Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp. delivered a Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Seaway Pilots Inc. in Cape Vincent, N.Y. The Seaway pilots navigate ships in and out of the ports and harbors of the St. Lawrence Seaway between St. Regis, N.Y. and Port Weller on Lake Ontario.
With a 4.8′ draft, the 53.6’x17.8′ all-aluminum pilot boat features the Ray Hunt Designs Deep V hull. It is powered by twin keel-cooled Volvo Penta D16, EPA Tier 3-compliant diesel engines, each delivering 641 hp at...