b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS New Hybrid Ferry Delivered toTexas Department of TransportationT heTexasDepartmentof Transportation(TXDOT) recentlychristeneditsnew 293x66x16double-endedhybrid ferry, the Esperanza Hope Andrade. The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) be-gan working with TXDOT to design andprovideconstructionoversight servicesforthevesselin2017.Both companies are PVA members. The 495-passenger, 70-car diesel-elec-tric ferry provides service from Galves-ton Island to the Bolivar Peninsula, a 2.7-mile transit. The hybrid function-ality of the vessel will improve overall operationalcostswhileprovidinga higher level of redundancy and safety compared to the other vessels. and a power management system pro- reducefuelconsumptionandmaxi-Thevesselisdesignedwithadie- grammed to use the onboard batterymize efficiency and reliability. During sel-electricpowergenerationsystemstoragetoallowforpeakshavingtotransit,onlytwogeneratorswillbe online, with the batteries supplying the remainder of the power demands to the vessel.Whileloadingandunloading, the generators stay online and will use excess power to recharge the batteries.Thevesselsnamesakewasthefirst femalechairofTXDOTandthe firstLatinaTexassecretaryofstate, EsperanzaHopeAndrade.TXDOT described the ferrys debut as marking a new era characterized by efficiency, C4.4 C7.1 C9.3 C18 C32/C32B 3500 C280 sustainability, and safety.PHOTO: THE SHEARER GROUP, INC.According to TSGI, the ferry is the EXPLORE THE CAT MARINE PORTFOLIOfirst of its kind in the U.S. to operate AND FIND THE SOLUTION THAT MATCHESunder Subchapter H of Title 46 of the YOUR OPERATIONAL POWER NEEDS. CodeofFederalRegulationswitha SCAN TO LEARNhybriddiesel-electricsystemthatin-MORE ABOUT OUR 2024 Caterpillar. All Rights Reserved. CAT, CATERPILLAR, LETS DO THE WORK, their respective logos, Caterpillar Corporate FERRY PRODUCTS Yellow, the Power Edge and Cat Modern Hex trade dress as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarkscorporates energy storage technology.of Caterpillar and may not be used without permission.FOGHORN 44'