Inland Cruise & Ferry

Concept render of a Brim Explorer battery powered trimaran
Maritime Tourism

Brim Explorer selects names for two new electric sightseeing trimarans

Jens Karsten
Scenic Aura
Cruise

Scenic Group partners with Assam Bengal Navigation for India river cruises

Gareth Havelock
Rendering of a catamaran ferry to be operated by California-based Catalina Express. The design includes a resiliently mounted superstructure to reduce vibrations and noise transmitted from the hulls.
Shipping

US Maritime Administration to offer up to $1.25m for low-noise commercial vessel designs

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

World's largest fully electric ferry arrives in Uruguay following delivery voyage

Jens Karsten
Celebrity Cruises floats out its first river cruise ship, the 135-metre Celebrity Compass, in Rotterdam
Cruise

Celebrity Cruises floats first river ship for planned 20-vessel fleet

Alan Bosworth
The Project 04580 commuter and sightseeing catamaran Sirius Vector
Ferry

New ferry and sightseeing service launched in Russia's Sirius Federal Territory

Jens Karsten
The refurbished Project 352 hydrofoil ferry Voskhod-50
Ferry

Refurbished Russian hydrofoil ferry to return to operational service

Gareth Havelock
The defendant (nearest to camera) at his sentencing hearing
Accidents

Russian tour boat skipper gets three years' jail time for capsizing that killed five

Jens Karsten
A Project TMT.250-03 ferry with the bow ramp lowered
Ro-Pax

Construction completed on new Russian ferry barges

Jens Karsten
Philippine Coast Guard personnel recover the body of one of nine people who perished after a boat capsized while transiting Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province three days prior, August 30, 2026.
Search and Rescue

VIDEO | Rescuers find bodies of missing victims of Philippine lake boat capsizing

Will Xavier
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat patrol Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province to search for the missing passengers of a small boat that had capsized in the area, August 27, 2026. The white structure on the left is the steeple of a church that had become submerged when the 600-hectare lake was formed in 1991 following a volcanic eruption in nearby Pampanga province.
Accidents

VIDEO | Six dead, three others missing after lake boat capsizes in Zambales, Philippines

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

Zimbabwe official charged with homicide over ferry tragedy that killed nearly 100

Gareth Havelock
The Project EM901 electric river ferry Pushkin
Ferry

Russia's Vodohod places new electric river ferry into service

Jens Karsten
Charles Norman Shay, a ferry operated by the Maine State Ferry Service
Ferry

US Department of Transportation to invest $665m to modernise ferry infrastructure

Jens Karsten
Blue Dolphin 26
Maritime Tourism

VESSEL REVIEW | Blue Dolphin 26 – Fully-electric vessel for tours on China's Pearl River

Baird Maritime
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Accidents

Zimbabwe launches formal inquest into Lake Kariba ferry tragedy as death toll climbs to 97

Jens Karsten
Artist's impression of a nine-metre electric hydrofoil ferry
Ferry

New Zealand firm secures electric hydrofoil ferry order from US customer

Gareth Havelock
Shennongxi No 16
Maritime Tourism

VESSEL REVIEW | Shennongxi No 16 – Electric sightseeing and events vessel for inland navigation in China's Hubei province

Baird Maritime
Andrey Baykov
Ferry

New Russian hydrofoil ferry enters sea trials

Jens Karsten
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Accidents

Zimbabwe ferry tragedy death toll hits 92 as rescuers find eight more bodies

Jens Karsten
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