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Derecktor Delivers First Of Two

Ferries To New York City and stern configuration. Instead, she has been designated as having a "Manhattan End" and a "Staten

Island End."

Pilothouses located at each end of the top deck provide maximum visi- bility, and house the Voith-Schneid- er propulsion and steering controls, the engine monitoring system, Ra- cal-Decca RM1070 radars, and a

Raytheon Ray 78 VHF radiotele- phone.

A small concession stand is lo- cated on the upper deck. Interior finishes have been designed to be as vandal-proof and graffitti-resistant as possible.

The Derecktor yard expects to deliver the second ferry in late June, also in time for the Fourth of July festival.

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The Robert E. Derecktor of

Rhode Island shipyard recently de- livered the Alice Austen (photo), first of two passenger ferries or- dered by the City of New York's

Department of Transportation, Bu- reau of Ferry & General Aviation

Operations.

The $3.8-million, double-ended vessel has been designed and con- structed for year-round operation in

New York Harbor. Her primary use will be for off-peak passenger travel between Manhattan and Staten Is- land. The vessel will also be put to use during the forthcoming July 4 weekend Statue of Liberty celebra- tion.

The ferry is named for Alice

Austen, a famous Staten Island photographer. The Alice Austen So- ciety, based in New York City, held a commissioning ceremony aboard the vessel shortly after her delivery to New York Department of Trans- portation officials.

The 207-foot all-steel vessel has a beam of 40 feet, depth to sun deck of 33 feet, and draft of 8 feet. She will accommodate a maximum pas- senger load of 1,280 people on two decks, with fixed fiberglass bucket seats for 930 passengers.

The propulsion/steering system supplied by Voith-Schneider is driv- en via hydraulic clutch and flexible coupling by a Caterpillar 3516 TA diesel engine rated 1,410 bhp at 1,600 rpm. The Voith-Schneider system provides extremely accurate maneuvering. The vessel is capable of being operated with an unman- ned engine room due to the incorpo- ration of a machinery monitoring system supplied by Engine Efficien- cy Associates.

Painted with International coat- ings in the New York DoT orange and grey color scheme, the ferry can load passengers on either deck. As the vessel is a double-ender, she does not have the conventional bow

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During the recent annual conven- tion of The American Waterways

Operators, Inc. (AWO), in Washing- ton, D.C., Berdon Lawrence was elected unanimously as chairman of the board for 1986. Mr. Lawrence, president of Hollywood Marine,

Inc., Houston, Texas, served as

AWO vice chairman last year.

Mr. Lawrence completed his graduate and undergraduate work at Tulane University in New Or- leans. He is a past director of the

Houston Port Bureau, past chair- man of the AWO Tank Barge Con- ference, and past chairman of the

AWO Southern Region. He has been involved in the barge and towing industry for 18 years. As AWO chairman of the board, Mr. Law- rence succeeds James H. San- born, vice president-operations,

Sonat Marine, Inc., Philadelphia,

Pa.

Capt. Arthur M. Knight was elected to serve as vice chairman.

Captain Knight is executive direc- tor of Reinauer Transportation

Cos., Inc. and Boston Fuel Trans- portation, Inc. He is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of

Business Administration Advanced

Management Program, and was re- cently awarded an honorary doctor- ate degree by the Massachusetts

Maritime Academy. Captain

Knight is a past president of the

Boston Marine Society, past presi- dent of the Port of Boston, past chairman of the AWO Atlantic Re- gion and Vessel Operations Com- mittee, and is a member of the Tow- ing Safety Advisory Committee.

Joseph Farrell was reelected as president of AWO. Mr. Farrell is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Acade- my, and spent 12 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy, primarily in nu- clear submarines. He served in

Washington, D.C., as Chief of Staff to Senator Charles Percy, and immediately prior to assuming the presidency of AWO, was senior vice president of Pullman Power Prod- ucts of Pennsylvania.

Lee Hill, AWO controller, was reelected as treasurer, and Georgia

Volakis, AWO assistant to the president, was reelected as secretary of the association.

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AWO Elects Officers For 1986

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