The US Coast Guard has decommissioned two of its Island-class patrol boats currently forward-deployed in Bahrain. USCGC Aquidneck and USCGC Adak have both completed more ..
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BC Ferries’ third Island-class Ro-Pax sails on delivery voyage
BC Ferries’ third Island-class ferry is now on its way to British Columbia, having departed Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania earlier this month. The yet-to-be name ..
BC Ferries’ 3rd hybrid-electric ferry starts voyage to B.C.
BC Ferries’ third Island-class hybrid-electric ferry is now on its way to British Columbia after it departed Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on 19 May. The post BC Ferries’ 3rd…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/bc-ferries-3rd-hybrid-electric-ferry-starts-voyage-to-b-c/
BC Ferries’ sixth Island-class ship launched
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the sixth Island-class battery hybrid diesel-electric Ro-Pax vessel ordered by Canada’s BC Ferries. The yet unnamed v ..
BC Ferries’ fifth Island-class Ro-Pax hits the water
BC Ferries has confirmed that a new Island-class battery hybrid Ro-Pax vessel was launched into the water at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on Thursday, February 18. ..
BC Ferries’ fourth Island-class Ro-Pax launched in Romania
BC Ferries’ fourth Island-class Ro-Pax ferry was launched into the water for the first time at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on Thursday, December 17. Work will ..
Damen launches third Island-class Ro-Pax for BC Ferries
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the third of four Island-class hybrid electric Ro-Pax vessels slated for BC Ferries. Work will continue on the new ship ..
Bollinger Shipyards delivers 41st Sentinel-class cutter to US Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards delivered the future US Coast Guard cutter Charles Moulthrope on Thursday, October 22. The 46-metre vessel is the 41st Sentinel-class fast response ..
Coast Guard to name two new cutters after 9/11 heroes
The Coast Guard announced yesterday that two of its new Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRCs) will be named in honor of two extraordinary public servants who served in the Coast Guard and also served in the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department, with both losing their lives responding on 9/11.
Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, made the announcement in New York City’s Battery Park flanked by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner James...
https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-to-name-two-new-cutters-after-9-11-heroes/
Damen secures repeat order from BC Ferries
BC Ferries has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a repeat order of four additional Damen Road Ferries 8117 E3, also known as the “Island Class” vessels. The diesel-electric hybrid ferries follow two vessels that the client ordered from Damen back in 2017. The four new vessels will provide inter-island ferry services between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
The Damen Road Ferry 8117 E3 is 81 meters in length (266′) with the capacity to carry 300 passengers and crew as well as a minimum of 47 cars. The...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/damen-secures-repeat-order-from-bc-ferries/