Washington State Ferries plan calls for 16 new vessels
JANUARY 3, 2019 — More than half of Washington State Ferries’ 23-vessel fleet is scheduled to be retired by 2040. The ferry system needs 16 new vessels in the next 20 years,
JANUARY 3, 2019 — More than half of Washington State Ferries’ 23-vessel fleet is scheduled to be retired by 2040. The ferry system needs 16 new vessels in the next 20 years,
NOVEMBER 14, 2018 — Following conversion from conventional diesel engine operations to battery power at Sweden’s Öresund Dry Docks, the M/F Tycho Brahe and M/F Aurora are now in service as the
OCTOBER 31, 2018 — Schottel has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to equip the first fully-electric ferries to operate in Canada. Being built under a contract awarded Damen by the Government
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 — Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reports that its shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, has delivered a 30 m high speed aluminum catamaran to VS Grand Ferries of the Philippines. Designed
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
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
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
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
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,
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