Alaska Marine Highway System’s New Ferry Soon Ready

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TAZLINA was put in the water in Mid-May and is currently moored south of the Vigor assembly hall. Welding and adjusting on the bow door has been in the works this entire month.The stern and side door hydraulics are complete and were tested and inspected by ABS & US Coast Guard. All the running gear is now aligned and the chock-fast foundations were set for the main engines. The sea trials are currently scheduled to start during July 2018.

A sister vessel is expected in the spring of 2019.