Global trade association Interferry – representing more than 270 companies and some 1,200 individual members from over 40 countries – co-hosted a workshop at the European Shipping Summit this week, together with the shipping associations from Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Urging short sea cargo increase, the hosts welcomed more than 100 professionals and [...]
Ferry Leaders Panels announced for Interferry2023, the 47th Annual Interferry Conference Interferry is proud to announce the participants on the two Ferry Leaders Panels at Interferry2023, the 47th Annual Interferry Conference. Interferry2023 takes place in Hobart, Tasmania on November 4-8, 2023 with the theme of ‘The Leading Edge – Elevating the Customer Experience and Sustainability’. [...]
Global trade association Interferry – representing more than 270 companies and some 1,200 individual members from over 40 countries – is co-hosting a workshop at next month’s European Shipping Summit in Brussels to stress the importance of shifting more goods transport from road to short sea services, notably through better use of European Union funding [...]
The 47th Annual Interferry Conference takes place in Hobart, Tasmania on November 4-8, 2023. With focus on elevating the customer experience and sustainability, expert presentations will feature the latest trends in tourism, service automation and onboard entertainment, as well as ship construction and conversion trends, optimised operations, and safety measures. The vast majority of ferry [...]
The global association for the ferry industry, Interferry, has just opened the call for speakers for the 47th Annual Interferry Conference. The theme for this year's conference is 'The Leading Edge – Elevating the Customer Experience and Sustainability' and it will take place in Hobart, Tasmania on November 4-8, 2023. Interferry is seeking proposals from [...]
Cutting-edge solutions to an unprecedented increase in human and technological challenges will be unveiled when global trade association Interferry stages its 46th annual conference in Seattle this October on the theme of ‘Power and People’. As Interferry CEO Mike Corrigan explains: ‘In a fast-changing operational and environmental climate, the ferry industry’s long-term success depends more [...]
Global trade association Interferry has launched a call for papers addressing the ‘Power and People’ themes of its 46th annual conference taking place in Seattle, USA, this October. Under the Power theme, presentations are invited on any sustainable, future-proof vessel powering options and the related challenges – notably the regulatory targets for greenhouse gas emissions [...]
A study commissioned by trade association Interferry has revealed startling statistics on the far-reaching extent of the global ferry industry’s value to the world economy. Research into the latest pre-Covid full-year figures found that, in 2019, ferries carried 4.27 billion passengers – on a par with aviation – and 373 million vehicles across a worldwide [...]
Findings from a survey suggesting that ferries are poised to lead post-pandemic travel demand will underline an upbeat agenda when global trade association Interferry stages its 45th annual conference in October. Taking place in Santander, Spain, the latest edition of the ferry community’s longest-established conference is themed The Future is Ferries – marking it as [...]
Interferry directors have given the green light for the global trade association’s 2021 annual conference to go ahead as planned in Santander, Spain, this October. Delegate registration will open on June 1. The decision came at a virtual board meeting held today (20 May 2021) after detailed consideration of current and forecast advances in combating [...]