Report On Safety In Passenger Ferry Industry
FerrySafe is a Lloyds Register Foundation funded project to improve domestic ferry safety, led by Interferry.
Now available online is the Insight Report, which provides a better understanding of the global safety challenges in the passenger ferry industry. It takes a closer look at where accidents are occurring, why they happen and what steps can be taken to reduce the lives lost in this sector.
Sperry Marine Helps Color Line Manage Cost And Compliance Through Proactive Maintenance
Using forward planning for the replacement of critical navigation components means shipowner can best manage operating expenses.
Sperry Marine, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, is undertaking a refit and maintenance programme of the navigation systems of two cruise ferries from Color Line.
Quebec Ferry Corporation Grounds APOLLO For Good
The province’s ferry corporation is pulling the plug on the APOLLO, just weeks after the ferry acquired in January made its first crossing of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec.
Stéphane Lafaut, the interim head of the Société des Traversiers du Québec (STQ), made the announcement following a series of incidents in the last month — including the vessel’s collision into the wharf in Matane.
Seven Star Yacht Transport loaded this Red Funnel fast ferry catamaran in Southampton. The former RED JET 3 will be used in the Adriatic.
Peter Therkildsen photographed MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO, the second Flensburg-built ship for the Onorato Group, to be chartered from Siem.
The vessel is actually in Odense for the final preparations.
The week before the Ferry Shipping Summit I was in Patagonia, and when our ship arrived in Puntas Arenas I was surprised to see a very old European ferry alongside.
The LOGOS HOPE was built as GUSTAV VASA in 1973 for Halmstad-based Lion Ferry. She has this unmistakeably Nobiskrug Werft look. Many ferries were built in this yard in Rendsburg, Germany.
After a career between Germany and Sweden she was sold to Smyril Line, to become the famous NORRÖNA.
In 2004 she became LOGOS HOPE. The ship is operated on behalf of OM Ships International by GBA Ships e.V., a private, non-profit, Christian charitable organisation registered in Germany. GBA stands for “Gute Bücher für Alle”, Good Books for All. The old ferry features a mobile bookstore, as a part of international Christian outreach movement.
COLOR HYBRID, Sustainable Solutions In Storytelling Video
In summer 2019, Color Line will put the world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel into service between Strömstad and Sandefjord.
Ulstein Shipyard has produced a nice storytelling video.
Join Caroline on her yard tour to get a glimpse of what Ulstein Verft and Color Line do to achieve sustainable solutions.
Incat Crowther To Build A 35m Catamaran Passenger Ferry for Samsø Rederi
The 296-pax vessel will operate between the Aarhus and the island of Samsø.
The intention of the new operation is to bolster tourism and trade between the island and the mainland.
As such, Incat Crowther was charged with developing an economically responsible solution. The vessel is optimized for high durability, low maintenance and efficient operation, whilst delivering a high level of passenger comfort and amenity.
The main deck features a large aft deck with double-decker racks for 60 bicycles. An additional 11 bikes can be stowed on the foredeck.
The vessel will be powered by a pair of MAN D2862 LE463 main engines, each producing 1029kW. She will operate at 25 knots at a modest MCR to reduce load on the engines and reduce maintenance intervals. Maximum speed will be 29.5 knots. The Incat Crowther hulls have been designed specifically for high efficiency and low fuel burn.
A subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp, Baltic SF IX Limited and Marine Atlantic Inc, a Canadian company with the state participation therein, have concluded to extend the current charter agreement of ro-pax ATLANTIC VISION (ex. SUPERFAST IX) for one year, until November 2020, with an option to extend the agreement for an additional two years.
The vessel has been on the long-term bareboat charter since November 14, 2008.
After a serious renovation, ro-pax SOROLLA has been renamed into CIUDAD DE GRANADA during a ceremony in the port of Motril.
Trasmediterranea is changing the names of several ships, like the CIUDAD DE PALMA (ex DIMONIOS) and the CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA MELILLA (ex FORTUNY).
The vessel will be used on the Almeria-Melilla route.
The shipping companies Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express will incorporate the first ferry powered by dual gas engines on the routes that operate between Huelva and the Canary Islands, starting next Sunday March 24, at the departure of 20h from the port of Huelva.
The ro-pax NAPOLES has returned from the shipyard in Gibraltar after having received a new dual-fuel LNG engine.
She will replace the MARTIN I SOLER.
The remotorising of the ferry has been an important piece of engineering, with a price tag of EUR 12.5 million.
On the other hand, technological innovations have been made on the ship to turn it into a ‘smart ship’. Among the main novelties are, the digitalisation of all the signage, as well as the access to the staterooms by means of a QR code that customers receive on their mobile phone (and which prevents them from having to go through reception), and digital entertainment on demand.
