WARREN – Blount Boats Inc. was awarded a contract to build a new passenger-only ferry for Governors Island in New York by the Trust for Governors Island.
Blount Boats will work with Elliott Bay Design Group, a naval architecture, marine engineering, electrical engineering and production support services company with locations in Seattle, New Orleans and Ketchikan, Ark.
“Blount Boats is honored to have been chosen by the Trust to build another iconic vessel for New York Harbor,” said Marcia Blount, president of Blount Boats, in a statement.
The company said Robert J. Pelletier, vice president of Blount Boats, will be project manager for the construction at the Blount shipyard in Warren.
This isn’t the first boat that Blount Boats will have in New York Harbor. According to the company’s release, the new boat will be joining the “Miss Liberty” (Hull #15), built in 1954; the “Michael Cosgrove” (Hull #76), built in 1962 for the city of New York and still in service; and the “Sensation” (Hull #278), built in 1989 and purchased and retrofitted in 2015 by Hornblower Cruises and Events.
The vessel will provide passenger ferry service between Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan and Soissons Landing on Governors Island. The initial vessel design will have a maximum holding capacity of 400 passengers, with a length of 132 feet, a beam of 40 feet and a depth of 13 feet.
The ship is expected to be delivered by March 19, 2019.
Blount Boats declined to disclose financial details of the contract.
Chris Bergenheim is the PBN web editor.
