Metal Shark completes new ferries for New Orleans

Two new passenger ferries for New Orleans couldn't be more different than the boats they are replacing. Metal Shark photo

Metal Shark announced that both new 105′, 150-passenger, high-speed, aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been completed and are ready to enter service.

The first of the two new ferries was completed earlier this year and delivered to New Orleans in July. The second vessel is 100% complete at Metal Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard where it successfully passed U.S. Coast Guard inspections at the beginning of October and is ready...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-shark-completes-new-ferries-new-orleans/

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