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Wärtsilä and Deltamarin unveil IMC ferry designs

Deltamarin and Wärtsilä have developed a series of new IMC (Integrated Modular Customized) ferry designs that will undergo extensive model testing. The aim is to achieve considerable cost savings, both in building

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New call to open up ferry services to Cuba

A company that is “ready and willing” to offer ferry service to Cuba is protesting the preferential treatment being given air carriers in carrying U.S. passengers to Cuba. At present no ferry

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Gladding-Hearn books Fire Island Ferry order

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has received an order to build a new all-aluminum mono-hull ferry for Fire Island Ferries, Inc., Bay Shore, N.Y.  The vessel’s delivery is scheduled for June

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Fred Olsen Windcarrier orders crewboats

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, Oslo, Norway, recently entered into a contract with Norwegian shipyard Båtservice Mandal AS for the construction of four crewboats for transport of service technicians to and from offshore

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Washington Marine Group changes name to Seaspan Marine

Getting back to its brand roots, Canada’s Washington Marine Group has changed its name to the Seaspan Marine Corporation, according to CEO Jonathan Whitworth. Seaspan Marine Corporation, North Vancouver, Canada,  is now

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Austal launches its largest vessel yet

Austal’s largest vessel yet – the 112.6 m catamaran ferry Leonora Christina – is on track for sea trials in March and delivery to Denmark’s Bornholmer Færgen in May. The vessel was

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Incat Crowther reports successes in China

Chinese shipbuilder Afai Ships, which builds aluminum vessels up to 120 m at its shipyard in Panzu, has recently awarded two design contracts to Australia’s Incat Crowther. One covers two 35 m