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01 Jun

Sandy Hook pilots converting spill response vessel into station boat

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, Pilot BoatFeeney Shipyard, Maine Responder, New York, OSRV, Sandy Hook Pilots Association

The Sandy Hook Pilots Association is in the final months of an unusual conversion project, transforming a deactivated 28-year-old oil spill response vessel (OSRV) to replace the pilot boat New York, the largest and oldest vessel operated by the group. For close to a decade, the association had been considering possibilities for replacing New York, an Ambrose-class station boat that…

Authorities take COVID action against tour operators in NYC, Boston

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsBoston, COVID, COVID-19, cruise, New York, pandemic

Excursion boat companies in New York City and Boston were the targets of enforcement action by authorities this summer for violations of COVID-19 regulations. On Aug. 1, the captain and owners of Liberty Belle were arrested in New York for defying the state’s coronavirus social-distancing mandate on a crowded cruise. When the four-deck riverboat returned to Pier 36 in Lower…

Niagara Falls tour operator leads industry toward all-electric future

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Reviewferry, Maid of the Mist, New York, Niagara Falls, passenger ferry, tour

Buffalo earned the “City of Light” nickname more than a century ago as an early beneficiary of the electricity generated from nearby Niagara Falls. The iconic Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist tour company made history of its own last fall when it took delivery of the first zero-emission passenger vessels built in the United States. The 90.5-foot aluminum catamarans…