Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

FHWA awards $172.2 million in FY 2022 ferry service funding

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration today announced $172.2 million in Fiscal Year 2022 formula funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 35 states and three territories to improve ferry

Ferry got new Schottel propulsion system

Lake Victoria ferry gets new Schottel propulsion system

With an area of over 23,000 square miles, Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa—and a vital resource for the 30 million people who live on its shores. Every day, almost

Tour the Sea Change ferry at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022

SWITCH Maritime’s landmark Sea Change hydrogen-powered ferry project got a lot of attention at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 held last November along the New York Harbor. This year, the conference heads to

zero-emission ferry logo

WETA awarded $14.9 million to develop San Francisco zero-emission ferry network

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry Service, has won a $14.9 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). It

Joe Hudsepth and Fredrik Thornell

Podcast: BAE Systems on powering the Beluga24 ferry by Green City Ferries

In this edition of Listen Up! podcast, we’re bringing back Joe Hudspeth, Director of Business Development-Global Marine with BAE Systems, on Powering Green City Ferries high-speed emission-free catamaran passenger ferry, the Beluga24.

Saronic Ferries vessel

C-Job will design fully-electric RoPax for Saronic Ferries

Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects is to develop the design for Greece’s first full-electric RoPax ferry. The 800-passenger vessel is being designed for Saronic Ferries, which, with a five-vessel fleet, is the largest

NYC Ferrt backfrop for speech

NYCEDC to issue new RFP for NYC Ferry operator

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has released an audit finding that NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) underreported nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in NYC Ferry expenditures during former Mayor

Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

Biden administration announces availability of nearly $300 million in ferry grants

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available nearly $300 million through three competitive grant programs that aim to boost access to rural

New vessel is on track to be first battery-hybrid ferry to operate in New York Harbor

CEO Spotlight: John Waterhouse, founder & principal of Elliott Bay Design Group

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has been involved with numerous cutting-edge vessel designs. Many of these have had a green focus. The Seattle-based naval architecture, marine and electrical engineering company provides its

EBDG-designed hybrid-electric ferry for Casco Bay enters construction

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) today announced that its design of a hybrid-electric passenger vehicle ferry for Casco Bay Lines of Portland, Maine, will enter the construction phase at Senesco Marine of

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