VIDEO: TDOT christens new ferry
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently announced that its new ferry boat, the M/V Summitt, is now in service connecting Benton and Houston counties. Aptly named after legendary Lady Vols basketball
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EPA approves most of controversial CARB rule waiver request
Will the California Air Resources Board’s controversial Commercial Harbor Craft Rule lead to the building of more cutting edge zero-emission vessels, or will it create hazardous conditions on existing vessels retrofitted to
Glosten promotes Peter Soles to principal
Seattle-headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten has announced the promotion of Peter Soles to principal. Soles joined the company in 2013 after working in tug and deep-sea ship operations and
DFDS wins 20-year Jersey ferry services contract
The Government of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands between England and France (and a self-governing dependency of the U.K.) has awarded Copenhagen-headquartered DFDS a 20-year contract to operate the Island’s
StenaRoRo takes delivery of Guillaume de Normandie, its newest E-Flexer
Stena RoRo has taken delivery of the Guillaume de Normandie. On long term charter to France’s Brittany Ferries, it is the 12th in a series of 15 E-Flexer vessels ordered at Chinese
ESG delivers new ferry Long Island
Panama City, Fla.-headquartered Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) has successfully delivered the ferry Long Island (ESG Hull 228), a newly constructed passenger and auto ferry, to the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat
AAM wins $46M SF Bay Ferry REEF ferry contract
San Francisco Bay Ferry’s board of directors has authorized the purchase of America’s first three battery-electric, zero-emission high-speed passenger ferries. The $46 million contract was awarded All American Marine Inc. (AAM), Bellingham,
Op-Ed: Ferry success comes into focus via public-private partnerships
By Timothy O’Brien, SVP of ferries and transportation, Hornblower Group It’s easy to say that 2024 is the year of the ferry, but that would ignore the strong return and sustained growth
VIDEO: Vessev e-foiler set to start sailings for Fullers360
New Zealand’s largest ferry operator, Auckland-based Fullers 360, has added an electric foiling ferry to its fleet. It is now taking bookings for sailings on the first Vessev VS—9 e-foiler to enter
Davie signs contracts for major upgrades to Lévis shipyard
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) has ambitions to transform its Lévis, Quebec, shipyard into “North America’s largest and most versatile shipbuilding center.” Today it reported signing two contracts that will help it