Ferries

STX Finland Oy and Finferries have signed a contract for the construction of a double ended ferry. The ship will be built at the STX Rauma shipyard and will be delivered at the end of 2012. It will be 65 m in length and 12.8 m in breadth.The construction of the environmentally friendly ferry will bring some 100 man-years of work to STX Rauma shipyard and it ...

Deltamarin and Wärtsilä have developed a series of new IMC (Integrated Modular Customized) ferry designs that will undergo extensive model testing. The aim is to achieve considerable cost savings, both in building the ships and in operating them. At the same time, the latest environmental technology will be utilized to meet current and future regulations.Ferr ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday released a report that, he says, "will serve as a roadmap to the future in creating and further strengthening the nation’s marine highways" Prepared by Marad, the report  is required by Sections 1121 and 1123 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Energy Act). Section 1121 directs the Secretary of ...

Alaska Ship & Drydock, Inc. and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough are preparing to christen the double-ended ferry M/V Ken Eichner 2 on Saturday. The vessel will be the borough's second ferry providing service to the Greater Ketchikan International Airport and entering service as the sister ship to the M/V Oral Freeman. Both ships were built by Alaska Ship & Dryd ...

Leading French ferry operator, Brittany Ferries, and shipbuilder, STX France, are embarking on a joint project to develop a new generation of environmentally-friendly passenger ferries. Powered by dual fuel engines that will burn liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined with a high efficiency electric propulsion system, the new vessel will reduce energy consumption and CO2 e ...

In what it calls "a gratifying end" to a long running patent infringement dispute in Australia, Sweden's Stena Rederi AB says that it and  Australian shipbuilder Austal have "reached an amicable settlement, for an undisclosed sum, of Stena's claim for compensation arising out of infringement of Stena's patent relating to hull forms for high speed catamarans."March 31, 20 ...

Hydrogenics Corporation (Nasdaq:HYGS) (TSX:HYG) has received a contract from Statue Cruises, LLC, a subsidiary of Hornblower Cruises & Events for the delivery of two HyPM HD 16 fuel cell power modules delivering up to 33 kilowatts of continuous power. The 600 passenger Hornblower Hybrid, which will ferry passengers to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, will b ...

STX Finland Oy and Viking Line ABP have now firmed up an agreement announced in October covering construction of an environmentally friendly, new generation 2,800 passenger cruise ferry for Viking Line. The agreement includes an option for a sister ship. The ship is to operate in the delicate and shallow waters of the Finnis ...