MTU gas engine to be trialed in Lake Constance ferry

JUNE 12, 2017 — From 2019, Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Stadtwerke Konstanz, the local public utility in Konstanz, Germany, are to begin testing the marine propulsion technology of the future — in

BMT wins New Orleans RTA ferry design contract

JUNE 6, 2017 — BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, and sister company BMT Designers & Planners have won a contract for the design of the two 32 m

Damen delivers Gambia ferry a month ahead of schedule

JUNE 6, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The ferry was built entirely in the Netherlands

Fjellstrand books order for zero emission ferry

MAY 30, 2017 — Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 has signed a contract with shipbuilder Fjellstrand for design and construction of a fully electric, battery powered ferry of the ZeroCat type. The

LPG-fueled COGES ferry design marks a milestone

MAY 23, 2017 — GE’s Marine Solution’s reports that the world’s first liquid propane gas (LPG)-fueled ferry design to use GE’s  (COGES) system has successfully completed Hazard Identification (HAZID) meetings. The ferry

MTU to power largest high speed cat operating in Med

MAY 22, 2017 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania with four 20-cylinder Series 8000 MTU engines. They will power the new high-speed ROpax catamaran ferry that Incat is building for

Vigor delivers first of four 400-passenger WETA ferries

MAY 19, 2017 — Hydrus, the first in a series of four Incat Crowther designed 400-passenger catamaran ferries built for WETA, the Water and Emergency Transportation Authority of San Francisco, is now

Korean RoPax ferry to have Wartsila scrubber

MAY 17, 2017 — Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply an exhaust gas cleaning system for a new Korean ferry. The 31,000 gross tonnage RoPax vessel is being built for Weidong Ferry

University of Liege wins 2017 WFSA student ferry competition

MAY 10, 2017 — Teams from the University of Liege, Webb Institute and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, have taken the first, second and third prizes respectively in the Worldwide Ferry

New FRS cat to have MTU engines and Kamewa waterjets

MAY 9, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has received an order from the Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) Shipping Group in Flensburg, Germany, to supply four 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engines and four Kamewa S71

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