Passenger Vessels

Passenger vessel operators are faced with a dearth of licensed mariners. David Krapf photo

Where are all the workers?

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Carnival Fascination at JAXPORT Cruise Terminal. Jacksonville Port Authority photo

FMC commissioner meets with Florida officials on cruise ship matters

WorkBoat Staff

USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

Comment period extended for passenger vessel safety management systems

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On March 26, 2021, Eastern Shipbuilding Group launched the Dorothy Day, the third of three new Ollis-class ferries for the city of New York's Staten Island Ferry. ESG photo

Eastern Shipbuilding launches third Ollis-class ferry for New York's Staten Island Ferry

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National Geographic Quest. Lindblad Expeditions photo

Lindblad Expeditions to resume cruises in June

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All American Marine delivered the Reliance, a 118-passenger aluminum catamaran ferry, to Kitsap Transit in 2019. All American Marine photo

Bryton Marine Group purchases All American Marine

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The Circle Line Manhattan. New York Cruise Lines photo

Circle Line's season to open April 1

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The Alaska fast vehicle ferry Fairweather will now operate out of Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea. Bruce Buls photo

Farewell to Alaska’s fast vehicle ferries

Bruce Buls

On March 21, American Queen Steamboat christened the 245-passenger, 310’x78’x14’ American Countess, an event originally scheduled for last April. Joshua Brasted/American Queen Steamboat Company photo

U.S.-flag overnight passenger vessels restart cruises

Dale K. DuPont

Casco Bay Lines' new ferry will be powered by a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system. Elliott Bay Design Group rendering

Casco Bay Lines to build new diesel-electric hybrid ferry

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Hornblower Niagara Cruises' Niagara Wonder. Hornblower photo

Hornblower acquires shore excursions company

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Cruise_ships_docked_at_Interbay_near_downtown_Seattle_on_Puget_Sounds_Elliott_Bay_CC_Chuck_Taylor — A tug passes before docked cruise ships on Puget Sound's Elliott Bay. Creative Commons photo by Chuck Taylor.

Exemption sought to Passenger Vessel Services Act

Dale K. DuPont

Kitsap Transit purchased the 320-passenger Solano from the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) on Feb. 19 for about $1 miilion. WETA photo

Kitsap Transit purchases catamaran ferry from San Francisco

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