Cruise news (ferries-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
Stena Line’s newest ferry Stena Scandica completes maiden voyage
Continuing the expansion of its services in the Baltic Sea, in 2021 the ferry company STENA LINE is deploying two new cruise ships on the Latvia...
July 28, 2021 - Accidents
France and UK sign new maritime security treaty to protect ferry passengers in the English Channel...
France and the United Kingdom have signed a new maritime security treaty in order to protect travellers on ferries in the English Channel/La Manche...
July 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Moscow launches electric ferry service in 2022
Russia's capital city Moscow plans to incorporate a fleet of fully electric passenger ferries into its public transport network from summer 2022...
July 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: BC Ferries' 3rd hybrid electric Island-Class ferry arrives in Victoria
The Canadian passenger shipping company BC Ferries released footage of the 3rd ship in its new hybrid-electric fleet arriving in Victoria BC on July...
July 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
GBP13M Isle of Man's Liverpool ferry terminal additional funding put on hold
A decision over the extra GBP 13,8 million for the Isle of Man Government-funded ferry terminal in Liverpool England was pushed back until at least...
July 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Liverpool's Isle of Man ferry terminal costs extra GBP 13 million
The Manx government might have to spend an extra GBP 13,8 million (EUR 16M / USD 18,9M) on the new Isle of Man ferry terminal in Liverpool...
July 21, 2021