Vigor to deliver second Alaska ferry in March 2019

The Tazlina on sea trials earlier this year. The sistership will be delivered to the Alaska Marine Highway System in March 2019. Vigor Industrial photo

Vigor Alaska is nearing completion of the second of two 280’x70′, 300-passenger, 53-vehicle Alaska-class ferries for the Alaska Marine Highway System, according to a report in The Seattle Times. The first of the two ferries, Tazlina, was launched in May and christened Aug. 11, the first state ferry built in Alaska. The second ferry, Hubbard, scheduled for completion in March 2019. The Tazlina is slated to enter service in May 2019.

The Times reported that the Alaska Marine Highway System had...

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