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FERRIES changes in the wake of this accident.” workforce of about 650, including 400 to and from Manhattan. “In the private vessel personnel; 100 in maintenance sector, businesses exist for one purpose:

By the Numbers covering all trades with the balance in to make a pro? t … and there’s noth-

The Staten Island Ferry is an iconic administration and terminal staff. ing wrong with that,” said DeSimone. part of New York City’s history and fu- The Staten Island Ferry is run by the “Government exist to provide servic- ture, carrying more than 25.2 million City of New York for one pragmatic es…By and large it was a pretty good passengers on a ? ve-mile, 25-minute reason: To transport Staten Islanders system, but it was somewhat stuck in trip per year, for free, courtesy of about 40,404 trips made annually between

Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan to the St. George Ferry Terminal on Stat- en Island. The system operates eight vessels on the route, from the largest, 5,300-passenger Barberi class vessels (2), down to the smaller 1,100-pas- senger Austin class vessels (2), with a trio of 4,400-passenger Molinari class vessels; and the 3,000-passenger, 1965-built Kennedy. (There are cur- rently three 4,500-passenger Ollis class ferries under construction, with the ? rst to deliver in the Autumn of 2020).

Helping to ensure the vessels and terminals keep operating 24/7/365 is a www.marinelink.com 33

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