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INSIGHTS the maritime industry. We provide commuter ferries, fer- nautical miles of New York’s waterways. Ridership for the ries to national parks, such as the Statue of Liberty through entire system was anticipated at approximately 4.6 million

Statue Cruises and Alcatraz, overnight river cruises and riders. The widespread success of the ferry system is exceed- corporate events, brunches and party cruises. The under- ing original projections. Demand for ferry transportation lining theme across our various business units is to create to speci? c summer-related destinations, such as Rockaway an amazing experience for our guests. Beach, required proactive planning and unanticipated trips to service demand throughout the summer season. Even as

Perhaps one of the most exciting stories of the year we’re heading into the winter, we’re still seeing strong rider- has to be the NYC Ferry system and the plethora of ship from our core commuter base, which really shows us vessels being added to that system under your su- that we’ve built something that New Yorkers can rely on.

pervision. Give the readers a sense of how well that is going, how many passengers you are handling and

What’s the next big thing scheduled to come out of any particular issues / problems that you’ve had to your shop?

overcome while executing that contract.

There are a lot of exciting things we are working on right

Hornblower went to great lengths in order to design, now. In re? ection on our work with the City of New York, build, ? nance and deliver a ? eet in order to begin opera- tions for NYC Ferry service on May 1st, 2017 with the I believe the turn-key solution we provided them is one that other municipalities can quickly adopt to get bene? t launch of the Rockaway and East River routes to over- whelming success. A month later on June 1st, 2017, the of a public private ferry partnership, where Hornblower is the turn-key solution to design, build, ? nance and operate

South Brooklyn route launched followed by the fourth and the system for the municipality for a fee. It’s a simple and ? nal route of 2017, Astoria, on August 29th to complete effective way for many municipalities to quickly expand the 2017 system milestones. With any project of this size, their local transit options. I’m really proud of the work there are hurdles to overcome. We have what I believe to we’ve done with Hybrid technology. We built our Hybrid be the best team in the industry working day-in and day- ? eet to be ? exible and to be able to plug-and-play with out to make sure we have the safest, most reliable and ef- new power sources as they became available. We’re seeing ? cient ? eet. As things arise, we solve them and keep mov- battery technology continue to improve as well as Hydro- ing forward. In 2018, we will welcome an additional three gen Fuel cells becoming more viable. There are some ex- 350-passenger vessels into the ? eet and launch the Lower citing things on the forefront and while I can’t go into all

East Side and Soundview routes to fold the borough of the the speci? cs, between expanded ferry opportunities, the

Bronx into one of the world’s largest public passenger ferry propulsion systems we’re working on, and additional over- systems. The entire system once completed in 2018, will night cruise opportunities - we’re excited for the future.

operate 20 ferries and serve six routes spanning over 60

Credit: Hornblower

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