Shortsea & Ferry

Three high speed aluminium catamaran ferries designed by BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have safely arrived in India’ s Lakshadweep Islands.

In the second week of October Dutch ship delivery and maritime recruitment specialist Redwise was approached by it’ s long term customer Conferry to deliver the Austal built catamaran ' Tallink Autoexpress…

Irish Sea freight only specialists SeatruckFerries have taken over Celtic Links Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacityavailable on Seatrucks fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about toincrease substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding ClipperPoint.

The first of two Multi-Purpose Auto Express 65m high speedferries built for the Sultanate of Oman was launched at the Austal Image Hendersonshipbuilding facility in Australia last month. With a top speed…

Norway is heavily dependent on passenger/vehicle ferries toconnect sections of the road network.

The newly extended Stena Britannica made its maiden voyage from Harwich International Port to Hook of Holland last month.

With financial pressures due to the rising cost of fuel effecting all transportation fleets, the requirement for ship owners and operators to professionally monitor their fuel usage in real time has become…

Short sea operator Kursiu Linija has sharpened its schedules, added an extra weekly Rotterdam call and increased service frequency by consolidating its UK port calls at Immingham.

An Incat catamaran has entered service as the fastest ferry in the Strait of Gibraltar on routes of German owner Forde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS).

Over the years, Seawork has become the established venue for variety of marine trade association functions. It is a natural meeting point for such organisations as most members are likely to be…

UK based Marine Software is supplying Marine Planned Maintenance to Northumberland Ferries vessels Holiday Island and Confederation, which ply between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick.

UK based Marine Software Ltd has signed an exclusive new contract with P&O Ferries to provide fleet wide procurement, planned maintenance and stock control software systems.

Stena Line Freight hasannounced a 28% increase in its Irish Sea business during the first six months of 2005, part of an overall 14% increase across the companys entire freight route network.

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil has delivered the first of three 29m CityCat all aluminium catamarans to Barcas SA Shipping Company in Rio De Janeiro.

Scandinavian based car and Ro-Ro transportation specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen hasdemonstrated its commitment to environmentally friendly shipping by designing a conceptual car and Ro-Ro carrier with zero emissions capability and with no ballast…

With 50,000 ferry movements and over 16 million passengers handled last year, the UKs Port of Dover is one of the busiest ferry ports in the world. Cruise liners, cargo ships and…

Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co KG is celebrating an engine hat trick after supplying MaK engines to a third Northlink passenger ferry.

Solar Solve Marine launched a new product at SMM which is likely to stir considerable interest among the operators of ferries and cruiseships.