b'MEMBER NEWSMiller Boat Line to Replace Diesel Generators with Support of Ohio EPA GrantM illerBoatLine,aPVAmemberBased on estimates from the Ohio EPA, theTrust, and Miller Boat Lines coverage of 60 locatedinPut-in-Bay,Ohio,wasprojectwillresultinjustover43percentpercent of the costs. recentlyawardedagrantfromannual reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions theOhioEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyand 66 percent reduction in particle pollutionThe company is soliciting proposals for the (EPA) to aid in the replacement of seven dieselemissions. The grant is being supported withwork and will be converting the vessels one at generatorsets.Thegrantfor$239,339willfunds from the U.S. EPA Diesel Emissions Re- a time. One ferry, the South Bass, is scheduled cover approximately 40 percent of the cost toduction Acts which was awarded to the Ohioto be upgraded during a scheduled dry dock upgrade the generators on four ferries.EPA, funds from the VW Diesel Mitigationthis fall. MEMBER NEWSSister Shipyards Repair Washington State FerryT woWashingtonstateshipyardswith professionalworkingrelationships with Washington State Ferries (WSF), Everett Ship Repair, LLC (ESR) and Ice Floe, LLCdbaNicholsBrothersBoatBuilders (NBBB), offered immediate assistance to WSF when the M/V Cathlamet struck a dock last summer. On March 2, the M/V Cathlamet was towed back to Eagle Harbor to reunite with the WSF fleet after completion of major repairs required after the incident. EverettShipRepair,ofEverett,Wash.,has experiencewithWSF,aPVAmember,asa local drydocking contractor since 2020. ESR served as the prime contractor for the M/V Cathlamet emergency repairs and subcontract-ed NBBB, also a PVA member, for the pickle fork steel construction, which was fabricatedWSF vessels, not only do we repair and buildfork was completed, it would transferred via at NBBBs facility. NBBB also has significantthe vessels, we are also routine passengers onbarge to ESR. ESR would install the pickle experience with WSF having built six new-con- the Mukilteo/Clinton route. The WSF systemfork and apply paint and coatings to the vessel structionsuperstructuresforvesselsoftheis very important to each and every one of usin accordance with WSFs paint specifications. Kwa-di-Tabil class and the Olympic-class fer- and our businesses.The vessels systems would then be tested and ries. The sister-company project team was idealthe vessel delivered to WSF.PHOTO COURTESY OF EVERETT SHIP REPAIRfor the response to the emergency repair of theThe M/V Cathlamet arrived at ESR at the end M/V Cathlamet. of August. Coordination between WSF andAsanEmergencyRepairjob,theM/V ESR began, and a work process was identified.Cathlamet project was a unique opportunity ESR and NBBB value WSF as a customer,Thevesselwouldbeinspected,followedbyfor NBBB and ESR to create and execute an and immediately wanted to help when newsengineering and design for the affected areasagile repair plan that utilized the companies broke of the M/V Cathlamet allision Gavinandnew-fabricatedmodules.Upondesigncapabilitiesinbothnewconstructionand Higgins, CEO of both ESR and NBBB com- completion, erection of the pickle fork modulerepair.ProjectManagerofESRKristinmented,Ourcrewsareveryfamiliarwithwould take place at NBBB. Once the pickleBurkhart, said.35 MARCH 2023'