New DHS Plum Island ferry has Wesmar bow thruster
JUNE 15, 2017 – Woodinville, WA, based Wesmar (Western Marine Electronics),reports that its 75 horsepower hydraulic stainless steel dual prop bow thruster has been installed on a 118′ x 27′ x 10′-
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Brooke Shields christens new Circle Line boats
JUNE 14, 2017—Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises’ fleet of iconic green, white and red sightseeing vessels are as much a part of New York Harbor as the Statue of Liberty. Over the past
Damen’s Swedish repair yard wins ferry contract
JUNE 12, 2017 — Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet, Sweden. has won a contract for the refit and repair works of the 77 m long Ro/Ro ferry Castellafrom Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The vessel
MTU gas engine to be trialed in Lake Constance ferry
JUNE 12, 2017 — From 2019, Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Stadtwerke Konstanz, the local public utility in Konstanz, Germany, are to begin testing the marine propulsion technology of the future — in
BMT wins New Orleans RTA ferry design contract
JUNE 6, 2017 — BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, and sister company BMT Designers & Planners have won a contract for the design of the two 32 m
Damen delivers Gambia ferry a month ahead of schedule
JUNE 6, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The ferry was built entirely in the Netherlands
Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry
MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The
LPG-fueled COGES ferry design marks a milestone
MAY 23, 2017 — GE’s Marine Solution’s reports that the world’s first liquid propane gas (LPG)-fueled ferry design to use GE’s (COGES) system has successfully completed Hazard Identification (HAZID) meetings. The ferry
MTU to power largest high speed cat operating in Med
MAY 22, 2017 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania with four 20-cylinder Series 8000 MTU engines. They will power the new high-speed ROpax catamaran ferry that Incat is building for
Vigor delivers first of four 400-passenger WETA ferries
MAY 19, 2017 — Hydrus, the first in a series of four Incat Crowther designed 400-passenger catamaran ferries built for WETA, the Water and Emergency Transportation Authority of San Francisco, is now