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Fidalgo Bay.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Fidalgo Bay.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts..
"The Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner. Built at the Rice Brother’s Boatyard, in East Boothbay, Maine as a private yacht, the ship was launched in 1913. Her owner, John Borden II, the founder of Chicago’s Yellow Cab Co. sailed The Adventuress from Maine, around the tip of South America, and north to the Arctic. Borden intended to sail to Alaska to catch a bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Borden's efforts to catch a whale failed and he sold Adventuress to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat. For 35 years, she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farallone Islands. During World War II, she was a United States Coast Guard vessel, guarding San Francisco Bay"
Around 1952, Adventuress was brought to Seattle, where she went through several owners. Eventually, she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett, who managed a non-profit sail training organization called Youth Adventures. Under their ownership, the boat was restored to most of her original lines.
Today Adventuress is operated by the non-profit organization Sound Experience, as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound."
RMAS ISABEL (A183)
Built : 1972
Displacement : 107 tons
Length 17.6 m x 5.5 beam
Machinery : 1 x Lister-Blackstone ERS-4-M Diesel (330bhp) driving a Vertical Cycloidal prop.
Speed : 8 knots
Photographed on the 30 May 1980 at Portsmouth
Guemes Channel. Port of Anacortes, Pier One.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Rosario Strait
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel. Port of Anacortes, Pier One.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich on the north. It is licensed and financed by London River Services, the maritime arm of Transport for London (TfL). The service is operated by Briggs Marine under licence from TfL and carries both foot passengers and vehicles. Around two million passengers use the ferry each year.
A ferry has operated on the Thames at Woolwich since the 14th century, and commercial crossings operated intermittently until the mid-19th. The free service opened in 1889 after tolls were abolished on bridges to the west of London. Traffic increased in the 20th century because of the rise in motor vehicle traffic and it remained popular because of the lack of nearby bridges. Pedestrian use dropped after the construction of a parallel foot tunnel and the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Woolwich Arsenal station. Alternatives such as the Thames Gateway Bridge and Gallions Reach Crossing have been proposed as replacements, but there are no plans to discontinue the Woolwich Ferry as long as there is demand.
Services
The Woolwich Ferry route, connecting the North Circular and South Circular Roads. The Woolwich foot tunnel runs alongside the ferry and the Docklands Light Railway parallels the route from King George V to Woolwich Arsenal.
The service links Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich with North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. It also links two ends of the inner London orbital road routes: the North Circular and the South Circular.
On weekdays, the ferry operates from 6.10 am until 8 pm with a two-boat service (10 minutes nominal interval between sailings); on Saturdays, from 6.10 am to 8 pm with a one-boat service (15 minutes nominal interval; the last south-to-north sailing is 15 minutes earlier at 7.45 pm); on Sundays, from 11.30 am to 7.30 pm with a one-boat service (last south-to-north sailing at 7.15 pm). The ferries can carry heavy goods vehicles and other road traffic across the river, up to a maximum height of 4.7 metres (15 ft) and width of 3.5 metres (11 ft). The service is free for all traffic; in 2012 Transport for London (TfL) estimated a subsidy cost of 76.5p per passenger.
Nearest alternative crossings
The nearest alternative crossing for pedestrians is the Woolwich foot tunnel about 100 metres (110 yds) to the east. A Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station, Woolwich Arsenal on the south side of the Thames, was opened in January 2009 as the new terminus of the London City Airport branch. King George V DLR station, on the opposite side of the river, is close to the north ferry dock.
The nearest vehicle alternatives are the Blackwall Tunnel about two miles (3 km) upstream to the west, or the Dartford Crossing around ten miles (16 km) downstream to the east. Both tunnels have height restrictions for heavy goods vehicles, and users of the Dartford Crossing incur toll charges.
History
Early services
There has been a connection across the Thames between what is now Old Woolwich and what would later be North Woolwich since the Norman Conquest. The area was mentioned in Domesday Book as 63 acres (25 ha) belonging to Hamon, the dapifer (steward), "which belong to (pertinent in) Woolwich"; the "pertinent" here refers to the portion of land north of the Thames yet also part of the county of Kent. State papers in 1308 show that a service was running between North Woolwich and Warren Lane. That year, William de Wicton sold the business to William atte Halle for £10. The ferry was subsequently sold in 1320 for 100 silver marks.
