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EDITOR’S NOTE ed Hot. No, clearly I’m not talking about the worst deep freeze that the lower 48 has seen in three decades. But, if we’re going to zero in on this month’s primary editorial promise –

R and, that would be passenger vessels – then Red Hot is an entirely appropriate descriptor.

It would not be a stretch to say that the ferry and passenger vessel building boom has buoyed if not saved many players in the so-called second tier shipyard ranks. And for those not involved in ferry markets? The backlogs in other yards have opened up still more opportunities for all.

For those readers yearning to stay plugged into the North American passenger vessel game, this issue of MarineNews should be your one-stop primer. To begin with, the recently released biennial National Census of Ferry Operators is a (somewhat