Tag: ferries

A fire took place in a passenger deck aboard an Indonesian ferry on September 16, killing one and injuring three more.

MOL and Ferry Sunflower announced their intent to conduct a trial use of the "Berthing Aid System," which is under development by Furuno Electric, using the large-scale car ferry Sunflower Gold, which plies the Kobe-Oita route.

Scandlines celebrated the keel laying of its new zero direct emission freight ferry. The ferry will be inserted on the Puttgarden-Rødby route in 2024. It will launch the next generation of ferries on the route.

A rescue operation was underway off the coast of Sweden on August 29, as Swedish maritime authorities reported that a car ferry with almost 300 individuals on board caught fire.

Εngineers aboard the Stena Scandica managed to restart two of the engines aboard the vessel, which experienced a fire on the vehicle deck and caused the ship to black out.

A fire was reported on August 29, on a passenger ferry carrying nearly 300 people from Sweden to Latvia, with officials informing that the blaze was put out. No injuries were reported.

MPA Singapore held its annual ferry rescue exercise (FEREX), to test Singapore’s operational readiness in the event of a ferry mishap.

As part of the EU-funded TrAM project, Wärtsilä and partners have delivered a zero-emission fully electric fast ferry that operates on a commuter route in Norway.

Scandlines has chosen the Danish climate tech startup ReFlow to develop climate twins of its latest “Zero-emission” ferry design using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology.

The historic ferry Tourist II partially sank at a pier in Astoria, Oregon on July 28, interrupting its long and storied career.