Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels Archives

July 30, 2020

HamiltonJet, EV Maritime to collaborate on electric ferries

Written by Baird Maritime on July 30, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ferries.

New Zealand companies HamiltonJet and EV Maritime have signed a memorandum of understanding to build advanced composite, battery-powered commuter ferries. The two ..

July 22, 2020

Tasmanian government, TT-Line cancel ferry newbuilding contract with Finnish shipyard

Written by Baird Maritime on July 22, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World.

Australian vessel operator TT-Line Company has been advised by the TT-Line Shareholder Ministers that the Tasmanian State Government will not proceed with the proposed ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

July 6, 2020

Welcome to Naval Architecture Week!

Written by Neil Baird on July 6, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Boxship World, Catching, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Dry Cargo World, Fishing Boat World Features, Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Marine Projects World, Maritime Security World, Offshore World, Passenger Vessel World, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Small Craft World, Specialised Fields, Sponsored, Tanker World, Tug and Salvage World, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Without naval architects the world’s ships and boats would be less safe, less economical, more expensive, more polluting and uglier. Naval architects are an essential ..

July 28, 2020

LETTERS | Protectionism hurts the passenger vessel industry

Written by Baird Maritime on July 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Features.

TO: Neil Baird Dear Mr. Baird, I am a regular reader of your mail bulletin. I also read today your editorial about TT Line vessels and I would like to congratulate you ..

July 14, 2020

Austal Philippines begins building 115-metre ferry for Molslinjen

Written by Baird Maritime on July 14, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World.

Austal Philippines recently held an aluminium plate-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a newly designed high-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran for ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

July 3, 2020

FEATURE | Safety considerations for Australia’s Northern Territory Guided Fishing Industry Association

Written by Becca Posterino on July 3, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Maritime Tourism, Work Boat World Features.

Australia’s Northern Territory’s selling points are iconic – Barramundi, crocodiles, sunsets, a laid-back attitude and plenty of fish to be caught from coastal ..

July 23, 2020

EDITORIAL | Brilliant opportunity presented with Tasmanian ferry decision

Written by Neil Baird on July 23, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Features.

With the sad but inevitable and long-predicted demise of the Tasmanian TT Lines’ chosen builder, Germany’s storied, 150-year-old Flensburger Group, the line’s ..

July 8, 2020

Austal delivers first of two 118-metre trimarans to Fred Olsen Express

Written by Baird Maritime on July 8, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World.

Austal Australia has delivered the new ferry Bajamar Express to Fred Olsen Express. The 118-metre high-speed trimaran ferry is the first of two identical vessels ordered ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

June 30, 2020

Welcome to Passenger Vessel Week!

Written by Neil Baird on June 30, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Sponsored, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

While it may be inappropriate to say so in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism remains one of the world’s largest and most important industries. In many places ..