BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced a new contract with sister company BMT Designers & Planners and Louisiana based shipyard Metal Shark for two 32m high speed/low wake wash, 149-passenger aluminum catamaran ferries for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).
BMT Nigel Gee will be responsible for concept through to production design with BMT Designer & Planners providing local US presence and design engineering support.
Currently, RTA operates two ferries which were built in 1937 and 1977 to transport passengers in the New Orleans area across the Mississippi River between Algiers Point and Canal Street, and Lower Algiers and Chalmette.
Deliveries for both vessels are scheduled for 2018.