Meet the Miller Ferries to Put-in-Bay & Middle Bass Island

M/V Mary Ann Market

• Length 140 feet, 38.5 feet wide, draft 7 feet.
• The Mary Ann Market will be the fifth and largest vessel in the Miller Ferry fleet. Capacity up to 600 passengers/approximately 28 vehicles.
• This drive on/drive off passenger/vehicle ferry is under construction at Fraser Shipyard, Superior, WI and designed by naval architects Elliot Bay, Seattle, WA. Delivery season 2021.
• The Mary Ann Market is named in honor of family owned company matriarch (1935-2010).
• Enhancements for efficiency, safety and comfort include:
  • Lower deck passenger cabin, wheelchair accessible.
  • Larger upper deck passenger cabin, restroom, temperature controlled,
    forward facing and side windows for broader lake vistas.
  • Additional upper deck passenger seats in cabin and deck.
  • Broader stairway.
  • 3x Caterpillar C-18s, Tier 3 EPA emissions, 803 HP each, total 2409 HP.
• Home port is Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island), Ohio. Journey home and ETA to be announced via social media. Suggestion: Download Marine Traffic app to track her AIS (Automated Identification System).
• Captain Jake Market and Captain David Bianchi new vessel project managers.
• Photos, Press Release and Video

M/V Put-in-Bay

• Passenger/Vehicle drive on – drive off ferry.
• Capable of carrying up to 600 passengers.
• Original Length 96 feet, breadth 38 feet, draft 7 feet.
• Built in 1997,  Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
• Propulsion: Repowered in 2010 with Twin C18 Caterpillars. Built with Twin 3412 DITA Caterpillars
• Horsepower: Currently 1430, built with 1300.

M/V Put-in-Bay Extension

During the fall/winter of 2009 and 2010, the 96 foot long vessel Put-in-Bay was serviced at Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, where a 40 foot steel midsection was fabricated and added to the ferry. New articulating Deflector Marine Rudders were added and she was repowered with two 715HP Caterpillar C18s. Her capacity grew from about 18 vehicles to approximately 28 vehicles and 500 passengers to 600.

M/V William Market

• Passenger/Vehicle drive on – drive off ferry.
• Capable of carrying up to 500 passengers.
• Length 96 feet, breadth 38 feet, draft 7 feet.
• Built in 1993, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
• Propulsion: Repowered in 2016 with Twin C18 Caterpillars. Built with Twin 3412 DITA Caterpillars.
• Horsepower: Currently 1430, built with 1300.

M/V South Bass

• Passenger/Vehicle drive on – drive off ferry.
• Capable of carrying up to 500 passengers.
• Length 96 feet, breadth 38 feet, draft 7 feet.
• Built in 1989, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Propulsion: Twin 3412 DITA Caterpillars.
• Horsepower: 1240.

M/V Islander

• Passenger/Vehicle drive on – drive off ferry.
• Capable of carrying up to 450 passengers.
• Length 90 feet, breadth 38 feet, draft 7 feet.
• Built in 1983, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Propulsion: Twin 12V-71 Detroit Diesels.
• Horsepower: 700.

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