VIDEO: Baleària reports progress on LNG fueled smart ferry duo
JANUARY 18, 2018 – In a presentation at the International Tourism Fair in Madrid, Spain, ferry operator Baleària today gave an update on the two LNG fueled vessels that it has under
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Vard wins contract to build all electric car/passenger ferry
JANUARY 5, 2018 — Vard has secured a contract for the construction of a car and passenger ferry for Norwegian public transportation provider Boreal that features a fully electrical battery solution for
Austal wins order for 49 m cat for French Polynesia
JANUARY 3, 2018 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) closed out 2017 by booking an AU$30 million (about US$23.5 million) contract to design and build a 49 m high-speed passenger catamaran for a long-standing
Coast Guard, FDNY respond to NYC Ferry grounding
DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Coast Guard and partner agency crews last night responded to a ferry aground with 27 people aboard near Rockaway Inlet, New York. The Flyer, an 80-foot New York
Ferry operator to put intelligent awareness system to the test
DECEMBER 21, 2017 — Momentum towards applications of autonomous and remotely operated vessels continues to build. Under a recent deal, Rolls-Royce and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) will collaborate in the development
New 27 m cat now in operation in Sydney Harbor
DECEMBER 14, 2017 — Australia’s SeaLink Travel Group (ASX: SLK) recently took delivery of the Incat Crowther designed 27 m catamaran passenger ferry, Nancy Wake from the Aluminium Marine shipyard in Brisbane.
VIDEO: First MTU marine gas engines complete factory tests
DECEMBER 13, 2017 — The first two pre-production units of MTU’s new marine gas engine have successfully completed factory acceptance testing. The 16-cylinder Series 4000 gas engines, each with an output of
Austal inks MOU for 80 m trimaran for Japan-Korea ferry route
DECEMBER 13, 2017 — Austal Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japan’s JR Kyushu Jet Ferry covering development of a new high speed trimaran passenger ferry concept for JR
EBDG to design new Miller Boat Line car/passenger ferry
DECEMBER 5, 2017 — Miller Boat Line of Put-in-Bay, Ohio has awarded Elliott Bay Design Group a design contract for a new passenger/vehicle ferry to supplement its current operation servicing the Lake
New all-electric car ferry to have Corvus battery systems
NOVEMBER 30, 2017—Corvus Energy, Richmond, BC, Canada, reports that it has been chosen by Norwegian Electric System (NES) to supply a lithium-ion-based energy storage system (ESS) for a new all-electric ferry being