Advertisement

Bound for the bottom

Built in 1974 by the Todd Shipyard in Houston, Texas for the 17-mile run between Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware, the ferry Twin Capes has been scuttled after attempts to sell it for further trading failed.

The 44-year-old ferry Twin Capes was scuttled off the coast of Delaware as part of the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Artificial Reef following unsuccessful attempts to sell it for further trading.

Once appraised at $5.5 million after a $27 million refit in 1996, the 320ft by 68ft vessel fell victim to high operating costs and had to be withdrawn from full-time service in 2010, then laid up in 2013.

Earlier this year it was sold for $200,000 to Coleen Marine of Norfolk, Virginia, the contractor for the Delaware state artificial reef programme, who towed it 26 miles beyond Cape May, New Jersey where it was sunk in close proximity to the already scuttled US Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa and the US Navy destroyer Arthur W. Redford. JS

Ships Montly - January 2024

Cutting costs in W2W operations: A new approach to vessel design

Offshore wind farms are currently serviced using Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) or helicopters for day operations, and Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for extended periods. What...
Advertisement

Related articles

Cutting costs in W2W operations: A new approach to vessel design

Offshore wind farms are currently serviced using Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) or helicopters for day operations, and Service...

Windermere Lake Cruises’ oldest vessel is back in action

MV Tern, the oldest vessel in Windermere Lake Cruises 16-strong fleet, is proving age is no object as...

Significant increase in imports through the Port of Gothenburg

2024 was a year with both ups and downs in cargo volumes for Scandinavia’s largest port. On the...

Viking Line, Turku and Stockholm celebrate a year of a green shipping corridor

Viking Line, Port of Turku and Ports of Stockholm have been working together for a year on a...