Shortsea & Ferry

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Corvus Energy has secured a US$60 million growth capital injection from a consortium of blue-chip investors to enable the company to boost production and continue innovating to support maritime decarbonisation.

10th October 2025

Corvus Energy secures funds for decarbonisation

10th October 2025

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Struggling ferry firm Red Funnel, which is seen as a lifeline for the UK’s Isle of Wight to the mainland, has been bought out by a firm that specialises in turning ailing…

9th October 2025

Red Funnel buy-out could signal hope on the horizon

9th October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

P&O Ferries has made a historic leap toward greener shipping as its vessel, the Pride of Hull, becomes the first ferry on the busy Hull–Rotterdam route to permanently operate on lower-carbon Biofuel…

22nd September 2025

P&O Ferries adopts lower-carbon biofuel

22nd September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Incat Tasmania is driving the future of shortsea shipping with the world’s most advanced aluminium vessel build programme, centred on electric ferry innovation and sustainable vessel propulsion.

17th September 2025

Incat powers ahead with electric ferry builds

17th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Port Houston has announced plans for a new hybrid electric ferry, marking a major step forward for its progress in sustainable vessel design.

1st September 2025

Houston unveils next-gen hybrid electric ferry

1st September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seawork exhibitor Parkol Marine Engineering, which brought an aluminium fisheries patrol vessel to the pontoons this year, has won a £5.6 million contract to build a new ferry for a tiny island…

20th August 2025

New ferry and wind expansion plans for remote islands

20th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

New York’s Trust for Governors Island is launching the Harbor Charger, the state’s first hybrid electric ferry, marking a major leap in ferry electrification in the USA.

13th August 2025

New York Harbor launches first hybrid electric ferry

13th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ferry operator Wasaline has become the first shipping company in the Baltic Sea to reach carbon neutrality, five years ahead of its original 2030 target, it says.

12th August 2025

Wasaline claims it’s hit net zero five years early

12th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

German shipbuilder Ampereship has converted a 42.4m passenger ferry to full electric propulsion, saving 113,000 litres of diesel a year.

8th August 2025

Ampereship converts first diesel ferry to electric

8th August 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Swiss battery maker Leclanché says its marine batteries are difficult to compete with, whether in performance, sourcing or recycling. In the third of our series of interviews with battery makers, we talk…

5th August 2025

INTERVIEW: Leclanché powers up for marine battery boom

5th August 2025