Steamship Authority performs Marine Evacuation System
Steamship Authority crew members and Menemsha Coast Guard performed evacuation drill of the ferry Nantucket.
Steamship Authority crew members and Menemsha Coast Guard performed evacuation drill of the ferry Nantucket.
Drill was staged at the boat line maintenance facility in Fairhaven Monday.
Drill was staged at the boat line maintenance facility in Fairhaven Monday.
Evacuation rafts are stored abord vessels in pods.
Evacuation rafts are stored abord vessels in pods.
Life vests handed out to participants.
Life vests handed out to participants.
Marshaling rafts deploy from sides of the vessels and inflate in the water.
Marshaling rafts deploy from sides of the vessels and inflate in the water.
Each raft can fit 128 passengers.
Each raft can fit 128 passengers.
Annual test with the aid of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets, as well as Coast Guardsmen.
Annual test with the aid of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets, as well as Coast Guardsmen.
The MES has the capability of evacuating 768 passengers in approximately 30 minutes.
The MES has the capability of evacuating 768 passengers in approximately 30 minutes.
Second raft inflates.
Second raft inflates.
"It unrolls. It unravels. And at the end of it, there’s a raft."
"It unrolls. It unravels. And at the end of it, there’s a raft."
There were splashes, and a few soggy feet.
There were splashes, and a few soggy feet.
Steamship Authority crew and Menemsha Coast Guard performed a full evacuation of the ferry Nantucket in Fairhaven Monday morning. It was only a drill.