EPA awards Cape May-Lewes ferry $975,000 repower grant
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency is making a $975,000 Diesel Emission Reduction Act grant to the Delaware River and Bay Authority that will help bring new clean air
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Helgoland ferry LNG fuel contract is in place
DECEMBER 8, 2014 — German ship operator Cassen Eils, a subsidiary of AG Ems, has signed and agreement with Bomin Linde LNG for the supply of LNG as fuel for its newbuild
Moran Iron Works to build ferry for Shepler’s
DECEMBER 8, 2014—Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry, Mackinaw City, MI, recently ordered a new 85 ft, high-speed ferry from Moran Iron Works, Onaway, MI. The $3.8 million ferry is the first of its
OSK-ShipTech retained for shipyard phase of LNG ferry
DECEMBER 3, 2014 — Danish naval architect consultancy OSK-ShipTech A/S and China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International have signed a contract to continue design work on a new RoPax ferry recently ordered by Sweden’s
ExxonMobil helps operators meet lubrication challenges
NOVEMBER 28, 2014—In the years ahead, tug, towboat, ferry and workboat operators in North America face a number of challenges because of the stricter emissions regulations imposed by the U.S. EPA Tier
Singapore operator takes delivery of Flex Ferry trio
NOVEMBER 25, 2014 — Singapore’s Penguin Shipyard International has delivered three 38 m Flex Ferries to their new owner, Horizon Ferries, following successful sea trials in Singapore. Designed by BMT Nigel Gee
IMO to be more flexible on ferry LNG tank location
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — Ferry industry trade association Interferry has welcomed a decision at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC94) setting out rules for the location of fuel tanks on
Sewol operator CEO gets 10 year prison sentence
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 — South Korea’s Gwangju District Court has imposed a 10 year prison sentence on Kim Han-Sik, CEO of Chonghaejin Marine Co., the operator of the ferry Sewol, which sank
Stena to operate 1,500 passenger ferry on methanol
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — One of the world’s biggest ferry companies, Sweden’s Stena Line, says it is to become the first operator in the world to run a large 1,500 passenger ferry
Chinese ferries to have MAN propulsion packages
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has secured a contract for the supply of four 9L48/60CR engines for the diesel-mechanical propulsion of two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong