Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry striking a mooring structure, or dolphin, at a ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week. The contact resulted in US$10.3 million in damages to the vessel and...
US vessel owner SWITCH Maritime recently began a six-month pilot program wherein its newest all-aluminium catamaran ferry will sail operationally in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Measuring 72 by 24.5 feet (21.9 by 7.4 metres) and with capacity for 84 passengers plus two crewmembers, Sea...
WASHINGTON — Regulators will consider rolling back federal preemption decisions on truck driver work rules by issuing waivers to those who can show that stricter state rules in California and Washington are more safe.
In a notice published Friday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will consider waiver requests of its Dec. 21, 2018, ruling affirming that California Meal and Rest Break (MRB) rules — and a similar Nov. 17, 2020, ruling regarding Washington state MRB rules —...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-will-consider-rollbacks-to-truck-driver-rest-break-rules
Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS), a wholly government-owned corporation under the US Department of Transportation, has expanded its fleet of m ..
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The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has begun operating the latest addition to its fleet of lifeline Ro-Pax ferries that serve the state’s remote coastal communitie ..
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New York-based Fire Island Ferries has taken delivery of a multi-purpose vehicle and passenger ferry built by Metal Shark Boats of La Batre, Alabama. Designed by the Elli ..
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Maui-based marine research non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) recently began operating a custom-built research vessel for the study of whales and dolphins in Hawai ..
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A large catamaran Ro-Pax vessel has been delivered to an operator in Denmark as a new vehicle ferry enters service with a New York-based shipping company. Construction ha ..
Recent deliveries include an Indonesian Navy hospital ship, two rescue boats for the Canadian Coast Guard, and response boats for the Russian government and a sheriff’s ..