Tag: ferries

Fire broke out onboard the passenger ro-ro ship Andros Queen as it was undergoing repairs at Perama Ship Repair Yard, Piraeus.

Electric ferry Ellen sailed 50 nautical miles – 92 kilometers – on a single battery charge during the International Energy Agency’s 7th Annual Conference on Energy Efficiency. The distance marks a new world record.

More than 100 people were evacuated safely from the Spirit of Norfolk dining cruise on the Elizabeth River near Naval Station Norfolk on June 7, after a fire erupted near the stern of the vessel.

During the Posidonia 2022, DNV signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saronic Ferries to enable the development of an electric ferry for local deployment in Greece.

A meeting between the ESPO and global trade association Interferry has agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision and use of onshore power supply.

Seven people are confirmed dead after a passenger vessel caught fire off Quezon province, Philippines, on May 23.

The ferry Nissos Samos, with 332 passengers and more than 200 vehicles on board, drifted aground in Chios harbor, Greece, on May 19.

The German Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation released its report on the collision between the Dutch coastal motor vessel Scheldebank with the canal ferry operating in the area of the Hochdonn ferry crossing.

In 2020, Scandlines added environmentally friendly wind propulsion technology to the list of green initiatives by installing a Norsepower Rotor Sail on the hybrid ferry Copenhagen. With the Rotor Sail from Finnish Norsepower, Scandlines has reduced CO2 emissions from the hybrid ferry by an average of 4% and, on good days with optimal wind conditions, by as much as 20%. 

In its strive towards net-zero emissions come 2050, the shipping industry should steer a different course from the one that is focusing only on the CO2 emissions from the fuel and focus on the whole life cycle of the ship, says Danish naval architecture consultancy, OSK-ShipTech.