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The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) has ordered three new ferries to operate the route from Staten Island to lower Manhattan. The first of the ferries launched in November 2019 and the second on June 26 this year. The third is still under construction.

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration plans to have all ferries run on pure electric propulsion by 2030. In Norway, this is called the Ferry (R)evolution. By 2022, there will be so many electric ferries operating in Norway that the annual emission cut will be equal to that of 150,000 cars.

Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has become well known for taking on innovative and demanding vessel concepts. DEME has concepted a new Twin Hull SOV (Service Operation Vessel) for Windfarm Operations together with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam and Marin and the keel laying of the vessel already concluded at Cemre Shipyard in December last year.

By the seashore on Liaskjeret. On the island of Sotra. The Lie family built its traditional fishery in the early 1800s. Today, the Lie family continues to operate fishing vessels under the umbrella of Liegruppen AS, which also works in property development and service and trade.

Each year, the editorial staff of WorkBoat magazine selects 10 Significant Boats that have the chance to be voted WorkBoat of the Year. The selection of Workboat magazine’s Top 10 list is rigorous and thorough, with editorial staff aiming to select at least one vessel from each sector covered by WorkBoat.

The Johan Sverdrup Project is one of Norway’s largest industry projects and the largest development on the Norwegian continental shelf since the 1980s. Zenitel is among several hundred companies that have delivered products and services for this huge commission, which has generated more than 6 billion EURO’s worth of contracts for these industries.

Canada’s largest shipbuilder, Chantier Davie Canada, reveals in this article how they are digitally transforming shipbuilding and updating its technology to connect a shipyard the size of a small town.

Will we see a developing requirements for CCTV systems onboard both Ro-Ro passenger vessels and cargo vessels in the near future? A recent bulletin released by Britannia P&I and the IMO SSE (Ship Systems and Equipment) committee, at the beginning of March, indicates this.

Zenitel has delivered a unified audio platform that manages all critical communication needs under one umbrella. Using a single operator telephone, the hospital security personnel are now able to manage operational, security, and safety communications.

Panic alarms have a clear function, to deliver emergency alerts quickly and clearly to personnel, so that they are able to react and respond in the shortest time possible. Seattle Children’s Hospital realized that their alerts were taking as long as 3 minutes to reach officers. Incident response times also suffered.