Nine months after the purchase which took place in January this year, the Gianluigi Aponte-controlled short-sea ferry company Navigazione Libera del Golfo finally deployed the fast catamaran renamed SANTA LUCIA (ex IRIS 1) on the Termoli – Tremiti islands daily link. IRIS 1 was purchased for over...
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Nichols Brothers delivers first of two new ferries to Kitsap Transit
In December 2018, Kitsap Transit, Bremerton, Wash, ordered two new 140’x37’x12′, 250-passenger aluminum vessels from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB). These vessels, which will also carry 26 bicycles, will provide expedient commuter services to downtown Seattle from both Kingston, Wash. and a planned Southworth, Wash. route.
Mackay Marine was selected to be a part of this team to provide marine electronics systems, technologies, and expertise.
The bow-loading fast ferries, built by NBBB at...
Inmarsat Fleet LTE service coverage extended into Gulf of Mexico
Inmarsat says it’s the world leader in global mobile satellite communications and to prove it will extend its “three-in-one” Fleet LTE coverage for offshore service vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, following successful trials with V.Ships Offshore in the North Sea area.
In conjunction with Inmarsat’s service provider One Net, the North Sea trials were undertaken with ship management company V.Ships Offshore at the beginning of 2020, delivering hybrid connectivity via 4G cellular plus satellite...
All American launches hybrid-electric ferry for Kitsap Transit
All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) has completed construction and launched a 150-passenger hybrid- electric vessel for Kitsap Transit, — Waterman. The aluminum catamaran was designed by Glosten in Seattle and will operate during peak times on Kitsap’s Bremerton-Port Orchard or Bremerton-Annapolis routes.
The 70’x26′ USCG certified passenger ferry features an efficient aluminum catamaran hull, ADA access throughout the main deck, and twin BAE Systems HybriDrive propulsion systems driving fixed pitch...