Eastern lands NYC ferries pact

Panama City, Fla.’s Eastern Shipbuilding has a nearly $300 million contract with the New York City Department of Transportation for three new ferries for the city’s Staten Island route. The Ollis Class ferries will be double-ended, 320 feet long and 70 feet wide. Elliott Bay Design Group, which has an office in New Orleans, designed the ferry. The contract comes to about $100 million per ferry. The first is to be delivered in 2019. The ferries will be built at Eastern’s shipyard alongside the firm’s new Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters. (Source: Maritime Executive 04/04/17)