Conrad Industries wins ferry order

The 67m by 15.24m vessel will join five ferries currently serving the Pamlico Sound routes in North Carolina from Ocracoke to Cedar Island and Ocracoke to Swan Quarter. Delivery is scheduled for May 2012.

Orange Shipbuilding is currently building the first new Sound Class ferry, which will be completed in summer 2011. The two new ferries will be sister ships, and will each have the capacity to carry 50 vehicles and 300 passengers. They will comply with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.