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PROPULSION: TECHNOLOGY

Partnerships Produce Proactive

Environmental Protection

A rendering of the engine and exhaust layout for the new WETA ferries

Credit: Vigor

A forward-thinking approach by environmentally conscious ferry operators produces green ferries that exceed local emission stan- dards. A local consortium of longtime service providers comes to- gether again for their mutual customer.

By Joseph Keefe n April 2015, Kvichak Marine Industries, now a told MarineNews in June, what sealed the deal was a great

Vigor Company, was awarded a contract by the Wa- deal of comfort on the local level. “WETA does a pretty ter Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), good job with their contracts and has a scoring process,

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San Francisco, CA for the design and construction of two based on price and technical quality and I think in this all-aluminum 400 passenger-only ferries. The deal wasn’t case, the team that we put together; Kvichak building the

Kvichak’s ? rst with WETA, and likely won’t be its last. In Incat design, Paci? c Power Group providing the propul- fact, Kvichak has built four 118’ environmentally friendly sion package and Nichols Brothers, as a partner in con- catamaran ferries for WETA which are currently in service struction, was an attractive combination.” Importantly, it in the San Francisco Bay area. also wasn’t the ? rst time this group had worked in unison

Jim Gow, Senior Project Manager with Vigor Kvichak, during a newbuild contract.

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