In a notably busy year, Interferry’s activities have continued to promote the influence and importance of both the association and the industry at large Over the past 12 months, Interferry has made significant progress in key areas through the great work of its Domestic Safety, Security and Regulatory committees; hosted another successful annual conference in [...]
Global trade association Interferry has welcomed this week’s decision by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to uphold previously agreed sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) targets for ro-ro passenger and ro-ro freight vessels. The committee’s latest session – MEPC 73 – tightened EEDI requirements for certain ship types, but confirmed that ferries would [...]
Interferry, the trade association representing the worldwide ferry industry, has announced that the new chairman of its board of directors is John Steen-Mikkelsen, CEO of Danish ferry operator Danske Færger. He was elected together with three new board members at the annual general meeting held last week in Cancún, Mexico, during the association’s 43rd annual conference. [...]
With the official start of the 43rd Annual Interferry Conference in Cancún less than two weeks away and all rooms fully booked at the conference’s host hotel – the JW Marriott Cancún Resort & Spa – we have secured additional rooms at the Marriott Cancún Resort hotel which is immediately beside the host hotel and, [...]
Interferry is pleased to announce the latest Ferry Business published in cooperation with International Cruise and Ferry Review, in the Autumn/Winter 2018 issue. We hope you enjoy the many entertaining articles about our vibrant industry as we prepare to host the world ferry industry at our Cancún conference from October 6 to 10, with the Speakers [...]
Keynote speakers from the military, merchant fleet and port sectors will feature when trade association Interferry addresses three of shipping’s most important issues – safety, security and the environment – at its 43rd annual conference in Cancún, Mexico, in early October. “Ferries already provide one of the safest and most eco-friendly means of transporting passengers [...]
Please be advised that the EOI is now closed for those wanting to apply to fill the "Supplier" Director position that will be vacated on the Interferry Board effective October 10, 2018. The Nominating Committee is pleased to report that it received a number of applications from highly qualified Interferry members. The level of interest [...]
Since leaving BC Ferries in early 2017, former CEO Mike Corrigan has taken on a role that continues to see him in a leadership position in the ferry sector – this time though, it’s as the CEO of Interferry, representatives of the ferry industry worldwide. “It’s been a good transition,” he said as BC Shipping [...]
The call for papers pending Interferry's 2018 conference in Cancun this October has caused the very best kind of headache! The Safety, Security & Environment theme attracted an astounding quantity and quality of applications, but the speakers program is now close to being finalised and will be notified in the coming days. As always, however, [...]
At the recent Smart Shipping Symposium hosted by the City of Glasgow College Faculty of Nautical Studies, Jim McColl OBE, Chairman and Chief Executive of Clyde Blowers Capital announced that Port Glasgow-based Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited has successfully led a European consortium in a bid for EU funding support to pave the way for the [...]