Steiner Shipyard Delivers Passenger Vehicle Ferry

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THE GRAND VIC, a new 160 ft passenger vehicle ferry, arrived last month in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, following a week's journey from Steiner Shipyard, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL.Steiner Shipyard's Marco Angelini, says the ferry was started as a speculation project back in 2017, but was sold and completed for Love City Car Ferries, Inc., for operation in St. John.The vessel is the first new construction ferry built for Love City Ferries by Steiner Shipyard. Love City Ferries, however, has been a repair/refit customer of Steiner Shipyard in the past.Love City Car Ferries, Inc. has daily round trip service between Red Hook, St. Thomas and Cruz Bay, St. John.Built of all-welded steel, the ferry is built in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter T regulations for small passenger ferries under 100 gross tons carrying no more than 150 passengers on a Lakes, Bays & Sounds Route.