JANUARY 13, 2017 — Hong Kong’s Wang Tak Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited has delivered the 199 passenger catamaran ferry Shi Zi Yang 7 to ferry operator Sea’s Young. Designed by Incat
JANUARY 12, 2017 —New York Cruise Lines, Inc. (NYCL), owner of Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, has acquired New York Water Taxi (NYWT) and Circle Line Downtown from The Durst Organization. The Durst
JANUARY 11, 2017 — Nearing completion at Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard, Tallink’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled fast ferry M/S Megastar is scheduled to make her maiden voyage from Tallinn, Estonia,
JANUARY 5, 2017 — The Italian ferry company Moby S.p.A has chosen Wärtsilä to carry out the repowering of its passenger ferry MV Moby Zaza. The repower is the last in a
JANUARY 3, 2017 — Mark Raden of Freeland, WA, must pay a $9,500 civil penalty for interfering with the safe operation of the Washington State Ferry (WSF) Tokitae by shining a high-powered
DECEMBER 19, 2016—Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) recently reported that its Singapore shipyard, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), and its U.S. shipyard, VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, MS, have secured
DECEMBER 16, 2016 — Germany’s Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS Group) has awarded Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) a €15.47 million (about US$16.1million) contract for a high-speed passenger ferry. It is Austal’s sixth new commercial
DECEMBER 15, 2016—Operated by Owen Sound Transportation, the 1974-built car ferry MS Chi-Cheemaun has been a staple of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada, for over 40 years. Just in time for its
DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Under the headline “the High Seas,” Britain’s Daily Mail reports that 13 crew members of a P&O Ferries cross-Channel ferry have been suspended after failing random tests. The
DECEMBER 8, 2016 — Gulfstream Shipbuilding, Freeport, FL, has been awarded a contract through the United States Department of Homeland Security for a passenger/vehicle ferry to service New York and Connecticut waters.