Passenger Vessels

The Seastreak Commodore grounded in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, where police and fire vessels evacuated passengers and crew. Video image courtesy Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park.

Seastreak ferry grounds in New York, 125 evacuated

Kirk Moore

Passenger vessel operators want the Coast Guard to consider a number of options as it weighs possibly requiring safety management systems (SMS) that would affect the whole industry. Ken Hocke photo

Passenger vessel operators push back against safety management systems

Dale K. DuPont

Wilderness Adventurer crew bow wearing masks — Crew of the Wilderness Adventurer wear masks during its August 2020 Alaska cruise that was cut short. UnCruise Adventures photo

PVA pushes for easing of mask mandate

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Image courtesy of Water-Go-Round

North America’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell, zero-emission e-ferry

Jon Foster

National Geographic Sea Lion. Lindblad Expeditions photo

Lindblad-National Geographic to reactivate two more ships in Alaska

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The 3212-CTC model vessel’s full walk around configuration, combined with two-side boarding doors port and starboard, allows for safe passenger access from stem to stern. Brix Marine rendering

Brix Marine building water taxi for Canada

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American Queen Steamboat Co. is trying to hire more than 200 officers and crewmembers nationwide over the next 60 days. Ken Hocke photo

American Queen Steamboat trying to fill hundreds of onboard positions

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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

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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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