The M/V Karl. (Photo Credit: San Francisco Bay Ferry)

Podcast: The future of green ferry transit

In this episode of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we’re joined by Seamus Murphy, executive director of San Francisco Bay Ferry, the public ferry system operated by the Water Emergency Transportation Authority

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Maritime Africa: Strength, promise and opportunity

By Roberta Weisbrod, Executive Director, Worldwide Ferry Safety Association The Regional Ferry Conference late June in Lagos was the opportunity to find out what is happening in maritime in Africa. The State

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VIDEO: EV Maritime launches first electric ferry in Auckland

EV Maritime, the New Zealand electric ferry design and technology company tapped by California’s Angel Island ferry to design its all-new hybrid electric vessel, reports that its first fully electric passenger ferry

Ed Quinn

Hornblower names Ed Quinn president of its ferry and concession division

Hornblower Group has named Ed Quinn, a 1998 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., as its president of ferry and concession. In this role, Quinn will oversee brands,

Suomenlinna II.

Helsinki ferry Suomenlinna II is first ship retrofitted with new generation ABB drive

Back in 2018, the 2004-built Finnish ferry M/S Suomenlinna II was in our headlines when, in a world first for an existing ferry, it was remotely piloted through a test area near

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Incat Tasmania launches the world’s largest battery-electric ship

Hundreds gathered at the Incat Tasmania shipyard in Hobart,Tasmania, today to witness the launch of Incat Hull 096 – the world’s largest battery-electric ship. Constructed for South American ferry operator Buquebus, the

M/V Karl

SF Bay Ferry commissions CARB-compliant ferry M/V Karl

San Francisco Bay Ferry last week commissioned the latest addition to its fleet, M/V Karl.Built by Mavrik Marine in La Conner, Wash. It is the third of four vessels in the Dorado

MF Hamlet

Kongsberg will play key role in conversion of Öresundlinjen’s MF Hamlet to hybrid

Helsingborg, Sweden-headquartered Öresundlinjen, a subsidiary of Denmark’s Molslinjen, is to convert its double ended car ferry MF Hamlet to emissions-free battery operation. The 1967-built vessel, which has a capacity for 1,000 passengers

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Flagship Cruises gets $15.2M grant to build two all-electric ferries

San Diego-based Flagship Cruises & Events reports that it has been awarded a $15.27 million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop two fully electric zero emission ferries to

Virgin Islands ferry

Virgin Islands operator takes delivery of new Incat Crowther fast ferry

Virgin Islands operator Smith’s Ferry Service has taken delivery of a new Incat Crowther designed 24-meter fast passenger ferry, the I Legend. Built by Brisbane, Australia, shipyard Aluminium Marine, it will transport

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