Car ferry’s dining space gets tasty makeover
DECEMBER 15, 2016—Operated by Owen Sound Transportation, the 1974-built car ferry MS Chi-Cheemaun has been a staple of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada, for over 40 years. Just in time for its
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Cross-channel ferry crew members fail urine test
DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Under the headline “the High Seas,” Britain’s Daily Mail reports that 13 crew members of a P&O Ferries cross-Channel ferry have been suspended after failing random tests. The
Gulfstream building crewboat-style ferry for DHS
DECEMBER 8, 2016 — Gulfstream Shipbuilding, Freeport, FL, has been awarded a contract through the United States Department of Homeland Security for a passenger/vehicle ferry to service New York and Connecticut waters.
Leadership change at Washington State Ferries
DECEMBER 5, 2016 – Lynne Griffith is to retire as Washington State Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary for the Washington State Ferries Division at the end of January. Ferries division Chief of
Norwegian operator plans Key West to Havana day cruises
DECEMBER 4, 2016 — Stavanger, Norway, headquartered shipowner Norled says it intends to start a regular day cruise connection between Key West, FL, and Havana, Cuba. “We understand there may be a
Pilot project kicks off for new Tampa ferry
NOVEMBER 21, 2016—A six-month pilot project connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa, FL, was recently launched by HMS Ferries, Inc. The new “Cross Bay Ferry,” which is designed to demonstrate water transportation technology
GE and Korean partners plan LPG fueled COGES ferry
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 — GE Aviation’s marine gas turbine business has signed a multilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) with several South Korean partners to cooperate in the joint development of LPG-fueled ferry
Ferry operator to stretch a freight catamaran
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 — A Netherlands ferry operator is to increase the capacity of a freight catamaran with a conversion that includes inserting a new 20 m long mid section. Rederij Doeksen
Star Line to buy Arnold Transit ferry assets
NOVEMBER 4, 2016—Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry, St. Ignace, MI, has announced its intent to purchase several of Arnold Line passenger service assets as the Arnold Transit Company ceases all passenger ferry
New Seastreak cat will have Rolls-Royce power and propulsion
OCTOBER 20, 2016 — The 600 passenger Incat Crowther designed catamaran passenger ferry on order at Gulf Craft LLC’s Franklin, LA, shipyard for New York ferry operator Seastreak LLC (see earlier story)