JANUARY 13, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises is to drydock its Provincetown Ferry, the high speed catamaran Salacia, at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, for a $2.6 million dollar engine refit. The 600
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Austal christened USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) Saturday at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Trenton is the fifth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal is building
DECEMBER 5, 2014 — Boat manufacturer Metal Shark has reached an agreement with Damen Shipyards to market Damen designs, which the company will construct at its Franklin, LA, shipyard. “We are proud
OCTOBER 21, 2014 — Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Amon has delivered the 30 m catamaran ferriers Macôco and Panguila to Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola for operation by subsidiary TMA Express. The
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — HamiltonJet, Christchurch, New Zealand, has released some further details on the H900 waterjets that propel the world’s largest FCB (Fast Crew Boat), the 70 m Muslim Magomayev now
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 — South Korea’s Seaspovill has signed its second fast ferry contract with Netherlands-based shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group. To be named Sea Star 5, the Damen Fast Ferry 4212 will
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — A 70 m Fast Crew Boat (FCB) was named Muslim Magomayev at a ceremony at Australia’s Incat Tasmania shipyard on Monday, September 15. Designed by Incat Crowther, with
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014—Naval architectural and marine engineering specialist Vard Marine, formerly STX Marine, has been awarded a U.S. Patent for its design and engineering of a Dual Fuel Vessel. Due for delivery
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency reports that the master of a 17 m waterjet propelled wind farm support catamaran has been made to pay £3,000 (about $5,000)
AUGUST 12, 2014 — Two more 24 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferries have joined the fleet of Australia’s Captain Cook Cruises. Built by Tasmanian shipyard Richardson Devine Marine, the vessels
