The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed the award of grants totalling US$220.2 million from the government’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernise the nation’s ferry systems. The program focuses in part on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping communities acquire modern ferry boats (including electric boats), and upgrading shore infrastructure […]
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The Staten Island Ferry division of the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has confirmed that over 800 passengers and crew needed to be evacuated from ..
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Entering service in the coming days are newbuild cruise ships for US and UK operators and a large harbour ferry to serve New York’s Staten Island. A Chinese partnership ..
New ferries will soon begin operational sailings in the US East Coast and the Baltic Sea as construction begins on a hybrid vessel for a French operator. The Estonian gov ..
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The Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, delivered a new vessel to the Staten Island Ferry division of the City of New York Department of Transportation (N ..
The Staten Island Ferry Division of the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has taken delivery of the first vessel in a new series of three double-ende ..
The city government of New York and the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) commissioned its newest ferry into service on Monday, October 4. The 320-fo ..
The Staten Island Ferry Division of the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has taken delivery of the first in a series of three double-ended passenger ..
SSG Michael H. Ollis, the first in a series of three ferries ordered by the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) for its Staten Island Ferry Division, r ..
The third and final Ollis-class ferry built for the Staten Island Ferry service of the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) was formally named and ..