LNG fueled cruise ferry to add a Rotor Sail
JANUARY 25, 2017 — Rotor sail specialist Norsepower Oy Ltd. reports that it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping company Viking Line that will see its 57,565 grt LNG-fueled cruise ferry
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Metal Shark snaps up two more ferry contracts
JANUARY 24, 2017 — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has contracted Jeanerette, LA, shipbuilder Metal Shark to design and build two new Mississippi River ferries, reports nola.com. The website quotes Transdev,
Seaspan LNG battery hybrid ferry claims many firsts
JANUARY 16, 2017 — Classification society Bureau Veritas says that Seaspan Ferries Corporation’s (SFC) recently delivered ferry Seaspan Swift is the first hybrid LNG fueled and battery powered vessel in service and
Circle Line owner grabs New York Water Taxi
JANUARY 12, 2017 —New York Cruise Lines, Inc. (NYCL), owner of Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, has acquired New York Water Taxi (NYWT) and Circle Line Downtown from The Durst Organization. The Durst
VIDEO: First of LNG fueled ferry trio arrives in BC
JANUARY 12, 2017 — Salish Orca, the first of three new LNG-fueled Salish Class vessels built for BC Ferries, arrived in British Columbia yesterday after a 50-day 10,440 nautical mile journey from
Queens residents get preview of Citywide Ferry
DECEMBER 28, 2016—Residents of the New York Borough of Queens are getting a preview of the Citywide Ferry boats that will start coming into service next year. A scale model boat will
Alfa Laval sells 100th U-design PureSOx scrubber
DECEMBER 22, 2016—Alfa Laval marked a milestone recently when it sold its 100th U-design scrubber as part of an order of seven hybrid Alfa Laval PureSOX systems with U-design scrubbers for The
SENER to install FORAN at Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard
DECEMBER 22, 2016 — Engineering and technology group SENER has signed a new contract to install its FORAN CAD/CAM/CAE system at Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard. This contract covers installing permanent FORAN system licenses
$138 million in contracts for ST Marine, VT Halter Marine
DECEMBER 19, 2016—Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) recently reported that its Singapore shipyard, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), and its U.S. shipyard, VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, MS, have secured
Cross-channel ferry crew members fail urine test
DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Under the headline “the High Seas,” Britain’s Daily Mail reports that 13 crew members of a P&O Ferries cross-Channel ferry have been suspended after failing random tests. The