Cruise news (Ferries-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Holland Norway Lines to launch new ferry service Netherlands-Norway from April 2022
Startup company "Holland Norway Lines" will launch a new passenger and car ferry service linking the Netherlands and Norway from April 2022. Holland...
November 4, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: ELECTRA fully electric hydrofoil ferry concept
Boundary Layer Technologies (California USA-based marine technology startup company) unveiled a new fully electric hydrofoil ferry concept design...
November 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
First shore power facility inaugurated for DFDS ferries in Copenhagen (Denmark)
A new shore power facility has been inaugurated on Tuesday, October 26, at the DFDS terminal in Copenhagen (Denmark) by, among others, the Lord Mayor...
October 27, 2021 - Accidents
BC Ferries cancels multiple sailings on major routes due to “bomb cyclone”
The Canadian company BC Ferries canceled multiple sailings on major routes for Monday, October 25, as a 2nd powerful “bomb cyclone&rdquo...
October 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Mandatory COVID vaccination requirements do not apply to BC Ferries
The Canadian company BC Ferries announced that its travelers will not be subject to federal rules mandating that all passengers be fully COVID...
October 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Canadian company Bay Ferries to restore Maine-Nova Scotia CAT ferry service
Following two canceled seasons due to the Coronavirus crisis, the catamaran high-speed ferry service linking Maine USA with Nova Scotia Canada is...
October 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Shell launches first fully-electric ferry service in Singapore
Royal Dutch Shell has ordered at least 3x electric ferries in Singapore in order to replace the diesel boats it uses to transport visitors and...
September 27, 2021 - Accidents
10 dead, 5 missing after overloaded river ferry overturns in Southwest China
As many as 10 died and 5 are reported missing after a passenger ferryboat carrying 46 people capsized in bad weather on Saturday, September 18, in...
September 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Container shipping company CMA-CGM invests EUR 25M into Brittany Ferries
The world's third-largest container shipping company CMA-CGM Group announced it is taking e a “quasi-equity” stake in Brittany...
September 14, 2021 - Accidents
At least 15 including a child injured in Ibiza ferry accident
At least 15 people including a 10-year-old boy were injured after a passenger ferry ran aground on an islet off Ibiza Island (Balearic Spain) ...
August 29, 2021 - Accidents
At least 21 dead, dozens missing after speedboat accident in Bangladesh
A small ferryboat carrying 100+ people sank on Friday, August 27, after colliding with cargo ships and a speedboat, leaving at least 21 dead and...
August 29, 2021 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on Gozo Fast Ferry ship "Your Faith" in Malta
Firefighters rushed to Marr Harbour (Gozo Island, Malta) on Monday morning (August 23) after smoke was seen rising from a Gozo Fast Ferry ship soon...
August 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Valencia starts work on new cruise passenger terminal project
The new public passenger terminal starts to take its first steps with the procedure for the works for the “refurbishment of the site of the...
August 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Bar Harbor (Maine USA) to demolish aging state ferry terminal
Bar Harbor (Maine USA) will proceed with the demolition of the port's aging state ferry terminal once there's a plan to replace it. The Town...
August 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Yarmouth (Nova Scotia Canada) - Bar Harbor (Maine USA) ferry scheduled to return in 2022
The high-speed catamaran CAT Ferry will resume Canada--USA service between Yarmouth NS (Nova Scotia) and Bar Harbor (Maine) in Spring 2022. The...
August 6, 2021