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SHIP REPAIR

The new Cimolai

Technology mobile boat hoist at Bayonne Dry

Dock & Repair is said to be the largest in the

All images courtesy Eric Haun

U.S. Northeast, opening up a new stream of sales for the Bayonne,

N.J. re? t and repair yard.

BAYONNE DRY DOCK

CHRISTENS NEW

MOBILE BOAT HOIST

New boat lift adds capacity and honors a fallen hero

By Eric Haun ayonne Dry Dock & Repair Corp held a chris- someone we all looked up to and respected,” Cranston said. “[The tening ceremony on December 9 for its new mo- dedication] is a great honor for the harbor, I think it’s a great honor bile boat hauler, dedicated in honor of Christo- for our family, and it’s certainly a be? tting honor for my brother.” pher Edward Cranston, a NYPD Detective who For Bayonne Dry Dock, which has been in business provid-

Bdied of a 9/11-related illness in July 2019. ing re? t and repair to government and commercial vessels since

The late Staten Island native — a ? rst-responder during and 1997, the new Cimolai Technology mobile boat hoist expands in the aftermath of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks capacity to allow more vessels—particularly barges, tugs and — was the brother of the Bayonne, N.J. ship repair yard’s presi- other workboats—to be serviced in the yard simultaneously.

dent, Mike Cranston, who said the new lift is a ? tting tribute to Cranston said Bayonne Dry Dock spent $25 million for the someone who always prioritized family and service. “Chris was a project, including the hoist itself, as well as necessary infra- very good friend as well as my brother, and the lift pays tribute to structure improvements for the facility to be able to absorb the 30 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • January 2023

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