Cross-river traffic increased following the establishment of the Royal Arsenal in 1671.[14] To enable movement of troops and supplies, the army established its own ferry in 1810. The following year an Act of Parliament established a commercial ferry company,[16] but it was dissolved in 1844. In 1846, the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway extended its lines to include a Thames wharf branch; eventually three steam ferries operated, but they proved inadequate to meet the growing demand. In October 1880, a public meeting was held in Woolwich to discuss setting up a locally run steam-ferry service, but the cost was seen as prohibitive.
Following the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works, which had taken over toll bridges in west London and opened them to free public use, it was suggested that the board should fund a free crossing of the Thames in east London.[15] Proposals were made to provide services at Woolwich and further upstream at Greenwich, but the latter plan was abandoned. In 1884 the board agreed to provide two steam-powered ferries, each costing £10,650, and asked chief engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette to lead design and construction.[18] In September 1887 Messrs Mowlem and company were awarded contracts valued at £54,900 to build approaches, bridges and pontoons.
Modern service
The service was officially opened on 23 March 1889,[20] with the paddle steamer Gordon. Two days before the first service, the Metropolitan Board of Works was replaced by the London County Council (LCC), and the opening ceremony was conducted by Lord Rosebery instead of the expected Bazalgette. The sister vessel Duncan was introduced on 20 April.
By the end of the 1920s, the rise in motor traffic had put pressure on the ferry's capacity. A proposed bridge between Shooter's Hill and East Ham was rejected as too obvious a target for wartime bombings, and a third vessel was introduced instead.[21] Because of the lack of a fixed crossing, the Thames became a psychological barrier for those living in the East End of London, who could only use a limited number of routes to cross the river, including the Woolwich Ferry.[22] The lack of a suitable alternative route was instrumental in creating plans for what eventually became the Dartford Crossing further downstream.
Traffic queueing for the Woolwich Ferry in 1955. The conversion to a Roll On Roll Off vehicle service in 1963 reduced waiting times.
By the 1950s it was still quicker for ferry traffic to divert via the Blackwall Tunnel even with all three vessels operating at full capacity.[24] In April 1963, the paddle steamers were replaced and the ferry service upgraded to a Roll On Roll Off model,[20] reducing waiting times on the approach roads.[25] The LCC continued to operate the ferry until it was replaced by the Greater London Council (GLC) on 31 March 1965. In 1964, Marples Ridgeway and Partners started building the current reinforced concrete terminals, which can operate over a 30 feet (9.1 m) tidal range.[8] The current terminals were opened in 1966.
After the abolition of the GLC in 1986, the responsibility for operating the service was transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport, who contracted the then London Borough of Greenwich to run the service.[27] Asset ownership and operating rights were subsequently transferred to Transport for London (TfL) on the establishment of the Greater London Authority, but the London Borough of Greenwich continued to operate the ferry on behalf of TfL.
In March 2008, the London Borough of Greenwich gave TfL notice that it would cease operating the service from 30 September 2008. On 12 September TfL announced that the outsourcing group Serco would take over the operation of the service from 1 October 2008; the contract ran initially until 31 March 2010.[29] Control of the crossing passed from Serco to Briggs Marine, which was expanding into public passenger services, in December 2012. The company was awarded a £50 million seven-year contract, which began in April 2013.
In 2014, TfL began an upgrade of the ferry service, starting by refurbishing the piers and in 2016 ordering two new boats to replace the existing vessels that were nearing the end of their working life.[30][31] In early 2017, it was announced that the new ferries were being built by Polish firm Remontowa to a design by LMG Marin.] The diesel-electric hybrid vessels have 210 metres (690 ft) of space for road vehicles over several lanes and dedicated cyclist accommodation. The vessels are licensed to carry 150 passengers segregated from road traffic. Continuing the tradition of naming the ferries after local people, it was announced in June 2017 that the two new vessels would be named after Dame Vera Lynn, a singer and entertainer from nearby East Ham, and Ben Woollacott, the 19-year-old deckhand on the Woolwich Ferry who drowned after being dragged overboard in a mooring accident in 2011.
In October 2018, the Woolwich Ferry was suspended for four months in order to undertake major repair work for the piers, and the existing vessels were taken out of service. The foot tunnel remained open. The ferry service resumed on 1 February 2019.
Incidents
On 3 August 2011, 19-year-old ferry worker Ben Woollacott died after falling off the boat into the River Thames. The MAIB report published in August 2012 blamed "unseamanlike working practices" during the unmooring operation for the death. When two new ships were bought to update the service in 2018, one was named after him.
Fleet
Traffic boarding the James Newman. The ferry service is important for HGVs owing to restrictions in the Blackwall Tunnel and northbound Dartford Crossing.
The first ferries were the side-loading paddle steamers Gordon, Duncan and Hutton, named after General Gordon of Khartoum, Colonel Francis Duncan MP and Professor Charles Hutton. Each was powered by a condensing engine manufactured by John Peen & Son of Greenwich, producing 100 nominal horsepower.
The initial fleet was eventually replaced, starting in 1923 with The Squire (named after William Squires, a former mayor of Woolwich), and in 1930 with the Will Crooks (Crooks was Labour MP for Woolwich, 1903–21) and the John Benn (Benn was a member of the London County Council, Liberal MP for St George—which included Wapping—and grandfather of Tony Benn).
Three vessels were built in Dundee in 1963 by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company to replace the paddle steamers, and were each named after prominent local politicians: James Newman (mayor of Woolwich, 1923–25), John Burns, and Ernest Bevin. These ferries featured Voith-Schneider propulsion systems for manoeuvrability. A cycloidal propeller is fitted centrally at either end, each driven by a 500bhp 6-cylinder Mirrlees Blackstone diesel engine.Transport for London introduced an Art On The River scheme in 2014, showing decorative artwork on the ferry vessels. These vessels ceased operation on 5 October 2018, after which service was suspended for four months.
Two new vessels, the Ben Woollacott and the Dame Vera Lynn, were delivered from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, to replace the previous fleet in October 2018. The new vessels entered service on 1 February 2019.
Passenger numbers
An RT-class bus, in its last year of service with London Transport, embarking the Woolwich Ferry in 1979
The ferry typically carries about two million passengers a year;[7] occupants of vehicles (including drivers) are counted as passengers. In 2012 the ferry carried around 20,000 vehicles and 50,000 passengers weekly.
At all times of day, but particularly at peak hours, it is common for vehicles to have to queue beyond the next ferry departure. Various improvements have been made to the vehicle queueing arrangements over the years, especially to avoid impacting local traffic.
For foot passengers, bus services connect to both terminals. There is a small bus station on the north side, but some cross-river foot passengers take the foot tunnel instead. About 300 foot passengers used the ferry daily between 1983 and 1985. Further competition arrived in 2009 with the extension to Woolwich of the Docklands Light Railway, which crosses under the river to the east of the crossing and the tunnel, and has led to a reduction in the number of foot passengers using the ferry.
Future
The ferry service provides one of the few road crossings of the Thames east of the City of London. As long as there is a demand for a vehicle ferry it is unlikely to be discontinued, and doing so would require changing an 1885 Act of Parliament.
Planning applications were submitted for a new bridge, the Thames Gateway Bridge, close to the Woolwich Ferry, in 2004 although the project was cancelled in 2008. In 2012, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced the Gallions Reach Crossing, a replacement ferry service running further east from Beckton to Thamesmead which was expected to open in 2017.[48] This did not occur and has been replaced with proposals for either a new bridge or tunnel in the area. TfL planning director Richard de Cani has said that the ferry will continue to operate as long as there are no alternatives, and there are no current plans to discontinue the service.
Tolls cannot be levied on the ferry without changing the 1885 Act of Parliament. However, it is possible that the service may eventually be tolled in conjunction with other projects.
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Crowley Maritime has taken delivery of Response a vessel heralded "Puget Sound's most advanced tanker escort tug".
Built by Marco Shipyard in Seattle the tug was christened in Seattle on Friday the 2nd of August.
A team of Crowley engineers and naval architects Guido Perla designed the Response, with input from Crowley's tanker handling and escort customer, Alaska Tanker Company.
The design is based on the successful 'skeg first' Boxer class vessels of Norwegian operators Bukser Bjergnings.
Response incorporates some of the best design features of the Boxer, along with the proven capabilities of the recently built Crowley tugs.
Response is powered by two Caterpillar 3608 DITA main engines of 7,268 bhp driving twin Voith Schneider 32G II/250 cycloidal propellers. The vessel has a unique streamlined, 'high lift' hull and skeg design needed to provide the indirect towing forces and speed demands by tankers operating in Puget Sound. Response is tug of 39.47m in length with a beam of 13.92m, designed to generate a static bollard pull of 67 tons and indirect forces in excess of 152 tons at 12 knots.
Response is fitted with a Markey Model DESS-52 high performance single-drum electric towing winch designed specifically for this vessel.
The winch drum accommodates 1,000 feet of 10 inch circumference AmSteel Blue high molecular weight polyethylene line with an average strength of over 445 tons. This main towline can be shortened in at forces double the tug's static bollard pull, a condition that can occur when escorting tankers at high speed.
A full outfit of fire fighting equipment is installed and the tug can carry 2,800 gallons of foam concentrate in dedicated tanks.
Guemes Channel. on the way to Dakota Creeks Rolls Royce Syncrolift Shiplift & Dry Dock
From the request for bids Washington State Department of Transportation:
Repairs to the Kwa-di Tabil class ferry M.V. Kennewick: zinc renewal; impressed current anodes replacement; stern tube seals elements renewal; stern tube cooling system, fire pump and sea chest piping modifications; spot preparation and painting above and below the waterline, the curtain plate and the vehicle deck areas; controllable pitch propeller hub inspection; hull gauging; curtain plate access door installation; transducer installation; and other related maintenance work. The vessel is 273'8" x 64'0" and carries 64 vehicles and 750 passengers. All of the work must be performed during the period of October 15 – November 14, 2014.
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 22 vessels, carrying 24.2 million passengers in 2016. As of 2016, it was the largest ferry operator in the United States, and the fourth-largest ferry system in the world. Wikipedia
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Wightlinks new car ferry MV VICTORIA OF WIGHT departing Portsmouth Harbour on Friday 23 November 2018.
Identification:
IMO number: 9791028
MMSI number: 232015630
Callsign: MDCW6
Builder: Cemre Shipyard, Yalova.
Launched: 7 February 2018.
In service: 26 August 2018.
Class and type: Car Passenger Ferry (Victoria of Wight G Class)
Tonnage: 8041 gross
Length: 89.7 m (294.3 ft)
Beam: 19.4 m (63.6 ft)
Draught: 2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric/ battery hybrid system. 4x 6-cyl Wärtsilä L20/28 diesel engines driving generators, 4 Voith Schneider 5-bladed cycloidal propellers driven by electric motors.
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Capacity: 1208 passengers, 178 cars
Crew: 11
The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle ferry service across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich to the south with North Woolwich to the north. It is licensed and financed by London River Services, the maritime arm of Transport for London (TfL). The service is operated by Briggs Marine under licence from TfL and carries both foot passengers and vehicles. Around two million passengers use the ferry each year.
There has been a ferry operating in Woolwich since the 14th century, and commercial crossings operated intermittently until the mid-19th century. The free service opened in 1889, following the abolition of tolls across bridges to the west of London. Traffic increased in the 20th century owing to the rise in motor vehicle use, and because of the lack of nearby fixed crossings of the Thames it has remained popular, although pedestrian use has dropped as a result of the construction of a parallel foot tunnel and the extension of the Docklands Light Railway through to Woolwich Arsenal station. Alternatives such as the Thames Gateway Bridge and the Gallions Reach Crossing have been proposed as replacements, but there are no immediate plans to discontinue the Woolwich Ferry as long as there is a demand.
The current three vessels were built in Dundee in 1963 by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, to replace the paddle steamers, and were each named after prominent local politicians: John Burns, Ernest Bevin and James Newman (Newman was mayor of Woolwich, 1923–25). These ferries feature Voith-Schneider propulsion systems for manoeuvrability. A cycloidal propeller is fitted centrally at either end, and each is driven by a 500bhp 7-cylinder Mirrlees National diesel engine.
Crowley Maritime's LA Tractor Tugs: Leader, Admiral, Master and Scout:
Specs: 4,732 HP - 108,800 lbs Bollard Pull - Voith-Schneider Cycloidal propulsion.
Some of the cleanest tugs around!
In the right background is the L.A. Maritime Museum (housed in the old San Pedro-Terminal Island Ferry Building). Behind me is the L.A. City fire station/fireboat 2 'house'.
Fidalgo Bay.
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel. Pushing WSF M/V Kitsap Into the Floating Drydock at Dakota Creek. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 22 vessels, carrying 24.2 million passengers in 2016. As of 2016, it was the largest ferry operator in the United States, and the fourth-largest ferry system in the world. Wikipedia
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel.
Monday, February 6, 2017. Press release from WSDOT.
"Retired state ferry is sold to local business owner
SEATTLE – Washington State Ferries announced today the sale of its smallest retired ferry, Hiyu, to Menagerie Inc. The 50-year-old ferry officially changes hands Wednesday, Feb. 8, when it will be towed from the Eagle Harbor maintenance yard. The new owner plans to repurpose the vessel as a floating entertainment venue."
www.wsdot.wa.gov/news/2017/02/06/mv-baby-hiyu-gets-second...
The HIYU is the smallest ferry in the fleet, with a capacity of 34 cars and 200 passengers. The Hiyu was built in 1967 by Gunderson Brothers of Portland
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 22 vessels, carrying 24.2 million passengers in 2016. As of 2016, it was the largest ferry operator in the United States, and the fourth-largest ferry system in the world. Wikipedia
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
On the 3rd October 2018 the 'James Newman' (1963) is seen at Woolwich about to make the crossing to North Woolwich.
The free ferry service will close from the 6th October whilst the terminals are prepared for two new build ferries. The current three vessels built in Dundee by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company will be withdrawn. These ferries feature Voith-Schneider propulsion systems for manoeuvrability. A cycloidal propeller is fitted centrally at either end,each driven by a 500bhp 7-cyl Mirrlees National diesel engine.
James Newman was mayor of Woolwich, from 1923 to 1925.
Crowley Marine's matching Harbor Ship Assist and Tanker Escorts Scout, Leader and Admiral, each with 4,732 Horsepower via Voith-Schneider Cycloidal Propulsion, equaling a Bollard Pull of 108,800 lbs
Cap Sante
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
MV St Faith
Crew: 10-12.
MV St Faith is a vehicle and passenger ferry operated by Wightlink on their route from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight.
As with fellow Wightlink ship St Cecilia, there are also plans to increase St Faith′s capacity by increasing her size by 12 metres.
Builder‎: ‎Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby
Length‎: ‎77.05 metres (252.8 ft)
Propulsion‎: ‎3x Voith Schneider cycloidal prop...
Capacity‎: ‎722 passengers; 142 cars; 12 lorries
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Fidalgo Bay/Guemes Channel
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel.
The tugboat Response was built in 2002 by Marco Shipbuilding specifically for the escort and assist of oil tankers in Puget Sound, designed with high performance features like cycloidal propulsion and an asymmetric render-recover (ARR) winch system for dynamic braking and load control
MV St. Faith entering Portsmouth Harbour with a service from Fishbourne IOW on Friday 8 June 2018.
Name: MV St Faith
Operator: Wightlink
Port of registry: London
Builder: Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby
Launched: 28 February 1990
In service: 1990
Identification:
IMO number: 8907228
MMSI number: 235031618
Callsign: MMDA5
Class and type: Car Passenger Ferry
Tonnage: 3009 GRT
Length: 77.05 metres (252.8 ft)
Beam: 17.2 metres (56 ft)
Draught: 2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power: 3x 850bhp 6-cyl MAN 6ASL25 diesel engines
Propulsion: 3x Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity:
722 passengers
142 cars
12 lorries
Crew: 10-12
Guemes Channel / Fidalgo Bay
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Ship Harbor, Anacortes at 5:30 PM after being refloated.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"SEATTLE — The barge St. Elias, which ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes in Rosario Strait on Monday, was refloated, inspected and towed to Indian Island on Tuesday.
The hull of the 322-foot, dry-cargo barge was inspected by contracted divers from Global Diving & Salvage, who located a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the forward starboard hold. The hole had a minor effect on stability of the vessel and draft readings indicated an insignificant change to the barge’s trim.
The barge is carrying thousands of pounds of explosives. The cargo remained stable throughout the incident. The Department of Ecology confirmed that a fuel tank on the barge’s deck had been emptied and contained only residual fuel."
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/incidents/st_elias_bargegr...
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
CATHERINE - IMO : 5619703
Built 1961, by Whites Shipyard, Southampton (Yard # ??) as CATHERINE
GRT : 214 / DWT : ??
Overall Length : 33.2 metres x Beam 8.4 metres.
Machinery : 1 Voith Schneider cycloidal screw driven by a Lister Blackstone 4stroke single acting 6 cylinder oil engine
Speed : 9 knots
Catherine was the first of three sister vessels.
In 1976 this statutory service which was operated by British Railways was no longer viable and the High Court refused permission to close it, but the following year a compromise was reached when permission was granted to replace the vessel with a smaller one. The vessel's passenger certificate was suspended in 1984 and she was withdrawn from service. She was sold in 1990 to Open Leisure Ltd and converted in North Shields to a sternwheeler and renamed Catherine Wheel for River Tyne excursion work.
CATHERINE photographed on 20 August 1978 on River Thames at Tilbury Landing Stage
Ship Details : Miramar - May 2020 / Wikipeda
RMAS ISABEL (A183)
Builder: Richard Duston, Thorne
Built : 1972
Displacement : 107 tons
Length 17.6 m x 5.5 beam
Machinery : 1 x Lister-Blackstone ERS-4-M Diesel (330bhp) driving a Vertical Cycloidal prop.
Speed : 8 knots
Photographed on the 25 August 1978 at Portsmouth
Ship Harbor, Anacortes at 5:30 PM after being refloated.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"SEATTLE — The barge St. Elias, which ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes in Rosario Strait on Monday, was refloated, inspected and towed to Indian Island on Tuesday.
The hull of the 322-foot, dry-cargo barge was inspected by contracted divers from Global Diving & Salvage, who located a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the forward starboard hold. The hole had a minor effect on stability of the vessel and draft readings indicated an insignificant change to the barge’s trim.
The barge is carrying thousands of pounds of explosives. The cargo remained stable throughout the incident. The Department of Ecology confirmed that a fuel tank on the barge’s deck had been emptied and contained only residual fuel."
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/incidents/st_elias_bargegr...
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Ship Harbor, Anacortes at 5:30 PM after being refloated.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"SEATTLE — The barge St. Elias, which ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes in Rosario Strait on Monday, was refloated, inspected and towed to Indian Island on Tuesday.
The hull of the 322-foot, dry-cargo barge was inspected by contracted divers from Global Diving & Salvage, who located a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the forward starboard hold. The hole had a minor effect on stability of the vessel and draft readings indicated an insignificant change to the barge’s trim.
The barge is carrying thousands of pounds of explosives. The cargo remained stable throughout the incident. The Department of Ecology confirmed that a fuel tank on the barge’s deck had been emptied and contained only residual fuel."
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/incidents/st_elias_bargegr...
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Guemes Channel.
Monday, February 6, 2017. Press release from WSDOT.
"Retired state ferry is sold to local business owner
SEATTLE – Washington State Ferries announced today the sale of its smallest retired ferry, Hiyu, to Menagerie Inc. The 50-year-old ferry officially changes hands Wednesday, Feb. 8, when it will be towed from the Eagle Harbor maintenance yard. The new owner plans to repurpose the vessel as a floating entertainment venue."
www.wsdot.wa.gov/news/2017/02/06/mv-baby-hiyu-gets-second...
At only 162-feet-long, the Hiyu is considered by many to be the among cutest and most cherished ferries in WSF history. She had a good run from 1967 until 2016, but with only a 34-vehicle capacity, lack of ADA accommodations and high maintenance costs, the Hiyu outlived her usefulness to move people and goods across Puget Sound.
The HIYU is the smallest ferry in the fleet, with a capacity of 34 cars and 200 passengers. The Hiyu was built in 1967 by Gunderson Brothers of Portland, Oregon. Washington State Ferries is a passenger and automobile ferry service owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation that serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. It is the largest passenger and automobile ferry fleet in the United States and the third largest in the world. Having carried 11 million vehicles annually, the service is also the largest in the world based on the number of vehicles carried.
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 22 vessels, carrying 24.2 million passengers in 2016. As of 2016, it was the largest ferry operator in the United States, and the fourth-largest ferry system in the world. Wikipedia
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle ferry service across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich to the south with North Woolwich to the north. It is licensed and financed by London River Services, the maritime arm of Transport for London (TfL). The service is operated by Briggs Marine under licence from TfL and carries both foot passengers and vehicles. Around two million passengers use the ferry each year.
There has been a ferry operating in Woolwich since the 14th century, and commercial crossings operated intermittently until the mid-19th century. The free service opened in 1889, following the abolition of tolls across bridges to the west of London. Traffic increased in the 20th century owing to the rise in motor vehicle use, and because of the lack of nearby fixed crossings of the Thames it has remained popular, although pedestrian use has dropped as a result of the construction of a parallel foot tunnel and the extension of the Docklands Light Railway through to Woolwich Arsenal station. Alternatives such as the Thames Gateway Bridge and the Gallions Reach Crossing have been proposed as replacements, but there are no immediate plans to discontinue the Woolwich Ferry as long as there is a demand.
The current three vessels were built in Dundee in 1963 by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, to replace the paddle steamers, and were each named after prominent local politicians: John Burns, Ernest Bevin and James Newman (Newman was mayor of Woolwich, 1923–25). These ferries feature Voith-Schneider propulsion systems for manoeuvrability. A cycloidal propeller is fitted centrally at either end, and each is driven by a 500bhp 7-cylinder Mirrlees National diesel engine.
Ship Harbor, Anacortes at 5:30 PM after being refloated.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"SEATTLE — The barge St. Elias, which ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes in Rosario Strait on Monday, was refloated, inspected and towed to Indian Island on Tuesday.
The hull of the 322-foot, dry-cargo barge was inspected by contracted divers from Global Diving & Salvage, who located a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the forward starboard hold. The hole had a minor effect on stability of the vessel and draft readings indicated an insignificant change to the barge’s trim.
The barge is carrying thousands of pounds of explosives. The cargo remained stable throughout the incident. The Department of Ecology confirmed that a fuel tank on the barge’s deck had been emptied and contained only residual fuel."
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Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
80-G-702718: LSM 458 swings merrily around in Puget Sound, and on its own length. The revolutionary Kirsten Cycloidal Propeller permits the vessel to turn 360 degrees and find itself in its original starting position. Circular steel housed rotors are connected to the ships drive shaft with a right-angle beveled gear drive. The individual blades revolve on their own axis and thrust all water in one direction. Photographed on May 24, 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2018/05/30).
Cap Sante. Fidalgo Bay.
Transpac dock construction part of $20 million Alaskan project
"While most of Anacortes was quietly enjoying the start of a leisurely summer, a longtime local business was constructing a 50-by-400-foot steel pipe pontoon floating dock able to withstand the wind, waves and cold weather of Alaska.
The dock was designed to accommodate cruise ships that are more than 1,000 feet long and carry more than 4,000 passengers."
www.goanacortes.com/news/article_3c62031c-2fe0-11e5-8d77-...
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
Fidalgo Bay
Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss are Enhanced Tractor Tugs, and were the largest in the world (when built in 1994), featuring Voith Schneider cycloidal propulsion systems. and are specifically designed for tanker escorts.
CAEDMON - IMO : 7314888
Built 1973, by Robb Caledon Shipbuilder Ltd, Dundee , UK (Yard # 560) as CAEDMON
GRT : 761 / DWT : 180
Overall Length : 57.9 metres x Beam 15.7 metres.
Machinery : 2 Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers driven by a 6cyl Mirrlees Blackstone ERS6M turbocharged diesel engines
Speed : 10.0 knots
History POR = Port of Registry
1973: CAEDMON : Passro (Shipping) Co Ltd : POR London
1984: CAEDMON : Passtruck Shipping Co Ltd : POR London
1990: CAEDMON : WIGHTLink Ltd : POR London
2010: Sold to Smedegaarden and broken up at Esbjerg
CAEDMON photographed on 4 September 1989 in Spithead
Ship Details : Miramar / www.ferry-site.dk
CENRED - IMO : 7324091
Built 1973, by Robb Caledon Shipbuilder Ltd, Dundee , UK (Yard # 562) as CENRED
GRT : 761 / DWT : 180
Overall Length : 60.3 metres x Beam 15.7 metres.
Machinery : 2 Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers driven by a 6cyl Mirrlees Blackstone ERS6M turbocharged diesel engines
Speed : 10.0 knots
History POR = Port of Registry
1973: CENRED : Passro (Shipping) Co Ltd : POR London
1984: CENRED : Passtruck Shipping Co Ltd : POR London
1990: CENRED : WIGHTLink Ltd : POR London
2010: Sold to Smedegaarden and broken up at Esbjerg
CENRED photographed on 4 September 1989 in Spithead
Ship Details : Miramar / www.ferry-site.dk