Cruise news (ferries-tagged)
- 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 - Cruise Industry
New rules forced for ferry travel to the Greek islands
New rules for ferryboat travel to the Greek islands came into force on Monday, July 5, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Passengers are...
July 6, 2021 - Accidents
7 dead, 11 missing after passenger ferry sinks off the coast of Bali, Indonesia
Rescuers have been searching for 11 people who are still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali Indonesia in rough seas, killing...
June 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Auckland NZ's $42M new ferry terminal to open on Queen’s Wharf
Port Auckland NZ’s new AUD 42 million ferry terminal (on Queen’s Wharf) will open shortly. A total of 6 new ferry berths connect to...
June 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Nova Scotia government removing fees from all 7 provincial ferries
Travellers taking a Nova Scotia intra-provincial ferryboat will no longer have to pay for it, according to Premier Iain Rankin who announced the...
June 21, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Shoreside power plant inaugurated at Port Kiel’s OSTSEEKAI Terminal
A major step for climate protection in Port Kiel, Germany was taken at the OSTSEEKAI after Kiel’s Lord Mayor, Dr. Ulf Kämpfer, and the...
June 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Brittany Ferries planning to launch Cross-Channel "Flying Ferries"
"Flying ferries" will soon be crossing the English Channel. Brittany Ferries announced its proposed craft "foils like a hydrofoil, hovers like a...
June 17, 2021