MARCH 6, 2018 — Classification society Bureau Veritas has appointed Andreas Ullrich as Global Market Leader, Passenger Ships & Ferries, succeeding Jean-Jacques Juenet, who retires in April. “This is a very important
MARCH 5, 2018 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 has signed contracts with Havyard Group for the design of seven battery-powered ferries, five of which will be built at the company’s own shipyard
MARCH 2, 2018 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Kamewa waterjet propulsion units and MTU engines for the three 42 m high-speed, lightweight carbon fiber cats ferries that Norwegian shipbuilder Brødrene Aa for
MARCH 2, 2018 — Leading European ferry operator Stena Line has signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group, Gothenburg, Sweden, that will see batteries with a capacity of 1 MWh installed on
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and community leaders today celebrated the start of construction on the Lower East Side’s new NYC Ferry landing. The dock is
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 — Shipbuilder Blount Boats, Warren, RI, reports that it has signed a contract with Fire Island Ferries to construct an 85-foot aluminum ferry boat for service between Bay Shore
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 — Britain’s Wight Shipyard Co has secured its first export order. It comes from Austria and is for a 250-passenger river catamaran to operate for Central Danube Region Marketing
FEBRUARY 2, 2018 — There was an unusual sight on the Solent (the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland U.K.) on January 31. The sleek new lounge modules
JANUARY 29, 2018 — The Fourth Annual Conference of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) will take place in lower Manhattan, March 21-23, 2018. The agenda for the conference includes: • March
JANUARY 29, 2018 — South Korea’s plans to pioneer LPG as a marine fuel with a GE COmbined Gas turbine Electric and Steam System (COGES) powered car/passenger ferry are picking up pace.