High speed cat fits JRC high speed solid state S-band
JULY 13, 2016 — JRC reports that the world’s first, smallest and IMO compliant solid state S-band radar with 8-ft antenna and high speed rotation has been installed on the high speed
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MTU marine gas engine completes 3,000 hours testing
JULY 7, 2016 —Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG reports that the new MTU marine gas engine has successfully completed 3,000 hours on the test bed and is on track to go into series
Allision disrupts Steam Ship Authority ferry services
JULY 7, 2016 — Service by the Steamship Authority (the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority) was disrupted yesterday when the double ended freight ferry Governor reportedly lost steering at
Latest Red Funnel cat completes sea trials
JULY 1, 2016 — The latest addition to the U.K.’s Red Funnel ferry fleet, Red Jet 6, successfully completed it first sea trials last month and will go into service in July
La Naval delivers ABC-powered hybrid RoPax ferry
JUNE 29, 2016 — Spanish shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte—La Naval — has now delivered Texelstroom, one of the world’s first hybrid RoPax ferries. The 135 m double ender has been built
Austal to build 109 m high speed cat for Mols-Linien
JUNE 23, 2016 — Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX: ASB) has secured another significant order for its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. Worth about A$100 million (about US$74 million) the contract covers design and
Finland’s Rauma shipyard books RoPax order
JUNE 22, 2016 — Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has won its first newbuilding contract since its establishment in 2014 on the site of the former STX Finland Rauma shipyard (see
Irish Ferries awards OSK-ShipTech RoPax interior contract
JUNE 16, 2016 — Copenhagen, Denmark, based OSK-ShipTech A/S says it has been chosen by Irish Ferries to work with it on the interiors for the EUR 144 million RoPax cruise ferry
New high-speed ferry for Majestic Ferries
JUNE 14, 2016—Singapore’s Majestic Ferries recently took delivery of the Majestic 7, the first of four 200-passenger, high-speed catamaran ferries for service between Singapore and Batam. Based on a design by Incat
University of Strathclyde wins student ferry design prize
JUNE 2, 2016 — The University of Strathclyde, Scotland, is the winner of the $5,000 first prize this year’s International Student Design Competition for a Safe Affordable Ferry. The annual competition is