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eBlue Economy03/04/2023

Prop SF aims to have 50 Beluga24 ferries in U.S. operation

In partnership with Swedish-based Green City Ferries, San Francisco area ferry operator Prop SF has ambitions to operate the first fast electric ferry in the U.S. by 2024 and a fleet of 50 electric vessels within five to seven years. As we have reported earlier, Green City Ferries plans to have two…

eBlue Economy31/03/2023

Conrad Shipyard picked to build new Governors Island battery-hybrid ferry

When we last reported on the plan for a new ferry to operate between New York City’s Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, things had reached the stage where an RFP for the vessel was out. Now it is being built at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La., New York City Mayor…

eBlue Economy29/03/2023

Next Celebrity Edge series cruise ship will be methanol capable

When Royal Caribbean Group’s Celebrity Cruises introduces the fifth ship in its Edge Series, it will be methanol capable — equipped with a new engine model, along with storage and delivery systems, that will give it the flexibility to use three types of fuel, including methanol. The move, which is…

eBlue Economy28/03/2023

Julie Jarell Gresham named Ingalls VP and chief counsel

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that Julie Jarrell Gresham has been named vice president and chief counsel of its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. She will succeed George Simmerman Jr. who will retire March 31, 2023, after 32 years with the company. Gresham, who previously served as deputy chief counsel and director of…

eBlue Economy28/03/2023

WinGD methanol-fueled engines to power COSCO Shipping containership quartet

WinGD will supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fueled engines for four 16,000 TEU container vessels to be built for COSCO Shipping Lines at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd. These vessels will be delivered from 2025 and will feature WinGD’s first X92DF-M engines ordered in China. The methanol engines will be delivered…

eBlue Economy26/03/2023

UK Sets Minimum Wage for International Seafarers

The United Kingdom finalized a new law on March 23 that compels shipping lines operating at UK ports to provide seafarers pay levels commensurate with the country’s minimum wage laws regardless of the nationality of the crew or operator. The Seafarers’ Wages Act received Royal Assent making it law as…

eBlue Economy26/03/2023

Strategic Marine orders 100 Cats

In what it calls a “clear indication of confidence” in demand for its boats, Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has placed an order with authorized Caterpillar dealer PT Trakindo Utama for 100 Cat C32 engines. This follows its previous pre-order of 50 similar engines in May 2022 and is aimed at providing security…

eBlue Economy25/03/2023

Italy’s Liberty Lines orders three more high speed hybrid ferries

Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has added three more to the nine 38-meter hybrid monohull vessels it has on order at Spanish shipbuilder Armon. Designed by Incat Crowther, the ferries will feature a flexible hybrid drivetrain that will enable them to enter and depart ports at speeds up to 8 knots…

eBlue Economy24/03/2023

Operator got crane height wrong. Bridge took near $2 million hit

In another report on an unhappy meeting between a crane on a barge and a bridge, the NTSB says that an incorrect estimate of a crane’s boom height led to contact with the Houma Twin Span Bridge last year. On March 6, 2022, the towing vessel Robert Cenac was transiting the Gulf Intracoastal…