Newspaper story questions SI Ferry safety
APRIL 8, 2014 — Staten Island Ferry riders can’t have felt too comfortable after reading a recent New York Post story that called the ferries “ticking time bombs.” The story was based
APRIL 8, 2014 — Staten Island Ferry riders can’t have felt too comfortable after reading a recent New York Post story that called the ferries “ticking time bombs.” The story was based
APRIL 7, 2014 — Rotterdam headquartered Imtech Marine says that a hybrid propulsion system supplied for the first diesel electric, hybrid ferries built for Scottish state-owned ferry operator, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
APRIL 3, 2014 — Mississauga, Ontario, headquartered Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) reports that a cable ferry powered by one of its battery systems has now been sailing between Mjånes and Hisarøy in Norway
MARCH 21, 2014 — David Moseley is stepping down as Washington State Ferries chief. “Recognizing that the ferry system is in a stronger position than when I came six years ago, I
MARCH 14, 2014 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to install ABB energy management systems on one of its largest vessels, the 1,200 passenger, 105 vehicle Martin i Soler. It has an
MARCH 12, 2014 — Color Line’s high speed ferry Superspeed 2 is set to enter Denmark’s FaYard shipyard later this month for what will be the first installation of Wärtsilä’s new inline
MARCH 10, 2014 — The 2,474 passenger/800 car LNG fueled ferry ordered by Brittany Ferries from shipbuilder STX France SA will be classed by Bureau Veritas which will also oversee the conversion
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — BC Ferries has awarded Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards of North Vancouver a $15 million contract for the construction of a new cable ferry to service its Buckley Bay –
FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — The Panama Canal Authority has invested in a new generation of powerful tugs with the muscle needed to handle the larger ships of the Post-Panamax era. In the
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Midship Marine, Harvey, LA, is to build a 48 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry for UltraMar of Cancun, Mexico. It will operate on UltraMar’s busy Playa