Battery powered ferry enters service in Norway
MAY 19, 2015 – Ampere, the world’s first battery powered electric car and passenger ferry, has entered service in Norway. Built by the Fjellstrand shipyard, the ferry only uses 150 kWh per
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Vigor transfers dry dock to Seattle
MAY 18, 2015 — Vigor Industrial has towed its 14,000-long ton capacity floating dry dock Vigilant from Portland, OR, to Seattle, WA. The 528-foot long dry dock will enable Vigor to continue
Five get OFAC licenses for U.S.-Cuba ferry service
MAY 6, 2015 — The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday issued a guidance regarding travel between the United States and Cuba covering on which individuals may be transported
Chilean wellboat operator orders MAN 6L21/31 gensets
MAY 4, 2015 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order for three MAN 6L21/31 gensets to power a wellboat newbuilding for Chilean fish-farming operator Patagonia Wellboat. The new wellboat will
Great Lakes Shipyard drydocks Miller Boat Line ferry
APRIL 22, 2015 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, was recently awarded a drydocking contract for Miller Boat Line’s ferry M/V Put-In-Bay. The vessel was hauled out using the shipyard’s 770-ton capacity
May Ship Repair starts construction of mini tanker
APRIL 22, 2015—May Ship Repair Contracting Corporation, Staten Island, NY, has started the construction of a new double hull 82 ft x 32 ft mini tanker that would be used for bunkering
South Korean President vows to raise sunken ferry
APRIL 16, 2015 — One year after the sinking of the ferry Sewol with the loss of 304 people, many of them children, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has promised to raise
Danish naval architect firms merge
APRIL 16, 2015 — Copenhagen, Denmark, based OSK-ShipTech A/S has acquired consulting naval architects A/S Jørgen Petersen, which is based in Horsens, Denmark, and has more than 40 years of experience in
The plight of the Condor …
APRIL 15, 2015 — U.K. ferry operator Condor Ferries seems to have been experiencing a series of unfortunate events with Condor Liberation, the 102 m Austal trimaran it acquired last year (see
Second 144-car ferry readied for Washington State
APRIL 13, 2015—The $126-million Samish, the second of three 144-car ferries, was recently accepted by Washington State Ferries (WSF), Seattle, WA, following its delivery from Vigor Industrial. Following two months of sea