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VIDEO: Passengers evacuated from NY Waterway ferry following fire

A fire broke out aboard the NY Waterway ferry Father Mychal Judge yesterday during rush hour. The ferry was en route from Pier 11 in Manhattan to Paulus Hook and Liberty Harbor in Jersey City, N.J.

Passengers were promptly transferred to another NY Waterway ferry, the Frank Sinatra.

The ferry is currently being safely towed back to port. NY Waterway reported no injuries among the 37 passengers on board.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The Father Mychal Judge ferry boat was named...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/video-passengers-evacuated-off-ny-waterway-ferry-due-to-fire/

Police, ferry crews respond to fatal capsizing on New York’s Hudson River

New York City Police Department (NYPD) personnel and the crews of some passenger ferries operating on New York’s Hudson River have responded to an incident wherein ..

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NY Waterway founder Arthur Imperatore dies aged 95

Arthur Imperatore built NY Waterway into an integrated commuter ferry-bus system that has carried nearly 300 million passengers since 1986. NY Waterway photo.

NY Waterway founder and president Arthur E. Imperatore, Sr., an entrepreneur who built a complete New York City commuter ferry system, died Nov. 18 at the age of 95.

Imperatore’s career spanned more than seven decades and included various ventures from mining to real estate, from sports teams to transportation. He founded NY Waterway in 1986 in Weehawken, New Jersey and built it into a mass transit system which has transported almost 300 million people to date.

NY Waterway ferries became a vital...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/ny-waterway-founder-arthur-imperatore-dies-aged-95/

Yank Marine delivers 599-passenger ferry to New York

Last week, Yank Marine Inc. delivered the 599-passenger aluminum ferry Franklin D. Roosevelt, the first of three ferries, to NY Waterway.

The 2,000-hp ferry is similar to the pair of ferries the Tuckahoe, N.J., yard delivered to NY Waterway in 2015 and 2016, the 350-passenger Molly Pitcher and Betsy Ross. The ferries were all designed by LeMole Naval Architecture in Tuckahoe. The ferry’s hull construction is made up of 5086 aluminum plate and the extrusions are 6061 aluminum.

Due to Covid-19, NY...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/yank-marine-delivers-599-passenger-ferry-to-new-york/

NY Waterway scrambles after Coast Guard flags vessels

NY Waterway ferries Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton at the company's Port Imperial terminal. Kirk Moore photo.

A wave of Coast Guard inspections over the weekend found deficiencies among NY Waterway’s ferry fleet, setting off a hustle by the private ferry operator to get boats back in service and charter replacements for the Monday morning commute.

While conducting routine inspections over the past two weeks, Coast Guard Sector New York found “multiple discrepancies” and decided to inspect all of NY Waterway’s 32 operational vessels, according to Coast Guard officials.

On Saturday alone, the inspectors...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ny-waterway-scrambles-after-coast-guard-flags-vessels/

New York ferry crew rescues pilot after helicopter crash

The Corps of Engineers vessel Hayward hoists a downed helicopter from the Hudson River May 15, 2019. Corps of Engineers photo

A NY Waterway ferry crew picked up a pilot after a helicopter crash in the Hudson River Wednesday, the latest in a long line of rescues for the cross-river commuter service

The ferry Gov. Thomas Kean was passing close by when the helicopter operated by Zip Aviation lost altitude and fell into the river after refueling at the West 30rd Street heliport around 1:20 p.m.

NY Waterway deckhand Edwin Montoya prepares to pick up the helicopter pilot. NY Waterway photo

Capt. Adam Schiano pointed his ferry...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/new-york-ferry-crew-rescues-pilot-after-helicopter-crash/

NY Waterway gets Corps dock permit, but city officials still fighting

NY Waterway ferries at the company's Port Imperial terminal at Weehawken, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

NY Waterway has obtained a Corps of Engineers permit to operate a repair and maintenance facility at the Union Dry Dock site, but city officials in Hoboken, N.J. are continuing to resist the plan.

“Union Dry Dock has operated continuously for more than 100 years as a marine repair and maintenance facility.  We will continue that great tradition, using this site to keep our ferries in top condition, operating safely, cleanly and comfortably,” said Arthur E. Imperatore, NY Waterway president and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ny-waterway-gets-corps-dock-permit-but-city-officials-still-fighting/

Stranded by snow, New York City commuters escaped by ferries

NY Waterway ferries at the company's Port Imperial terminal at Weehawken, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

Commuters fell back on the ferries when an early onslaught of snow and ice locked out commuter bus service from New York City Nov. 15.

Forecasters had warned the region could receive 4” of snow from the storm, but colder than expected temperatures also brought more sleet and freezing rain. That brought on severe road conditions that gridlocked much of the highway network around the city.

Conditions became so serious that buses could not reach the midtown Manhattan Port Authority Bus Terminal,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/stranded-by-snow-new-york-city-commuters-escaped-by-ferries/