Baleària to convert five ferries to LNG fueling

AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG

Remontowa to build two diesel electric hybrid ferries for Norled

JULY 26, 2018 — Norwegian ferry operator Norled has ordered two double ended diesel electric hybrid ferries from Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding.  Norled has a fleet of some 80 ferries. Six of them

VIDEO: Damen to build five all-electric ferries for Copenhagen

JULY 6, 2018 — Damen Shipyards is to build five fully-electric ferries for operation in Copenhagen. They are being built under a contract awarded by multinational public transportation company Arriva Danmark, which

VIDEO: BC Ferries eyes construction of five new double-enders

JULY 5, 2018 — BC Ferries is planning to build five new double-nded ferries to replace its C-Class ships: Queen of Alberni, Queen of Coquitlam, Queen of Cowichan, Queen of Oak Bay

Viking Line to implement Adonis HR solution

JUNE 29, 2018 — Bergen Norway headquartered Adonis AS, a leading provider of maritime HR solutions, reports that Viking Line AB will implement the Adonis Personnel Suite for its offices in Mariehamn,

DFDS sells two ferries to time charterer

JUNE 22, 2018 — Copenhagen headquartered DFDS has entered into an agreement with Ukrainian operator Ukrferry to sell two combined freight and passenger ferries, Kaunas Seaways and Vilnius Seaways, built in 1989

Gladding-Hearn delivers second of two high speed Boston Harbor ferries

JUNE 21, 2018 — The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has taken delivery of M/V Glory, the second of two new high-speed catamarans from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Funded by a grant

Indian ferries to have ABB power and automation packages

JUNE 19, 2018 — ABB has signed a contract with India’s Cochin Shipyard to deliver integrated power and automation packages for two new 1,200 passenger ferries ordered by the Andaman & Nicobar

Methanol: The path to zero emissions, says study

MAY 31, 2018 — Could methanol as a marine fuel provide the pathway for ferries, workboats, and coastal vessels to meet increasingly aggressive emissions regulations? A study recently conducted by industry partners

Two more Fjord1 all-electric ferries to have Corvus battery systems

MAY 22, 2018 — Corvus Energy, Richmond, BC, Canada has been selected by Norwegian Electric System (NES) to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for two new all-electric ferries being

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