Ferry Refit: The CAT Floats Again
The Cat as she was about to exit drydock following an extensive refit (Photo: Bay Ferries Limited)
The Cat before undergoing upgrades and repairs (Photo: Detyens Shipyard)
The CAT high-speed ferry has been refloated following an extensive refit, upgrades and repairs at Detyens Shipyard in Charleston, S.C., which began in early April.
Following the refloating, final work, including completion of regulatory inspections and dock and sea trials, will be undertaken before the vessel departs South Carolina for Yarmouth and Portland. The final schedule for the vessel's northern voyage has not yet been set.
The vessel, under charter by Bay Ferries Limited from the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, is intended to enter ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine, on June 15.
