Passenger Vessels

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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USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — Ensign Patricia Carrow, a Coast Guard vessel inspector, examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2016. The Coast Guard inspects every operating passenger vessel for safety and regulation standards annually. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson)

Coast Guard’s new risk tool concerns passenger vessel operators

Capt. Alan Bernstein

The Miss Ellis Island. Statue Cruises LLC

Statue Cruises to continue to provide ferry service to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

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American Harmony — The 269'x59' American Harmony, one of the line’s modern riverboats, successfully completed its recent journey from the East Coast, where it was built at Chesapeake Shipbuilding, to the Pacific Northwest via the Panama Canal. American Cruise Lines photo

American Cruise Lines adds sixth ship to Pacific Northwest

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Derecktor Dania, Dania Beach, Fla., calls itself a complete large yacht facility, regularly handling construction, repair and refit of yachts up to 200'. Derecktor Shipyards photo

Yacht charters give owners and customers more control during pandemic

Ken Hocke

The Coast Guard halted eight illegal charters in South Florida President's Day weekend. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard busts eight illegal charters in South Florida

U.S. Coast Guard