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Vessels

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes

Shipyard christened the newly built tugs Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at the company’s Cleveland facilities in

December.

The newly constructed tugs Pennsylvania and Wis- consin are the fourth and ? fth tugs, respectively, in a series of 10 64-foot Damen 1907 ICE design harbor tugs that Great Lakes Shipyard is building for The Great

Lakes Towing Company’s operations. The tugs powered by two 1,000-hp MTU 8V4000 Tier III diesel engines, and generate over 30-tons of bollard pull. Their propul- sion systems include the Canal Marine designed Logan

FlexaDrive Hybrid power system, allowing the tugs to operate on electric power while at idle, underway at low speeds, or when under low loads, without the need to utilize the main engines, thereby reducing emissions and the cost of engine maintenance.

The series’ sixth tug, not yet named, is slated for com- pletion this summer.

Damen

Time Traveler

With the delivery of Time Traveler in December 2020,

Metal Shark has completed its four-year run of vessel production for NYC Ferry, Operated by Hornblower, handing over the ? nal new vessel to join the ? eet. The newbuild is the 12th 85-foot, 150-passenger, USCG

Subchapter “T” NYC Ferry passenger vessel built at

Metal Shark’s Franklin, La. shipyard since deliveries to NYC Ferry began in April 2017. In that timeframe

Metal Shark’s Franklin yard also produced 10 97-foot, 350-passenger, USCG Subchapter “K” passenger vessels for the operator, for a total of 22 Metal Shark-built fer- ries for the service.

In 2016, Metal Shark was one of two builders originally selected to build passenger vessels for the new NYC Fer- ry service (the other builder, Horizon Shipbuilding, was acquired by Metal Shark in 2018). In 2017, Metal Shark announced a second order of NYC Ferry vessels under construction. Multiple follow-on orders resulted in the continuous production of 150-passenger and 350-passen- ger NYC Ferry vessels at Metal Shark Franklin.

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