A Georgia Department of Natural Resources contractor installed two new gangways for the ferry service to and from Sapelo Island this week.
Myrick Marine Contracting Corp. of Savannah installed a new gangway on the mainland at the Meridian Ferry Dock and the other on the island at the Marsh Landing Dock.
The new GatorDock aluminum gangways were engineered and manufactured by CMI Limited Co., a leading fabricator of engineered products for marine environments. Overall, each gangway is 91 feet long, eight feet wide, and engineered and manufactured to a maximum live load of 260 persons, or 52,000 pounds.
The new installations follow the Oct. 19 collapse of the previous gangway at Sapelo Island’s Marsh Landing Dock that left seven people dead. State officials said the Meridian Ferry Dock gangway was replaced as a precautionary measure.
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a firm of engineers, architects, and materials scientists specializing in investigating, testing, and designing repairs for buildings, bridges, and other structures, is conducting an independent investigation into the collapse on behalf of the state Office of the Attorney General. DNR and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are also continuing their investigations.
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