It's a real shame that there aren't any places closer that could build this ferry! 🙄

Toot toot! Dats cool.

Hard to get a better price when they are (or were) still a non union shipyard. Assuming this is the one near Mobile the place is huge. That said, all this business they getting might be the thing that gets them a Union, Alabama right to work bullshit or not.

The last one the state bought has been broken more than it hasn’t. Very frustrating for the people who depend on it

I'm picturing BIW building portland a 6 billion dollar ferry that has nuclear warhead capabilites and is named the Mikmaq

Ferry service has to bid these out. If they paid more to have a local shipbuilder do it people would bitch about that too.

Source?

Such as?

There are, they’re just too busy getting that sweet sweet department of defense money.

🙄 I am so sorry to be reading you don't know how to use the internet. Google is extremely helpful, look into it.

I don't trust or buy anything made south of the mason dixon line.

If it's made in Dixie I'd rather by something made in Mexico, China, India, or Sri lanka.

I'd say poll some Islanders. Probably the only place you could get that info

I live on the island the newest ferry services, it’s also public information when any scheduled state run ferry trip is canceled, not hard to find the information at all you can even sign up for text messages letting you know when scheduled runs are canceled

Why? Alabama is literally the most backwards, fucked up, area north of Venezuela. They teach creationism in their state colleges. They regularly pass laws making it illegal to conserve wildlife (while fishing) and put oil profits above all. Who in their right mind would entertain these fuck-wads on a state level?

I found the website you referenced (I think you called it goggle??) but I didn’t find any boatyards that said they had ever made a ferry before. They seem to all be large ships (BIW) or yachts (everyone else) but maybe I’m using goggle wrong because today was the first time I’ve heard about it so maybe you have honed your searching skills more than I

https://www.bristolmarine.com/locations/booth-bay/ I found one easy enough. First one that popped up. Now fuck off with your bull shit.

I rode on an awesome electric ferry in Iceland. Maine should get one of those

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2020/11/28/major_advantages_to_running_ferry_on_electricity/

Uhhh... doughty and washburn. Maine Taxpayer funds spent on purchasing boats for the people of maine should be going to maine builders.

Looking at you CBL and portland fire boat.