Alnmaritec, the UK’s premier specialist boat builder, announced the recent delivery of a new 50 passenger ferry to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors JV who are currently building the Forth Replacement Crossing over the Firth of Forth for the client, the Scottish Government. The £790M new bridge will sit alongside the famous Forth Road and [...]
Dover Harbour Board (DHB) confirmed that following two berthing trials and some modifications to the ship, mv Joline, Barco de Vapor has been given permission to commence a ferry service from the Port’s Eastern Docks ro-ro berths within specified weather limitations. Barco de Vapor has indicated that its principal business will be the carriage of [...]
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Incat Crowther announced it has been selected to design a 24m catamaran passenger ferry for Sealink. Construction of the aluminium vessel, to be operated by subsidiary Captain Cook Cruises, has commenced at Richardson Devine Marine in Tasmania. The vessel is designed to operate throughout Sydney Harbour with class-leading efficiency, seakeeping and robustness. Incat Crowther has [...]
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Eco Marine Power (EMP) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AIMS Global Engineering (AIMS) of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, to market and develop renewable energy solutions for shipping. Initially the companies will focus on a project to complete the detailed design of the Medaka eco-commuter ferry with the aim to [...]
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Incat Crowther has announced the launch of Kilimanjaro IV, a 45m passenger ferry for the African Operator Coastal Fast Ferries. The vessel capitalizes on the rapid growth in the operator’s passenger numbers, bringing the Coastal Fast Ferries’ fleet to seven successful Incat Crowther-designed vessels. A process of close cooperation between the builder, Richardson Devine Marine, [...]
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Floating craft like motor yachts, sailing yachts or catamarans are quite a regular sight on Rickmers-Linie vessels. However, the ferry which Rickmers-Linie carried from Bangladesh to Denmark on board the charter vessel Baltic Winter is remarkable. It is the very first ferry built by a Bangladesh shipyard for European owners and will be put in [...]
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Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), on April 12th, successfully handed over “UN ISTANBUL” to Turkey-based operator U.N.RO-RO IŞLETMELERI A.Ş.. FSG Managing Director Peter Sierk expressed both delight and sadness when the ship was handed over to the yard’s longstanding Turkish customer. “On the one hand this is a very moving occasion for us because this ship is [...]
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Rolls-Royce plc has signed a contract for the delivery of its highly efficient Azipull propulsion and control system for the ‘ferry of the future’, a new vessel which will operate on battery power alone. The vessel is being built at the Fjellstrand yard in Norway, and once in service will be operated by Norwegian transport [...]
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REMONTOWA SHIPBUILDING S.A. signed, on 18 March, a new contract for building a modern, double–ended, car–passenger ferry with Gas-Electric propulsion. The contract comes as the result of winning the tender announced by SAMSØ Kommune, Denmark, in September last year. A number of European shipyards, including German shipyard Meyer Werft, took part in this competition. REMONTOWA [...]
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A launching ceremony of the first from a series of modern car – passenger ferries, built for a Norwegian owner, took place in Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.on Friday, 8th of March 2013. Remontowa Shipbuilding is the biggest production shipyard in Poland, the only one with an extensive experience in construction of ecological, gas powered ferries. Over [...]
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