Gilbert Associates Engineering & Design
Passenger Vessel and Ferry Design
Gilbert Associates designs passenger/vehicle ferries, passenger ferries and excursion vessels, including hybrid diesel/electric and battery-electric ferries.
Description
Gilbert Associates has extensive ferry design and consulting experience, from small aluminum passenger ferries to 300-foot passenger/vehicle ferries and battery-electric designs.
Designs on the site
- M/V Capt. Richard G. Spear: 154′ MaineDOT ferry for up to 250 passengers and 23 vehicles (in service 2021); sister M/V Capt. Almer Dinsmore (2025) is MaineDOT's first hybrid diesel/electric ferry and the first designed and constructed in New England
- M/V P.T. Barnum, M/V Grand Republic II and M/V Long Island: three 300′ passenger/vehicle ferries; the Long Island (2024) has an EPA Tier IV-compliant power plant for up to 20 knots
- M/V George J. Mitchell: 207′ double-ended ferry designed to run on battery-electric power, with two CAT C18 diesel generators for contingency
- M/V Charles Norman Shay: 104′ ferry for 149 passengers and seven cars, two CAT C18 engines, about 13 knots
- M/V Block Island: 185′ LWL ferry for 1,000 passengers and 38 cars, built 1997
- M/V Island Runner: 50′ aluminum passenger ferry with two Hamilton 291 waterjets
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