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- Eye on Maritime Design: Better Ferries by (EBDG) Design Maritime Reporter, Mar 2020 #38
Elliott Bay Design Group is a well-known, long tenured Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm.We checked in with John Waterhouse, Chief Concept Engineer at EBDG, for insights on some of the design elements on the new Staten Island Ferries.
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) served as the design lead on the new “Ollis” class of Staten Island Ferries. “We started with them at the end 2014 to make a preliminary design investigation,” said John Waterhouse, Chief Concept Engineer at EBDG. EBDG evaluated the overall operation, including the condition of existing vessels, crewing, maintenance routine, as well as a demand study for forecast growth. While the big orange passenger vessels may look identical to the general public, the process to design an asset intended to operate efficiently for 40-plus years entails much detailed planning. First and foremost, the new 4,500-passenger vessels had to interface seamlessly with existing terminals to ensure that the free ferry service maintains its “brisk schedule,” said Waterhouse.
According to Waterhouse, part of this resiliency is the Voith Schneider propulsion units, which allow “a great deal of maneuverability and control of the vessel when coming into places that might not be its normal dock.” Photo: Staten Island Ferries
In addition, the new ferries were designed with a number of “resiliency features” in mind, as in the wake of 9/11 and Superstorm Sandy the vessels would be used if necessary to help evacuate New York City.
According to Waterhouse, part of this resiliency is the Voith Schneider propulsion units, which allow “a great deal of maneuverability and control of the vessel when coming into places that might not be its normal dock.” In addition, the new design features side doors so that they can load passengers alongside instead of solely through the ends of the ferry. Some design alterations are simple tweaks with a big impact.. For example, by looping in the Staten Island Ferry maintenance crew, the EBDG team found that on some vessels “there are more than 100 different types of light bulbs used. One of the goals on the new boats was to reduce that number,” said Waterhouse.
While safety ranks number one in Staten Island Ferry operations, maintaining its schedule is a close second. To that end, Waterhouse and the EBDG team took nothing for granted and examined the embarkation and debarkation process holistically. “They operate a fairly tight schedule, so anything that delays the loading and unloading of passengers impacts their schedules,” said Waterhouse. “We took a lot of time observing their different boats and looking at the kinds of things that slow passengers from moving on and off the vessel.”
According to Waterhouse, the EBDG team tried to take into account the diversity of people using the ferry: Is it a daily commuter? Is it a mom with a stroller? Is it a tourist who has never been in NY, maybe never ridden a ferry? How do people decide which door to take? What are their sightlines so that they don’t pause just inside a door?
“It was all, in one sense, very subtle changes,” said Waterhouse, noting sightlines, wide doorways and ample spacing of ‘things’ to give people time to make decisions on where they wanted to go. “One thing we observed: the John F. Kenney is probably the favorite boat in the fleet, and I think a large part of that is because of the way it’s laid out, and the way people can move around in it.”
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- Sterling Builds Massive Dredger Marine News, Aug 2013 #32
year and a half, and though its construction has finally been completed, the shipbuilding crew encountered a few setbacks along the way. Last October, Superstorm Sandy brought more than six feet of water into the yard, knocking one of May’s drydocks into the ship, causing damage to the vessel. The yard was closed
- Keeping up with the Jones (Act) Marine News, Oct 2013 #24
the Administration on a waiver basis over the course of the Deepwater Horizon incident and increased fuel supply issues during Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy with punitive results to U.S. shipping interests. Indeed, this administration has issued more Jones Act waivers than the previous five that preceded
- Lessons From Losses: Removing Insurance Ambiguity Maritime Logistics Professional, Q2 2013 #18
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- Understanding the Ups and Downs of Insurance Maritime Reporter, Apr 2013 #22
sustain themselves in market conditions like these for any period of time without significant financial consequences. When natural catastrophes like Superstorm Sandy or events like Deepwater Horizon or the Costa Concordia occur, the value of insurance becomes very apparent. Many companies would be faced with
- The Cause behind the Clause Piers & Docks Insurance Maritime Reporter, Jul 2014 #18
from vessels, for example. Additionally, insurers need to reserve enough funds to pay for the larger, more unusual events that may happen – such as Superstorm Sandy – and be able to meet their claim obligations. Gaining Deeper Coinsurance Insights To help you better understand the role coinsurance plays
- Panama Canal: Assessing the Risk & Reward Maritime Reporter, Jul 2016 #18
transported on bigger ships, which will call in at U.S. ports and terminals, many of which are exposed to hurricanes. For example, a large portion of Superstorm Sandy losses in 2012 were due to storm surge that flooded ports in the Northeast region. According to AGCS’ Safety and Shipping Review 2016, meteorological
- Interview: William P. Doyle - CEO, Dredging Contractors of America Marine News, Feb 2018 #14
by private contractors and 89 percent of that was deemed ‘maintenance’ dredging. Has that metric changed much? It was 78 percent in 2016, and Superstorm Sandy rebuilding efforts and needs accounted for the slight drop. Dredging and infrastructure may therefore be the most important issue on the plate
- Marine News' Top Boats of 2021 Marine News, Nov 2021 #50
schedule”. In addition, the new ferries were designed with a number of “resiliency features” in mind, as in the wake of 9/11 and Superstorm Sandy the vessels would be used, if necessary, to help evacuate New York City. According to Waterhouse, part of this resiliency is the Voith Schneider
- Sailing for Science Marine Technology, Jul 2013 #52
to get ships to where they were needed quickly and ready to go to work. During Irene, we had to get the Chesapeake Bay opened back up again. After Superstorm Sandy, we had to get in there and clear that harbor and get it open so that people and commerce, can go back and forth. We flew damage assessments

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gineer for the Army Corps. He said, “In the 1980’s I was responsible for feeding the aquarium’s Osborne Laboratory tanks and cleaning them on the weekends and during the summer.” He’s has worked for the Army Corps for 35 years and today is the Chief of Civil Works After Hurricane Sandy in 2013, the U.S.
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vide a natural barrier to the destructive forces of wind and over time increasing the volume of sand we place on beaches, waves. Dunes are areas of the beach where sand is elevated increasing the height of berms and dunes to account for ob- several feet to act as a buffer between the waves and storm
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Feature Passenger Vessels from Edison Chouest’s LaShip yard in Houma, La. With riders who worked from home during the pandemic. The its riverboat ? eet, Viking has been an early adopter of Staten Island Ferry, part of New York City’s Department diesel electric propulsion. Though headquartered in Eu- of
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its “brisk schedule”. In addition, the new ferries were designed with a number of “resiliency features” in mind, as in the wake of 9/11 and Superstorm Sandy the vessels would be used, if necessary, to help evacuate New York City. According to Waterhouse, part of this resiliency is the Voith Schneider