Two more 24 m cats join Captain Cook Cruises fleet

AUGUST 12, 2014 — Two more 24 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferries have joined the fleet of Australia’s Captain Cook Cruises. Built by Tasmanian shipyard Richardson Devine Marine, the vessels

MTU to power three Turkish double-ended ferries

AUGUST 6, 2014 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG says it has won an order for six MTU diesel engines that will be used to propel three double-ended Turkish ferries. The order with

EBDG awarded Staten Island Ferry design contract

AUGUST 4, 2014 — Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), a leading naval architecture and marine engineering firm with offices in Seattle, New Orleans and Ketchikan, Alaska, has been selected by the New

Wärtsilä to design new ferry for Gulf of Bothnia link

AUGUST 4, 2014 — Wärtsilä has been selected to design a new ferry that will be a key part of an EU sponsored project intended to strengthen transportation links between Finland and

BC Ferries to convert Spirit class duo to LNG

JULY 17, 2014 — BC Ferries two newbuilds at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding will not be the only LNG fueled vessels in its fleet. BC Ferries is to conduct mid-life upgrade modifications on

$58 million boost for Eastern Canada ferries

JULY 17, 2014 — The Government of Canada is investing $58 million over two years to support interprovincial ferry services in Eastern Canada. It says that investment will allow for continued ferry

Scandlines completes three more hybrid ferry conversions

JUNE 24, 2014 — Corvus Energy and Scandlines have completed the conversion of three more ferries to hybrid operation — the M/V Deutschland, M/V Schleswig-­‐Holstein and M/V Prins Richard. Based on the

Vigor Fab delivers first Olympic Class ferry to WSF

JUNE 5, 2014—Vigor Fab has delivered the M/V Tokitae, the the first of three funded Olympic class vessels, to Washington State Ferries, Seattle, WA. Designed by Seattle-based Guido Perla & Associates, Inc.,

Cape May – Lewes Ferry to celebrate 50th Anniversary

MAY 21, 2014 — The Cape May – Lewes Ferry is set to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. On July 1, 1964, the very first ferry vessel departed the Lewes, Delaware, terminal at

U.K. shipyard to build two harbor ferries for Malta

MAY 20, 2014 — Exeter,U.K., shipyard Exeter Maritime Services (EMS) located at Gabriel’s Wharf on the Exeter Canal, has won a contract to build two 19 m low wash catamaran ferries for

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