Metal Shark delivers ‘Taxi’s to DC

JEANERETTE, La. - The first two passenger vessels built by Metal Shark of Jeanerette for Entertainment Cruises’ Potomac Riverboat Co. division have been delivered to the nation’s capitol city and began service Oct. 12. The two 149-passenger high speed aluminum catamarans, “Potomac Taxi I” and “Potomac Taxi II”, departed Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard in mid-September, traveled the Gulf of Mexico coastline and crossed Florida via Lake Okeechobee before proceeding northward up the Atlantic coast to Washington, D.C. The vessels made their first runs on Oct. 12 from Georgetown and Alexandria to The Wharf in Washington, D.C., for a grand opening ceremony. (Source: Metal Shark 10/16/17)