Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13. The unidentified vessel was transporting passengers on the Qinlong River near the village of Qinhuangdao when the incident occurred at around 14:30 local time on...
Pride of Maui, a tour company based in Wailuku, Hawaii, has taken delivery of a new sightseeing boat built by Breaux Brothers Enterprises of New Iberia, Louisiana. The vessel has been named Pride of Maui Elua, “elua” being the Hawaiian translation of “two” as it is the second vessel in the owner’s...
Austal Philippines has begun construction on a new 32-metre catamaran ferry ordered by Western Australia-based transport company Rottnest Fast Ferries. The new ferry will operate on the Perth to Rottnest Island tourism route. Upon completion, the vessel will have all-aluminium construction, a length of 32 metres, and an operational capacity of up to 400 passengers […]
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The two operators of a New Jersey tour boat business have been arrested and charged in connection with the deaths of two passengers in a capsizing incident on the Hudson River in 2022, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed via a recent statement. Richard Cruz and Jaime Pinilla Gomez face...
A new coastal sightseeing vessel ordered by Chinese operator the Dalian Cultural Tourism Development Group has been launched into the water for the first time. The steel-hulled Laohutan was built by Wuxi Oriental Shipbuilding Research High Performance Boat Engineering and classed by China...
WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering. In his new position, Malone is responsible for providing the strategic, technical, and design leadership required to bring advanced nuclear energy technologies to...
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A new hybrid-powered shuttle ferry has been handed over to Union des Bateliers Arcachonnais (UBA), a tour operator based in the seaside resort town of Arcachon on the southwestern coast of France. Designed by French naval architecture firm Mer et Design, Mataroa has recyclable aluminium...
The Government of Bermuda has awarded Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine a contract for the construction of two catamaran ferries in a series. The ferries will be used for both commuter and tourist sailings. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2025. Each ferry...
Russia’s Ushakov Shipyards has completed conducting sea trials of a new river-capable passenger vessel to be used as both a commuter ferry and a sightseeing boat. Iniya was designed by United Shipbuilding Corporation’s Onega Research Design and Technology Bureau for local owner Mashpromlizing. The...
Norwegian state-owned financing agency Enova will be allocating NOK76.6 million (US$7.27 million) for the installation of electric propulsion systems on both new and existing vessels that will operate in Norwegian waters. The vessels selected to benefit from the funding include a tour boat newbuilding for operator Rødne Trafikk, two feed transport vessel newbuildings for aquaculture […]
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