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August 6, 2026

Ferguson says full speed ahead for a 3rd new hybrid-electric ferry

  • Wednesday marked the start of work on the first of three new ferries to be built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Florida.
    • By LISA LANNIGAN
    Editor

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    The new hybrid-electric vessel will be the first new ferry to joint the WSF fleet in more than a decade.

    You hold a ceremonial groundbreaking or a ribbon cutting for a new building — but what about construction of a new ferry?


     
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