![Mercedes Pinto, the third 123-meter dual-fuel RoPax fast ferry designed by Incat Crowther for Spanish operator Baleària. [Photo: Incat Crowther]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ic21112b-0-0-05-300x225.jpg)
Mercedes Pinto, the third 123-meter dual-fuel RoPax fast ferry designed by Incat Crowther for Spanish operator Baleària, has been tested successfully on sea trials. Built by Astilleros Armon in Gijon, Spain, the
South Korean shipbuilder Kangnam Corporation has commissioned Incat Crowther to design a new 80-meter high-speed catamaran RoPax ferry ordered by Korea Express Ferry (KEF). Incat Crowther, Kangnam and KEF, previously collaborated on
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Incat Tasmania has marked another milestone in maritime decarbonization with the world’s largest battery-electric ship, still referred to by the shipbuilder only as Hull 096, commencing harbor trials on Tasmania’s River Derwent
Ferry Holdings, which took responsibility for New Zealand’s Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Work Program on April 1 this year, has now signed a shipbuilding contract with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) for
The world’s northernmost shipping company, Wasaline, has been acquired by Sweden’s Stena Line, which strengthens its position in the Baltic Sea by taking over operations of the freight and passenger ferry route
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon Gijon S.A has successfully launched Mercedes Pinto, the third new 123-meter dual-fuel 1,200 passenger, 425 vehicle fast ferry designed by Incat Crowther for Spanish operator Baleària. Work on
Finland’s Wasaline is making a significant step forward on its path to sustainability by expanding the onboard battery capacity of its 150-meter RoPax ferry Aurora Botnia with an additional 10.4 MWh of
San Francisco-headquartered SWITCH Maritime, best known to Marine Log readers for its Sea Change ferry, is pushing ahead with its next zero-emission vessel project. And it’s significantly more ambitious than the Sea
Two new LNG-fueled RoPax ferries under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for CMA CGM subsidiary La Méridionale will feature an extensive range of Wärtsilä technology. The 180-meter long ferries will be
China’s CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard yesterday delivered Ala’suinu, the E-Flexer RoPax ferry that Stena RoRo is chartering to Marine Atlantic, the Canadian federal corporation that provides freight and passenger services between the
