Tag: passenger ships

Smyril Line has signed a contract with CIMC Raffles shipyard in China to build two eco-friendly RoRo vessels, each measuring 190 meters in length and with 3,300 lane meters for trailers.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is responding to a passenger ferry that ran aground near Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Hawaii, on 22 January.

Damen Shipyards has won the contract to build and supply four, fully electric, passenger car ferries for BC Ferries.

Stena RoRo has ordered another RoPax-class E-Flexer vessel, which is fuelled by LNG, from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai), with delivery scheduled for Q1 2026.

AMSA published a safety alert which provides guidance to operators of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) on risks associated with ineffective safety management systems that do not adequately consider electrical systems and other potential fire hazards.

Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A., part of the Remontowa Holding S.A. capital group, has signed a contract with Torghatten Nord AS – to construct a hybrid-powered passenger-car ferry.

Kongsberg Maritime cut CO2 pollution by 23% on the 121-meter passenger ship MS Richard With, owned by Hurtigruten, using energy saving technologies. 

The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has named Piriou as its preferred shipbuilder to build and deliver two new vessels for the Group.

Last week, on 31st August, U.S. Coast Guard, rescued 18 people from a passenger vessel which ran aground near the Columbia Glacier. 

Four years after the fire aboard the Conception dive boat claimed 34 lives, the National Transportation Safety Board renewed its call for the U.S. Coast Guard to require safety management systems (SMS) for passenger vessels.