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$1 billion to fund 5 new hybrid ferries, but who wants to build them?
MUKILTEO — The state’s first planned hybrid-electric ferry has a name, Wishkah.
It’s slated to be the workhorse on the busy Mukilteo-Clinton route.
But it needs a builder and four sibling boats in a construction deal worth more than $1 billion.
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The state is launching a new bid process for the five 144-car Olympic class ferries. Mega shipbuilder Vigor, which made a number of the state’s ferries, opted not to build the new hybrid boats after completing the design.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/1-billion-to-fund-5-new-hybrid-ferries-but-who-wants-to-build-them/
