Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 attracts largest attendance in 15 years

Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022 event will need a larger space than this year’s. Available exhibit space sold out, the conference room was full throughout the entire event, and registration numbers were the

Ferry design e-ferry

Ferry Design: The boat is just one part of the solution

There are a lot of moving parts to designing a ferry system, and the boat itself is just the one that floats. Ferries—and in particular commuter ferries—are components of overall transportation networks.

battery hybrid ferry at dawn

VIDEO: BC Ferries’ latest battery hybrid starts long-haul delivery voyage

The latest Island Class battery hybrid ferry to join the BC Ferries fleet is set to give its battery capabilities an endurance test. The ferry, which departed Damen’s Galati, Romania, shipyard at

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Cecilia Kushner to keynote Ferries 2021 on New York’s ferry investments

Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 conference is set to go live and in person in just over three weeks, with a full agenda and a nearly sold out venue. The event will take

October 2021 Marine Log

October 2021

This issue focuses on a unique approach to ferry design, plus more ferry and cruise industry news. Learn about a new rail ferry, how ferry ridership is set to boom, and more!

Rendering of ferry

TT-Line RoPax duo to have Kongsberg Maritime propulsion and steering

Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to deliver the propulsion and steering equipment for the two new car and passenger ferries on order at the yard

New York on 9/;;

20 years later: NY Waterways looks back at rescue efforts on 9/11

As people gathered on the New York Harbor waterfront in Manhattan to remember and honor the victims of the 9/11 attack on its 20th anniversary, many vessels from the “Great Boatlift” rescue

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FERRIES 2021: Panel on ferry design will highlight latest trends and projects

“The ferry industry is poised to rebound in 2022.” That’s the theme of this year’s Marine Log FERRIES conference set to be presented November 9-10 on the New York Harbor waterfront in

Rendering of the new ferry for Skagit County

Good news for green ferries in latest FTA grant announcement

In a first, $4 million of the $38 million available in the Federal Transit Administration’s latest round of Passenger Ferry Grants will be set aside specifically for low or zero-emission ferries, or

View of NY Harbor from hotel

FERRIES 2021 to meet in NYC area in November

Marine Log partners with Passenger Vessel Association to plan first ferry event in 18 months Set to take place at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, November 9-10 in Jersey

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