ABB and SINTEF Ocean are cooperating with Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard on a project that plans to convert an existing ferry to run on a combination of batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. The
Voith and the North Carolina Department of Transportation have teamed up to deliver the first two American-made Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) units for a new, 38-vehicle river-class ferry, the Rodanthe, currently under
Estonia’s Tallink Group has entered into a contract with Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) covering the construction of a new LNG-fueled fast ferry for the Tallinn – Helsinki route shuttle operation.
China’s Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd. is to build a 36 m, 296 passenger Incat Crowther designed fast ferry for Denmark’s Samsø municipality. The contract was won in an open international
Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) reports that its shipyard in Balamban, Cebu, Philippines, has delivered the first of two 50 meter, 550 passenger high-speed catamarans to Taiwan’s Brave Line. The vessels include an
All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has completed construction of the Reliance, the second of three low wake, high-speed passenger vessels for Kitsap Transit. The Reliance, an aluminum catamaran with a composite superstructure,
Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) has awarded Deltamarin a contract to provide basic and detail design services for all hull and machinery spaces for the hybrid car passenger ferry the
U.K. shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Co has completed its third and largest vessel for MBNA Thames Clippers. Designed by Australia’s One2three Naval Architects, the 38 m Venus Clipper is the first of a
Italian operator GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci) is looking to gain savings of EUR 77,000 (about $87,000) a year as a result of using a new chiller optimization solution from ABB on board
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) today welcomed Pyxis, a new 445-passenger ferry, into the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet. Pyxis is the first new vessel added to