Passenger Vessels and Marine Tourism

Terra Nova Adventurer
Cruise

Terra Nova Expeditions selects ship for 2026-2028 Antarctic seasons

Gareth Havelock
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Kimberley Pearl in 2021
Cruise

Australian company continues advertising cruise packages despite ongoing insolvency proceedings

Jens Karsten
Spirit of Tasmania IV arriving in Devonport
Ro-Pax

Australia's TT-Line Company welcomes new ferry to homeport

Gareth Havelock
Artist's impression of a nine-metre electric hydrofoil ferry
Ferry

New Zealand firm secures electric hydrofoil ferry order from US customer

Gareth Havelock
Dory 2
Ro-Pax

VESSEL REVIEW | Dory 2 – Lifeline freight ferry for inter-island routes in French Polynesia

Baird Maritime
China Zorrilla being loaded onto the heavy lift vessel Black Marlin
Ro-Pax

World's largest fully electric ferry departs on delivery voyage to South America

Gareth Havelock
China Zorrilla being loaded onto the heavy lift vessel Black Marlin
Ro-Pax

Heavy lift ship loads world's largest fully electric ferry for delivery voyage to South America

Gareth Havelock
A One2Three-designed passenger vessel underway in Sydney Harbour
Passenger

BMT acquires Australia's One2Three Naval Architects

Gareth Havelock
The hydrofoil catamaran tour boat Kermadec, the first hydrofoiling passenger vessel developed by Vessev
Ferry

New Zealand tech firm to introduce hydrofoil ferries in Australia's Sydney Harbour

Jens Karsten
Belaire Ferries vessels operating in Auckland
Ferry

Kelsian secures Auckland ferry contracts and buys out partner Belaire Ferries

Alan Bosworth
Transdev Sydney Ferries' catamaran vessel Norman Selfe
Ferry

Australian operator takes delivery of final two river ferries in series

Jens Karsten
Placing of the coin during the keel-laying ceremony for a new cable ferry for the Daintree River ferry service
Ro-Pax

Keel laid for new cable ferry for operation on Australia's Daintree River

Gareth Havelock
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers assess the situation on the stranded dive boat, June 13, 2026.
Search and Rescue

13 rescued from disabled dive boat off New South Wales, Australia

Will Xavier
Makai Makai Adventures
RIBs and RHIBs

VESSEL REVIEW | Makai – Fast and agile whale-watching RIB for Hawaii tour operator

Baird Maritime
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Maritime Tourism

VESSEL REVIEW | El Escudo – Hybrid harbour sightseeing vessel to serve Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports

Baird Maritime
The Ro-Pax ferry Aratere aground near South Island, New Zealand
Accidents

New Zealand accident investigators release updated report on 2024 ferry grounding near South Island

Jens Karsten
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Maritime Tourism

California operator welcomes hybrid harbour tour boat to fleet

Gareth Havelock
Royal Australian Navy personnel and a small fast boat at Marine Futures' national workforce plan launch in Cairns, May 13, 2026
Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore

Cairns launches national workforce plan for Australia's marine, maritime and defence industries

Ausmarine
TT-Line Company's Spirit of Tasmania IV. The ferry was already handed over in 2024, but technical issues and a lack of adequate wharf facilities have prevented it from entering service as originally scheduled.
Ro-Pax

Australian operator TT-Line to receive $360m bailout amid bungled deliveries of replacement ferries

Rafael Sanches
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