Ferry builders under the microscope

摘要

Sparks are flying at Horizon Shipbuilding and Metal Shark as the two shipyards cut aluminum for 19 new 149-passenger catamarans for New York's new Citywide Ferry Service. Both shipyards will be under the microscope, and in the largest media spotlight in the world, because of all the political capital being waged on the start up of the new service by next spring. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's $325 million plan for the City-wide Ferry Service is bold and ambitious and any slip up could cost the Mayor his re-election bid in the fall of 2017.