Nova Shipyard launches Inis Oirr Express for Vedettes Jolie France
Turkey's Nova Shipyard has launched Inis Oirr Express, the second of two 31-metre, 295-passenger aluminium ferries for French operator Vedettes Jolie France.
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Newbuilds & Orders
Orders, letters of intent, and yard contracts for ferries and ro-pax ships.
Remontowa lays keels for fourth and fifth CMAL electric ferries
Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdańsk has laid the keels for the fourth and fifth of seven all-electric ferries for Scotland's CMAL, with the first due for delivery in late 2027.
Grimaldi names routes for its next-generation methanol-ready RoPax ships
Grimaldi's new methanol-ready RoPax ferries from China Merchants will serve Livorno–Palermo, Igoumenitsa–Brindisi and Piraeus–Heraklion from 2028, with others going to Finnlines.
New Mersey ferry Royal Daffodil makes first public cruise
Royal Daffodil, the first new Mersey ferry in more than 60 years, carried its first public passengers on 26 September ahead of regular service in October.
Western Ferries names Sound of Scalpay and Sound of Sleat
Western Ferries named its two new 50-metre double-ended ferries for the Dunoon–Gourock route at Balaena Birkenhead on 23 September.
GNV names its four remaining LNG RoPax newbuilds
GNV's four 237-metre dual-fuel LNG RoPax ferries on order at Guangzhou Shipyard International will be named GNV JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY and VENUS.
Unity Line's Bursztyn Unity begins sea trials ahead of November delivery
Remontowa started sea trials of the RoPax Bursztyn Unity on 28 September in the southern Baltic, after a delay from the earlier August–September schedule.
CLdN orders two 6,700 lane-metre RoRo ships from HD Hyundai
CLdN has ordered two dual-fuel LNG RoRo vessels of 6,700 lane metres from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery in mid-2029.
Oma delivers fully electric combi-catamaran RYGERLYS to Rødne
Oma Baatbyggeri delivered the 46.3-metre electric car-and-passenger catamaran RYGERLYS to Rødne on 4 September for the Lauvik–Lysebotn route.
Stena Line orders two hybrid E-Flexer ferries for Gothenburg–Frederikshavn
Stena Line has ordered two hybrid E-Flexer 2.0 RoPax ferries from China Merchants Industry Weihai for delivery in 2030.
Keel laid for SPM Ferries' new Saint-Pierre–Langlade ferry JANOT
AISTER has laid the keel of JANOT, a Chartwell Marine-designed hybrid ferry with a bow ramp for beach landings, to replace Jeune France in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
World's largest electric ferry China Zorrilla arrives in Uruguay
Incat's 130-metre battery-electric China Zorrilla has arrived in Uruguay aboard the heavy-lift ship Black Marlin for Buquebus's Buenos Aires–Colonia service.
Damen unveils 450-passenger Fast Ferry 5012
Damen has launched the FF 5012, a 50-metre catamaran design derived from its FF 4212 for rougher, open-water routes, carrying up to 450 passengers.
Compagnie Maritime Nantaise orders wind-assisted RoRo for space cargo
Sogestran's Compagnie Maritime Nantaise has ordered a specialised RoRo with three rigid OceanWings sails from Guangzhou Shipyard International for Europe's space industry.
Jadrolinija plans ten new ships by 2030
Croatia's Jadrolinija is preparing a €200–260m fleet renewal: seven new ferries and three fully electric passenger vessels by 2030.
CMAL appoints naValue for Oban–Craignure ferry concept design
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has hired German consultancy naValue to help develop concept designs for new Oban–Craignure ferries, including low-emission options.
ABB to supply power and propulsion for New Zealand's new Cook Strait ferries
ABB will supply hybrid-electric power, Azipod propulsion and automation for KUPE and COOK, two rail-enabled RoPax ferries being built at Guangzhou Shipyard International for delivery in 2029.
MacGregor to equip TT-Line's Green Ship 2.0 RoPax ferries
MacGregor has won contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply RoRo equipment for TT-Line's two battery-hybrid LNG RoPax newbuilds.
Electric ferry MISTERØY starts sea trials in Türkiye
Özata Shipyard has begun sea trials of MISTERØY, the first of three fully electric double-ended ferries for Norway's Torghatten Nord.