With much of the world’s ferry fleet in need of renewal and increasing regulatory pressure to cut emissions, operators are seeking alternatives without forsaking the performance and cost benefits of…
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Virtu Ferries buys a new high-speed ferry for Gozo
Virtu Ferries announced the purchase of a new High-Speed Ferry for the Mgarr, Gozo to Valletta, Malta route. This €7 Million investment indicates Virtu’s commitment to the Gozo route. The HSC GOZO EXPRESS, will be registered under the Malta flag and was designed by lncat Crowther. HSC GOZO EXPRESS...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/virtu-ferries-buys-a-new-high-speed-ferry-for-gozo/
Gladding-Hearn completes Bermuda Incat ferry refit
Resolute, one of two high-speed passenger catamaran ferries delivered by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, to the Government of Bermuda, Ministry on Transport in 2002, has returned to service after a compete refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Now, the vessel’s sister ship, Serenity, has been delivered to the shipyard for the same types of upgrades—scheduled for completion by next March.
Designed by Incat Design (now Incat Crowther), Resolute carries 250 passengers. It...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/gladding-hearn-completes-bermuda-incat-ferry-refit/
A New High-Speed Ferry Link between Sardinia and Corsica
The Naples-based ferry company Navigazione Libera del Golfo, controlled by the Aponte family and run by Maurizio Aponte as a CEO, is opening a new high-speed ferry line linking the ports of Santa Teresa di Gallura in Sardinia and Bonifacio in Corsica. On the same routes both Blu Navy and Moby are...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/a-new-high-speed-ferry-link-between-sardinia-and-corsica/
All American delivers a third low-wake, high-speed ferry for Kitsap Transit
All American Marine Inc. (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., has completed construction and delivered the last of three low wake and high-speed passenger vessels built for Kitsap Transit based in Bremerton, Wash.
The Lady Swift, an aluminum catamaran coupled to a composite superstructure and a dynamic carbon fiber hydrofoil, was delivered on Friday, July 26, 2019. The vessel was designed by Teknicraft Design, Auckland, New Zealand and will operate on Kitsap’s current cross-sound ferry route between...