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SeaLink has confirmed that Sealion 2000 will operate alongside new ferry Wanggami after Kangaroo Island ramp upgrades, with Wanggami now in Port Adelaide as the operator firms up the service shutdown and transition timetable.
A ban on all sailings from the three main ports serving Athens was extended into Wednesday evening as gale-force winds swept the Aegean, disrupting ferry services to the Greek islands.
After its final Poole–Cherbourg sailing, Brittany Ferries' 1992-built Barfleur has made its first crossing from Cherbourg to Rosslare, where it will cover the France–Ireland route for October while Commodore Clipper's return slips to early December.
Grandi Navi Veloci has sold the ro-pax GNV Azzurra for demolition, with a tow to Aliaga in Turkey expected at the end of October, after a June engine-room fire made repairs uneconomic; GNV says the exit does not change its operating plans.
A civil court in Genoa has ordered classification society RINA to pay more than €60 million to around 700 relatives of victims of the 2006 Red Sea ferry disaster, finding its omissions the main cause of the sinking. RINA says it strongly disagrees.
Italy's Lazio Region received no offers in its third attempt to tender subsidised ferry links to Ponza and Ventotene, worth up to €140.86 million. Laziomar runs the services under a bridging contract that lasts to the end of the year.
Seastreak and Atlantic City developer interests are in preliminary talks about a trial high-speed ferry from lower Manhattan to Atlantic City, possibly by Memorial Day 2027, using the operator's two 600-seat catamarans.
Barcelona has been allocated 80 MW of transmission capacity through a high-voltage link with Red Eléctrica, supporting its Nexigen shore power plan, with the port substation due in early 2027.
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.
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.
Philippine fast craft operator OceanJet will start a daily Bohol–Siquijor–Misamis Occidental service on 23 October 2026.
Interferry has announced three Ferry Leaders Panels for its 50th conference in Bangkok (31 October–4 November), with leaders from Stena Line, Grimaldi, Viking Line, Attica, Jadrolinija and others.
A sickout by 23 engine-room staff on 5 October left 13 of Washington State Ferries' 18 vessels out of service at some point, amid long-running disputes over staffing and pay.
Philippine investigators say improperly stowed cargo including lithium-ion batteries is among the strongest theories for the 9 September fire on the M/V June Aster, which killed 77 people.
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.
DFDS is adding ARK FUTURA to its Egypt–Italy freight route from 15 October 2026, giving two departures a week in each direction.
The Highland Council has opened a tender for the detailed design and build of a small electric ro-pax ferry for the Corran–Ardgour crossing, with bids due 10 November 2026.
Baleària will float out the first of two 87-metre battery-electric catamarans for the Strait of Gibraltar at Armón Gijón on 23 October, ahead of service in summer 2027.
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.
Portsmouth International Port's shore power system reached peak capacity on 23 September with two Brittany Ferries ships and a cruise ship connected simultaneously.
Western Ferries named its two new 50-metre double-ended ferries for the Dunoon–Gourock route at Balaena Birkenhead on 23 September.
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.
From 28 September, Irish Ferries and Stena Line require valid passports (or passport cards) on their Ireland–UK routes to meet UK Border Force rules.
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.
The Philippines' Maritime Industry Authority said a large amount of improperly secured flammable cargo was behind the 9 September June Aster fire; administrative charges have been filed against the master.
CLdN has ordered two dual-fuel LNG RoRo vessels of 6,700 lane metres from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery in mid-2029.
Brittany Ferries will rename the chartered RoPax VIZZAVONA as WEXFORD and deploy her on Cherbourg–Rosslare from March 2027, replacing NORBAY.
Verified methane slip figures for two MSC cruise ships, well below the FuelEU default, echo Brittany Ferries' call for reporting based on measured data.
Oma Baatbyggeri delivered the 46.3-metre electric car-and-passenger catamaran RYGERLYS to Rødne on 4 September for the Lauvik–Lysebotn route.
From 27 September Molslinjen operates the Strömstad–Koster Islands ferries for Västtrafik under the Kosterlinjen name, with two electric newbuilds due in early 2027.
On day 13 of the search, Indonesia's Basarnas reported 108 survivors, 52 dead and 83 still missing from the 243 people on the manifest of KM Virgo Transport 8.
Interferry welcomed the European Commission's proposed EU ETS revision but said ferry electrification depends on ports providing shore power and on all maritime ETS revenue being reinvested in the sector.
Stena Line has ordered two hybrid E-Flexer 2.0 RoPax ferries from China Merchants Industry Weihai for delivery in 2030.
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.
TT-Line's booking system received more than 150,000 visits in 30 minutes when added capacity on the new Spirit of Tasmania IV and V went on sale, ahead of planned sailings from 31 October.
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering will supply electric propulsion and 4.4 MWh batteries for two car ferries for Jeju's Seongsanhang–Udo route, due from 2027.
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.
Società Navigazione Siciliana has reinstated an 18% fare increase on state-contracted Sicilian minor-island routes, which local groups say takes cumulative rises since 2022 to 84%.
A fire that began in the cargo hold of the MV June Aster on a Manila–Coron voyage killed 76 people, with 43 survivors and 13 unaccounted for as of 14 September.
DFDS carried 3.1m lane metres of freight in August 2026, unchanged on a year earlier, while passengers fell 4.6% to 934,000, mainly on the Dover Strait.
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.
Attica Group cut the greenhouse-gas intensity of its owned fleet in 2025 and achieved fleet-wide ISO 45001 certification.
Sogestran's Compagnie Maritime Nantaise has ordered a specialised RoRo with three rigid OceanWings sails from Guangzhou Shipyard International for Europe's space industry.
Canada's CTMA has applied for a temporary coasting trade licence to run SUPERSTAR II between Cap-aux-Meules and Souris while MADELEINE II is in maintenance this winter.
Croatia's Jadrolinija is preparing a €200–260m fleet renewal: seven new ferries and three fully electric passenger vessels by 2030.
ABB will install shore power at Holmsgarth Berth 3 in Lerwick, giving NorthLink ferries shore connections at both ends of the Aberdeen–Lerwick route.
Finnlines' hybrid RoRo FINNECO III was scheduled to call at Port Esbjerg on 11 September, the first of three inducement calls on its Biscay–Baltic service.
Misrata Maritime Terminal said a Misrata–Benghazi passenger ferry service using the vessel Gothica would start on Thursday 10 September.
Tallink Grupp carried 611,913 passengers in August 2026, up 2.8% year on year, while cargo units rose 6.2%.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has hired German consultancy naValue to help develop concept designs for new Oban–Craignure ferries, including low-emission options.
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.
Scotland's 2026–2031 Programme for Government commits to exploring a single organisation for the Clyde and Western Isles ferry network.
MacGregor has won contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard to supply RoRo equipment for TT-Line's two battery-hybrid LNG RoPax newbuilds.
Özata Shipyard has begun sea trials of MISTERØY, the first of three fully electric double-ended ferries for Norway's Torghatten Nord.
Wallenius SOL has switched one vessel to Advanced FAME B100 biofuel and is extending its use to its B-Class ships, creating a FuelEU Maritime compliance surplus.
Molslinjen will install a 12 MWh battery energy storage system at Ballen on Samsø to support the electric ferry TYRFING, with commissioning expected in March 2027.