Ferries

JULY 30, 2012 — Designer Incat Crowther has released some more details of the 34 m catamaran passenger ferry Ava Pearl, now in service  with Rhode Island Fast Ferry. Built by Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass., the 150 passenger vessel replaces the 400 passenger Millennium, delivered by Gladding Hearn in 1998. Designed to ...

JULY 24, 2012 —Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line A/S to install Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) based power and propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen AS shipyard in Norway. The ships were originally ...

JULY 23, 2012 — Norway's Fjord Line has decided that two new cruise ferries will be fully LNG fueled rather than "dual fuel." The 170 m, 1,500 passenger, 600 vehicle ferries are being built in Norway by Bergen Group Fosen, with the hulls coming from Poland's Stocznia Gdansk shipyard. Today, Bergen Group Fo ...

JULY 18, 2012—The Staten Island Ferry, second only to Washington State Ferries in the number of passengers it carries annually, is looking to design a new class of ferry to replace its aging Kennedy and Barberi Class ferries, as well as modify the propulsion systems on its Molinari Class ferries. The New York City Department of Transportation ...

JULY 12, 2012 — The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) have concluded the internal investigation of a May 7, 2012 incident involving the 408 ft, 499 passenger ferry M/V Matanuska and the Ocean Beauty Seafoods dock in Petersburg, Alaska. "While ...

JULY 11, 2012 — The Mary Musgrove, a 67 ft T-Class passenger ferry designed by DeJong and Lebet, is currently being built by Custom Steel Boats, Inc., Merritt, Ga., for The Chatham Area Transit Authority in Savannah, Georgia. It is scheduled to be delivered mid-September 2012. Though similar in appearance to the steam driven ri ...

JULY 10, 2012 — Building three ferries on time and under budget has brought Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) an award in the America's Transportation Awards competition, sponsored by the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials. WSDOT won the regional "Under Budget, Large Project" ...

JULY 5, 2012 — Rhode Island Fast Ferry has christened the $6 million fast ferry Ava Pearl. Today it sailed on its maiden voyage from Quonset Point, R.I., to Martha's Vineyard. Built by Gladding-Hearn at its Somerset, Mass., shipyard, and designed by Incat Crowther, the 150 passenger ve ...