APRIL 24, 2015 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària has enrolled its passenger ferry Martin i Soler into an AkzoNobel scheme that financially rewards shipowners by enabling them to generate income in the
APRIL 22, 2015 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, was recently awarded a drydocking contract for Miller Boat Line’s ferry M/V Put-In-Bay. The vessel was hauled out using the shipyard’s 770-ton capacity
APRIL 16, 2015 — One year after the sinking of the ferry Sewol with the loss of 304 people, many of them children, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has promised to raise
APRIL 15, 2015 — U.K. ferry operator Condor Ferries seems to have been experiencing a series of unfortunate events with Condor Liberation, the 102 m Austal trimaran it acquired last year (see
APRIL 13, 2015—The $126-million Samish, the second of three 144-car ferries, was recently accepted by Washington State Ferries (WSF), Seattle, WA, following its delivery from Vigor Industrial. Following two months of sea
APRIL 3, 2015 — Though Japan is more into exporting vessels than importing them, Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania is making its third delivery to a Japanese owner. The 85 m high speed
APRIL 3, 2014 — Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri reports that the first LNG fueled ferry built in Italy, the F.-A.-Gauthier, departed its shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, April 1, after successfully completing
MARCH 30, 2015 — Bellingham, WA, based All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has delivered MV Sally Fox, the first of two new 105 ft x 33 ft aluminum catamaran ferries ordered by
MARCH 31, 2015 — Following a conversion in the Remontowa shipyard, Poland, that started in late January, Stena Line’s Stena Germanica is now back in service between Kiel, Germany, and Gothenburg, Sweden,
MARCH 20, 2015 — Recently published reports that Fincantieri has already delivered the LNG fueled ferry F.A. Gauthier to Canada’s STQ (Société des traversiers du Québec) are premature. According to AIS data