SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 — Remember the Susitna? It’s the multipurpose ferry built at Alaska Ship and Drydock’s Ketchikan Shipyard (now Vigor Alaska) for Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough with the help of Defense budget
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — Espoo, Finland, headquartered Valmet Corporation will supply an automation system for the LNG-powered fast ferry ordered by Estonia’s AS Tallink Grupp at shipbuilder Meyer Turku Oy for its
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 — Spain’s Baleària Group has reached an agreement with shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte – La Naval for the construction of two natural gas fueled ferries. The agreement is
AUGUST 22, 2015 — The Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) has launched its latest competition for a Safe Affordable Ferry. Entries are being sought from naval architectural students from all over the
AUGUST 17, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte – La Naval has launched the 135 m ferry Texelstroom for Netherlands operator Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO). The 1,750
AUGUST 13, 2015—As it marks its 60th anniversary, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation has been “running flat out” in the words of company President Peter Duclos, with an order book of monohull steel
AUGUST 6, 2015 — Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that its Philippines shipyard has delivered the first of two high speed catamaran ferries to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The contract
AUGUST 5, 2015 — GE Marine reports that it will provide Buquebus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a customized service agreement for the two GE LM2500 gas turbines that power the 99 m
AUGUST 4, 2015 — The start of production of Estonian operator Tallink’s new generation LNG fueled fast ferry for the Tallinn, Estonia-Helsinki, Finland, route began today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in
JULY 30, 2015 —The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) yesterday said that it will provide $500,000 towards the development of a high-speed, hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered passenger ferry and refueling station (see earlier