Washington State’s transportation system—including Washington State Ferries—faces enormous funding and maintenance challenges. Last year, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire convened the Connecting Washington Task Force in order to create a 10-year plan
Survitec Zodiac escape slides have been selected for two 47 m fast ferries, Perle Express and Liberty, recently completed at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. The ferries entered service in October with
As widely predicted, the two AustalUSA built former Hawaii Superferries, Huakai, and Alaka, are at last going to wind up under Navy control. Shipbuilding guru Tim Colton has found the following tucked
After one year in service, Washington State Ferries’ 64 car ferry Chetzemoka has developed hairline cracks in its propellers, potentially from improperly cast stainless steel. The problem became public knowledge when State
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has announced that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two seagoing Roll-on/Roll-off vehicle and passenger (Ropax)
BC Ferries President and CEO David L. Hahn this week announced plans for a major cost containment effort – and said that, as part of it, he had “elected to retire effective
An LNG-fuelled ferry would not only have significant environmental benefits, but economic ones as well, according to a recently completed feasibility study for Washington State Ferries. Naval architectural and marine engineering firm
German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) recently launched Seatruck Progress, the first of four identical Ro/Ro freight ferries ordered by Clipper Group member Seatruck Ferries Ltd. Set for deliveries between November this year
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., recently delivered a new high-speed ferry to Fire Island Ferries, Inc., for operation on the south shore of Long Island in New York. The new 387-passenger,
The U.S. Maritime Administration is seeking bids for the two former Hawaii Superferries Alaka accoi and Huakai. The two Austal USA built high speed catamaran ferries are being offered “as is, where
