Ferry’s new owner to convert it to oceangoing barge

JUNE 26, 2013 — A mothballed Delaware River & Bay Authority ferry has finally been sold after being on the market since 2007. Its new owner plans to turn it into an

Color Line to retrofit Ropax with exhaust gas scrubbers

JUNE 24, 2013 — Norwegian cruise and ferry operator Color Line has contracted Wärtsilä to retrofit four exhaust gas cleaning systems to its SuperSpeed 2 Ropax ferry. The installation is expected to

Louisiana DOTD to end more ferry services

JUNE 20, 2013 — The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has announced that the White Castle ferry will close permanently on Friday, June 21 due to a lack of licensed

LNG fueled ferry now world’s fastest ship

JUNE 19, 2013 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania says that its hull 069 is now the world’s fastest ship as well as the world’s first high speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry.

Topaz Marine shipyard delivers catamaran ferry

JUNE 11, 2013 — Topaz Marine Engineering’s Nico Craft shipyard in Abu Dhabi recently delivered a catamaran fast ferry boat. The vessel, designed and built under a contract signed in the summer

Rolls-Royce partners Baleària in ferry LNG conversion plan

JUNE 4, 2013 — Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas-powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high-speed ferries, which currently run

Dual fuel fast RO/RO starts sea trials

JUNE 3, 2013 — The world’s first dual fuel fast RO/RO ferry, Lopez Mena (Incat hull 069), has begun sea trials in Hobart, Tasmania. The 99 m vessel’s twin LNG tanks were

Interferry hails MEPC decision on EEDI

MAY 21, 2013 — A sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ro-ro cargo and ro-pax vessels agreed at last week’s session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (see earlier

Celebrating a milestone: EBDG marks 25th anniversary

MAY 17, 2013—Twenty-five years ago a group of employees from Nickum and Spaulding Associates (N&SA) decided to buy the company’s assets and launch what would become one of the most well known

Incat Crowther designs new Rocket for Sydney Harbor

APRIL 30, 2013 — Currently under construction at the Richardson Devine Marine shipyard in Tasmania is a new generation ferry that will join the fleet of Rocket ferries operated throughout Sydney Harbor

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