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Incat Crowther Opens Europe Office

Apr 13, 2015

Incat Crowther reported it has opened an office in Europe.Located in Southampton, United Kingdom, the office has been created to support a growing European client base and meet the demand for Incat Crowther’s products and services in the region…

Canada’s Ferries Call for Infrastructure Investment

Apr 06, 2015

Industry Minister James Moore told CTV’s Question Period, yesterday, that Canadians will soon be seeing “very large-scale [infrastructure] announcements in every part of the country.”  Moore went on to say that these investments will benefit Canadians and increase productivity…

MacGregor to Supply Package for RoPax Ferry

Mar 09, 2015

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new contract from the Meyer Turku Shipyard for a complete turnkey delivery of RoRo cargo access and handling equipment for an environmentally friendly RoPax ferry under construction for Estonian ship operator Tallink…

Record Thames Ridership

Mar 02, 2015

A record 9.8 million passengers are using the River Thames‎, two years on from the launch of the Mayor's River Action Plan, it was announced today.The River Action Plan, launched in February 2013, details a host of measures designed to…

Davie Building LNG-powered Ferries

Feb 27, 2015

Canadian shipbuilder Davie held a keel laying ceremony for MV Armand-Imbeau II, marking the beginning of the hull assembly for this first of two sisterships under construction at Davie for the Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ).The…

Ledwidge Named CFO of Irish Continental Group

Feb 19, 2015

David Ledwidge has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer at Irish Continental Group Plc (ICG). A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Bachelor of Science graduate from Dublin Institute of Technology…

Sheen Named ICG Managing Director

Feb 09, 2015

Andrew Sheen has been appointed by the Irish Continental Group (ICG) to the position of Managing Director of its Irish Ferries division.  Sheen will assume his new role with effect from the beginning of April, reporting to ICG’s CEO, Eamonn Rothwell…

Passenger Vessel Association Elects President, Officers

Feb 09, 2015

The Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) elected Dave Anderson of Fire Island Ferries, Inc. as the 2015 PVA President during the group's annual convention in Long Beach, CA, the PVA announced today. The group also elected Margo Marks of Beaver Island Boat Company in Charlevoix…

Volvo Penta IPS: Still Revolutionary

Feb 07, 2015

In the first two months of 2005, visitors from all over the world attended the London International Boat Show and Miami International Boat Show, expecting to find the usual selection of boats, equipment and accessories. What they discovered instead was history in the making…

Scandlines Takes Over Ferry Route Helsingør-Helsingborg

Feb 06, 2015

First State Investments is taking over the ferry route Helsingør-Helsingborg including the five vessels operating the line. The contract with First State Investments became effective retroactively as of 1 January 2015.In connection with the closing of the sales…

S.Korean Ferry C/E Overcome by Fear, Panic

Jan 20, 2015

The chief engineer of the doomed Sewol ferry who was jailed for 30 years for leaving behind two injured crewmates believed they were dead and had acted in 'a state of extreme fear and panic,' his lawyer told a South Korean appeals court on Tuesday…

Rolls-Royce Propulsion for Alaska Class Ferries

Jan 15, 2015

Rolls-Royce has been selected by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, via its Alaska Marine Highway System, and Vigor Industrial, to provide a highly efficient propulsion system for its future Alaska Class ferries that will be built by Vigor Shipyards in Ketchikan…

LR to Class First Methanol-powered Sea Vessel

Jan 12, 2015

Ropax vessel Stena Germanica will soon be converted to a dual-fuel methanol propulsion system at Poland's Remontowa shipyard. The 240-meter-long, 1,500-passenger ferry, which will be converted over a 45-day period from 28 January, 2015,…

SAM Electronics to Retrofit Bridge Systems for Scandlines

Jan 10, 2015

L-3 SAM Electronics announced today that via its Danish subsidiary, L-3 Lyngsø Marine, it was awarded a contract to retrofit navigation facilities aboard four double-ended passenger and freight ferries operated by the German-Danish ferry company…

LaNaval lays Keel of Ferry Texelstroom

Jan 01, 2015

LaNaval Shipyard in Spain has laid the keel of the ferry Texelstroom on the 30th of December, that is building for the dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO), located in the island of Texel, at the north of The Netherlands…

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