FEBRUARY 20, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has signed a collaboration agreement with Spanish energy company Gas Natural Fenosa to develop and install a pure-gas Bergen engine aboard the Baleària-operated ferry Abel Matutes. The
DECEMBER 3, 2014 — Danish naval architect consultancy OSK-ShipTech A/S and China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International have signed a contract to continue design work on a new RoPax ferry recently ordered by Sweden’s
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — The Canadian Government has signed an agreement with Attica Holdings S.A. of Greece to acquire the RoPax ferry Blue Star Ithaki tfor a total cash consideration of EUR
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Brittany Ferries has pulled the plug on plans to switch to LNG fueling that included the building of a 2,474 passenger/800 car LNG fueled ROpax ferry at STX
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) said yesterday that it has a new owner: Norwegian controlled, Cayman Islands registered Siem Industries, Inc. The transaction is subject to certain conditions,
APRIL 21, 2014 — With her administration under fire for its handling of the response to the Sewol Ropax ferry disaster, South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the conduct of the captain
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 4, 2014 — Shipbuilder Cassens Werft, Emden, Germany, has been awarded a contract by AG Reederei Norden – Frisia for a double ended ROpax ferry that will serve between Nordeich on
JANUARY 20, 2014—The European Union is providing EURO6.4 million in co-financing for a pilot project investigating a new hybrid propulsion system aboard two RoPax vessels operated by Scandlines Germany GmbH on routes
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Wärtsilä says it will supply an integrated solution for two dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) RoPax passenger ferries being built by Canadian shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada for Société