A luxury cruise ship slated for a Swiss operator completes is final series of sea trials while construction continues on the fifth ship in a series ordered by a US cruise company. Orders have meanwhile been placed for sea-going and river cruise ships and a catamaran that will sail on excursions in...
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US marine economy continued upward trend in 2022
The American marine economy continued to bolster the US in 2022 as demonstrated by increased sales and jobs. This is according to the most recent statistics from the annual Marine Economy Satellite Account (MESA) released by two Department of Commerce agencies – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Australian eco-tour provider orders catamaran vessel
Australian eco-tourism company The Tour Collective has placed an order for a new catamaran vessel for operation in the waters of Moreton Bay Marine Park in Queensland. The highly-customised vessel will measure 22 metres long and will have seating for up to 196 passengers plus five crewmembers. The...
Hornblower receives court approval for financial restructuring plan
The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has confirmed the plan of reorganisation submitted by San Francisco, California-based transport conglomerate the Hornblower Group. The company expects to successfully complete its financial restructuring and emerge from the court-supervised...
Solar-powered ferry enters service in India’s Punjab state
Indian boatbuilder NavAlt Solar and Electric Boats has completed construction of the fourth vessel in a series of catamaran ferries fitted with photovoltaic panels. The solar-powered ferry will be operated primarily in Sukna Lake in the city of Chandigarh in Punjab state. The FRP vessel has a...
Three injured after tour boat hits berthed navy ferry in Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River
The Bangkok Post reports that three people were injured after the tour boat they were riding in struck a berthed ferry and later sank in the Chao Phraya River in Thailand’s capital city on Thursday, June 6. The incident occurred at around 16:50 local time on Thursday when the unnamed tour boat...
VESSEL REVIEW | Iniya – Inland commuter and sightseeing boat for Russia’s Pskov Oblast region
Russia’s Ushakov Shipyards has handed over a new passenger vessel to local shipowner Mashpromlizing for use as both a commuter ferry and a sightseeing boat. The ferry has been named Iniya after a genus of freshwater dolphin native to the Amazon region of Brazil. It was designed by United...
VESSEL REVIEW | Mindu – Electric sightseeing vessel built for China’s Minjiang River
Chinese operator Fuzhou Liangjiang Sian Passenger Transport Company recently placed a new electric sightseeing vessel into service in Fujian province. Built by Fujian Shipbuilding subsidiary Funing Heavy Industry to a design by the Yangtze River Ship Design Institute, Mindu (闽都号) was developed to run purely on battery power in fulfilment of the owner’s requirement for […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Laohutan – Sightseeing and events vessel enters service in Dalian, China
Chinese company the Dalian Cultural Tourism Development Group recently took delivery of a new sightseeing vessel built by the Wuxi Dongfang Ship Research High Performance Boat Engineering Company. Named Laohutan (老虎滩; “Tiger Beach”), the vessel will operate mainly off the city of Dalian in Liaoning...
VESSEL REVIEW | Guqin – Large sightseeing and private events vessel for Yangtze River sailings
China’s the Wuhan Cultural Tourism Group has taken delivery of a new sightseeing vessel built by local shipbuilder the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group. Guqin (古琴) will be operated along the Yangtze River, primarily in the portions of the river near the city of Wuhan. Construction was completed...