PANAMA CITY, FL-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group has confirmed that it has won the contract to build three 4,500- passenger capacity ferries for the Staten Island Ferry fleet. The three new Ollis Class ferries were designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, WA. The Ollis Class will be double ended with an overall length of 320 ft, beam of 70 ft and draft of 13 ft at the design load of the waterline. Each vessel will be fitted with four Tier 4-compliant EMD 12-710 diesel engines that will drive two (one at each end of the ferry) Voith Schneider Propellers, model 36 RV6 ECS/285-2, via Reintjes DUP 3000 Ρ combining reduction gears. The Reintjes gears were supplied by Karl Senner, LLC, Kenner, LA.
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