A Boston Harbor cruise ship with more than 325 passengers on board struck six sailboats after experiencing mechanical failure, the Coast Guard reported on Thursday. The incident occurred just after 11 a.m. this morning as the passenger vessel Odyssey was getting underway for a harbor cruise with 328 passengers onboard. The Coast Guard said the Odyssey experienced … [Read more...]
Greenland Ferry Finally Free After Several Days Beset By Ice
An Arctic Umiaq Line ferry has finally freed itself from an ice flow off Greenland's southwest coast after spending several days beset by ice. The Greenland coastal ferry, MS Sarfaq Ittuk, had 37 passengers and 22 crew members onboard when it became stuck last Friday, March 23. Although inconvenienced and without internet or phone service, passengers on board were never … [Read more...]
VARD to Build All-Electric Ferry for Norway’s Boreal
Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has won a contract for the construction of an all-electric car and passenger ferry for Boreal in Norway. The RoPax ferry is specially designed for environmentally friendly operations in the Norwegian fjords with a fully electric battery package for continuous all-electric operations. The ferry, designed by Multi Maritime, will measure 74 meters in … [Read more...]
Ferry Evacuated After Fire in the Solent
All passengers are safe after a fire broke out in the bridge wing of a car and passenger ferry operating in the Solent between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency says it was notified at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday that a fire had broken out on the Wightlink ferry St Faith while en route from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of … [Read more...]
WATCH: SUV Rolls Off Ferry in Australia
Check out this video posted to Facebook showing a New Year's Eve incident in Australia involving an SUV that rolled right off the ramp of a ferry. The video was filmed aboard a ferry headed for Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia on Saturday morning. According to reports the SUV slipped off back of the ferry shortly after departing Inskip Point. There was … [Read more...]