Austal launches JHSV 3
JUNE 6, 2013 — Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama, shipyard yesterday successfully completed the launch process of the third Joint High Speed Vessel, the recently christened USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3). This 103-meter high-speed
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Rolls-Royce partners Baleària in ferry LNG conversion plan
JUNE 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas-powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high-speed ferries, which currently run
Cruise Whitsundays takes delivery of 24 m cat
MAY 20, 2013 — Queensland, Australia, shipbuilder Aluminium Marine has delivered Cobia, the fourth vessel to be built to a new 24 m catamaran Incat Crowther design, following on from Fantasea Sunrise,
Incat Crowther designs new Rocket for Sydney Harbor
APRIL 30, 2013 — Currently under construction at the Richardson Devine Marine shipyard in Tasmania is a new generation ferry that will join the fleet of Rocket ferries operated throughout Sydney Harbor
FHWA budget seeks $67 million for ferry boat program
APRIL 11, 2013 — Buried away in the FY 2014 budget request for the Federal Highways Administration (FHA) is a $67 million request for the Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal
Susitna attracts just one bid
APRIL 1, 2013 — The $80 million multipurpose ferry Susitna attracted just one bid — for $751,000 — when the Matanuska-Susitna Borough opened bids for the vessel Friday, reports the Alaska Daily
Latest 112 m Incat wave piercer heads for Denmark
MARCH 26, 2013 – The latest 112 m wave piercing catamaran from shipbuilder Incat Tasmania, KatExpress 2, is on its 12,500 mile delivery voyage from Hobart, via the Panama Canal, to Denmark.
Fast cat can morph into liftboat
MARCH 25, 2013 — Invented by Dennis Knox of OSSeas Consulting, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the SHC Wavedancer is a concept for a submersible hull catamaran. It is described as “essentially a
Battery powered ferry to have Azipull propulsion
MARCH 22, 2013 — Rolls-Royce plc has signed a contract for the delivery of its Azipull propulsion and control system for a “ferry of the future” that will operate on battery power
Three more Twin Axe crew suppliers on way to MCS
MARCH 22, 2013 — Damen Shipyards Group reports that three more Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers are on their way from Damen Shipyards Singapore to Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS)