Category: WETA
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Ferry leaders chart the industry’s future at FERRIES 2025
Ferry leaders chart the industry’s future at FERRIES 2025 Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES 2025 conference, held November 4–5 in Jersey City, N.J., brought together ferry operators, shipyards, naval architects, technology suppliers, and government and community leaders from across North America and abroad. The event reflected the rapidly changing landscape of the ferry industry, with…
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FERRIES 2025: Update on America’s first zero-emission fast ferries
FERRIES 2025: Update on America’s first zero-emission fast ferries Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES Conference will return to Jersey City, N.J., on November 4–5, 2025, across from Lower Manhattan, bringing together ferry leaders, shipbuilders, and policymakers to discuss the future of passenger vessel operations. Among the highlights will be a session from Seamus Murphy, executive…
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Podcast: The future of green ferry transit
Podcast: The future of green ferry transit In this episode of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we’re joined by Seamus Murphy, executive director of San Francisco Bay Ferry, the public ferry system operated by the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA). WETA recently commissioned the M/V Karl—the first vessel in the sector to meet California’s toughest…
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Incat Crowther says new WETA ferries will be among world’s most technologically advanced
Incat Crowther says new WETA ferries will be among world’s most technologically advanced Designer Incat Crowther has released more details of the two 400-passenger battery-electric ferries recently ordered at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders by San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system. NBBB to build two battery-electric…
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NBBB to build two battery-electric San Francisco Bay ferries
NBBB to build two battery-electric San Francisco Bay ferries As part of its Rapid Electric Emission Free (REEF) Ferry program, San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system has awarded Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) a contract award to design and construct two cutting-edge, 400-passenger battery-electric ferries…