Posted on 2/21/2019
C.Fly Marine Services LLC, Mandeville, La., was recently awarded a contract for the design verification and production engineering of two new 185’x46’x10’6″ vehicle ferries for the state of North Carolina’s Department of Transportation Ferry Division. The two new boats will replace the smaller Hatteras-class ferries that currently serve North Carolina.
Gulf Island Shipyards, Houma, La, will build the river-class ferries, which will carry 40 vehicles, seven-person crews, and 300 passengers. The new boats are scheduled for delivery in 2020. Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, was responsible for the functional engineering on the project.
“In short, we are to confirm all calculations to be correct and finalize the desig...