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22 Mar

Everett Ship Repair completes work on damaged ferry Cathlamet

Rich MillerIndustry Newsferries, shipbuilding

(EVERETT, Wash.) — Two shipyards with professional working relationships with Washington State Ferries (WSF) — Everett Ship Repair (ESR) and Ice Floe, dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) — offered immediate assistance to the operator when the ferry Cathlamet allided with the Fauntleroy dock on July 28, 2022. On March 2 of this year, Cathlamet was towed back to Eagle…

15 Mar

Metal Shark delivers newbuild to Fire Island Ferries

Rich MillerMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(SEATTLE and BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.) – Metal Shark has delivered Fire Island Maid to Fire Island Ferries of Bay Shore, N.Y. The newbuild, designed by Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, was constructed at Metal Shark's facility in Bayou La Batre, Ala. The 70-by-23-foot multipurpose vehicle ferry features a steel hull and aluminum superstructure and is equipped with…

12 Mar

Crews, agencies honored for response to NYC ferry fire

Rich MillerMaritime Newscasualties, ferries, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW YORK) – The U.S. Coast Guard presented public service commendations and certificates of merit Thursday at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Manhattan to the New York City Police and Fire Departments, and to the ferry and tug operators and crew who helped evacuate hundreds of passengers off Sandy Ground, a Staten Island ferry, due to a fire aboard the…

27 Jan

U.S. awards $384 million to modernize nation’s ferries

Rich MillerMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on Thursday announced $384.4 million in federal funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for expanding and improving the nation's ferry service in communities across the country, as well as accelerating the transition to zero-emission transportation. This funding will benefit millions of Americans – from Alaska to Michigan to…

23 Dec

Nearly 900 evacuated after fire aboard Staten Island ferry

Rich MillerMaritime Newscasualties, ferries, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW YORK) — Nearly 900 passengers and crewmembers were evacuated from a ferry bound for Staten Island from Manhattan on Thursday after a fire in the vessel's engine room, ABC News reported. Five people were injured in the fire aboard Sandy Ground, with three going to the hospital with unspecified minor injuries, the New York Fire Department said at a…

02 Dec

Deck hand injured by anchor chain on Texas ferry

Rich MillerCasualty Newsferries

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 56-year-old man from a ferry near Galveston, Texas, on Thursday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received notification at 2:42 p.m. relayed by Vessel Traffic Services Houston/Galveston personnel that a crewmember aboard the John W. Johnson ferry had been struck in the face by the vessel's anchor chain after the…

26 Oct

NTSB: Software flaw led to grounding of New York ferry

Rich MillerCasualty Newsferries

(WASHINGTON) — A software flaw combined with the captain’s failure to use backup controls led to the grounding of a passenger ferry last year in New York City, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday. The high-speed passenger ferry Commodore, owned and operated by Seastreak, was transiting northbound on the East River on June 5, 2021, when the catamaran…

07 Sep

Eastern delivers third Ollis-class ferry for Staten Island

Rich MillerMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(PORT ST. JOE, Fla.) — Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has completed the third and final Ollis-class ferry for the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Staten Island Ferry Division. On Thursday, the ferry Dorothy Day, Hull 221, departed ESG’s Port St. Joe Shipyard with the U.S. Coast Guard certificate of inspection and the ABS class certificates in hand.…

09 Aug

New funding to boost ferry service in 35 states

Rich MillerMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHA) on Friday announced $172.2 million in fiscal year 2022 formula funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 35 states and three territories to improve ferry service and provide more travel options. Under the Biden administration, funding for ferry service is at historic levels to support multimodal transportation services that…

02 Aug

Historic ferry sinks at its berth on Columbia River

Rich MillerCasualty Newsferries

(ASTORIA, Ore.) — Tourist No. 2, a 98-year-old former passenger ferry, sank at its berth Thursday on the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore. The U.S. Coast Guard responded and has initiated an investigation into the cause of the sinking. Containment boom was deployed around the 98-foot vessel and Global Diving and Salvage was contracted to provide cleanup services. No one…