MAN engines
Australian shipbuilders, Austal and Incat Tasmania, have ordered a total of eight MAN16V28/33D STC engines in connection with the decision of the Government of theRepublic of Trinidad & Tobago to build one