Cruise news (ferries-tagged)
- Accidents
At least 31 people killed after ferry catches fire between Philippine islands
A passenger ferryboat carrying ~250 people (passengers plus crew) caught fire while navigating between Philippine islands. At least 31 people were...
March 30, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Gotlandsbolaget buys 2004-built cruise ship Birka Stockholm for €38 million
The ferry company Gotlandsbolaget/Destination Gotland (1998-founded, headquartered in Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden) paid EUR 38 million for the 2004...
March 29, 2023 - Accidents
BC Ferries cancel 19 crossings, majority due to lack of staff
BC Ferries (Canada) was forced to cancel more than a dozen of crossings over the past week, when many families were on spring break, due to a lack of...
March 27, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Electric boat manufacturer Candela secures $20M investment to put P-12 Shuttle 'flying ferry' into...
Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela secured a major GBP16 million (US$20 million) investment that will allow it to put the electric P-12...
March 22, 2023 - Accidents
Death toll in Gabon ferryboat accident rises to 21
Search teams in Gabon recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of the ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, thus bringing...
March 15, 2023 - Cruise Industry
First zero-emissions fuel cell ferry in the USA arrives in San Francisco CA
A new zero-emissions ferryboat powered by hydrogen fuel cells arrived in San Francisco CA USA, where it will undergo sea trials/preparations to...
March 14, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Ferry line to service Larnaca/Limassol (Cyprus) to Port Piraeus (Athens Greece)
Good news for travelers opting for sea rather than air transport: a ferry will service Cyprus' ports Larnaca and Limassol to Piraeus/Athens (Greece...
March 10, 2023 - Accidents
At least 2 dead, 28 missing after ferry sinks off Port-Gentil (Gabon)
At least 2 people were killed while 28 others are missing after a ferry sank off Gabon's western coast on Thursday, March 9th. After having earlier...
March 10, 2023 - Accidents
Irish Ferries' Isle of Innisfree ship adrift after an engine room fire accident in the middle of...
French and British authorities on March 3rd received a report that an Irish Ferries-operated ship in the middle of the English Channel had been...
March 7, 2023 - Accidents
Ferry passenger with 90 blocks of hashish caught in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Zona Canarias' Guardia Civil detained a ferry passenger in Puerto de la Luz (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), who was traveling from Lanzarote (Arrecife...
March 5, 2023 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on Irish Ferries' ship Isle of Innisfree (Dover-Calais route)
3 lifeboats from Kent along with a French salvage tug were launched after a fire broke out on a Dover-Calais ferry in the English Channel. The...
March 4, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Sidney BC-Anacortes WA ferry service terminated until 2030
A ferry connecting a Vancouver Island (BC Canada) town to a city in Washington USA will not return until at least 2030, due to a shipping shortage...
March 3, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries takes delivery of the first of 2 new “fusion class” ferries for its Dover-Calais route
Dover-based ferry company P&O Ferries took delivery of the first of 2 new “fusion class” ships for its Dover (England UK)-Calais...
March 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries' new hybrid ships cannot charge at Dover/Calais docks
P&O Ferries UK came under criticism for its purchase of 2 new hybrid electric cruiseferries despite a lack of suitable shore-power/in-port...
March 1, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Cyprus-Greece ferry link resumes for a 2nd consecutive year
The Cyprus-Greece ferry route is expected to resume for a second consecutive year in 2023-Q2 with a new schedule to be announced soon. Scandro...
February 27, 2023