Cruise news (ferries-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
BC Ferries Canada receives $500M cash injection to keep ferry fares low
BC Ferries will receive a CAD 500 million cash injection to be used to keep fares below the rate of inflation and partly electrify their fleet. This...
February 27, 2023 - Accidents
63-year-old woman rescued after falling/jumping from ferry into Elliott Bay WA
A 63-year-old woman was rescued by WSDOT-Washington State Department of Transportation ferry crews after they said she had fallen or jumped into...
February 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Korea-Japan ferry services between Busan and Tsushima Island restart after a 3-year COVID halt
Ferry services between Busan (South Korea) and Tsushima Island (Japan) resumed on Saturday, February 25th, after a 3-year suspension due to the COVID...
February 25, 2023 - Accidents
545 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry evacuated after it runs aground in Malaysia’s...
Maritime authorities safely evacuated the 545 passengers and crew members of an inter-island ferryboat after it ran aground in Malaysia’s...
February 25, 2023 - Accidents
Interislander ferry turns back to Wellington NZ due to medical emergency on board
An Interislander ferry had to turn back to Wellington (New Zealand) shortly after setting sail on Monday after a passenger suffered a medical...
February 20, 2023 - Accidents
Dozens of ferry cancellations after powerful storm hits northern Europe
A storm over Europe's North Sea caused dozens of train and ferry cancellations on Friday, February 17th in Denmark and Norway. The Danish...
February 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Tallink has no plans to restore Latvia-Sweden ferry route Riga-Stockholm
Estonian ferry company Tallink announced that there were no plans to restore ferry services between Riga (Latvia) and Stockholm (Sweden). Katri...
February 15, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Japan’s shipping company MOL to integrate 2 ferry & coastal RORO vessel operating companies
Japan’s shipping company MOL (Mitsui OSK Lines) decided to integrate two ferry and coastal RORO shipping companies - MOL Ferry Co and Ferry...
February 14, 2023 - Accidents
Interislander ferry Aratere breaks down in Cook Strait NZ
An Interislander ferry broke down in the Cook Strait Sunday evening, February 12th, and drifted while en route to Picton from Wellington (New Zealand...
February 13, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Cruiseferry line Libya-Tunisia launched for the first time in 11+ years
A cruise line serving the Libya-Tunisia route was launched for the first time in 11+ years. In a statement on Sunday, Libya's Ministry of Transport...
February 13, 2023 - Accidents
Engine fire breaks out on Stena Europe ferry carrying ~150 passengers
Emergency services were called in order to respond after a fire broke out on a ferry traveling between Ireland and Pembrokeshire on Saturday...
February 12, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Wartsila confirms contract for new Balearia's LNG-powered ferry
Finland’s Wartsila secured a contract to supply dual-fuel engines/other equipment for Balearia’s second LNG-powered high-speed ferry...
February 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Swedish researchers develop induction technology for wireless charging ferries
Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology (Goteborg) developed an induction technology to wirelessly charge batteries in electric...
February 6, 2023 - Accidents
Further delays to the £70m Liverpool ferry terminal of the Manx government
Further delays to the GBP 70 million ferry port scheme of the Manx government in Liverpool UK are likely due to recent poor weather, according to the...
February 1, 2023 - Cruise Industry
USA's administration grants US$380M to decarbonize ferry transportation
The US Department of Transportation’s FTA (Federal Transit Administration) announced US$384.4 million in federal funding by the Biden-Harris...
January 30, 2023