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Flagship Cruises details $21 million electric ferry project with stops serving National City waterfront
Summary
Flagship Cruise & Events announced a $21 million plan to build two zero‑emission passenger ferries serving the San Diego waterfront, citing a $15.27 million CARB grant matched by company funds and saying the project will benefit National City residents with new jobs and cleaner air.
Flagship Cruise & Events told the National City City Council on Aug. 12 that it will bring two battery‑electric passenger ferries to San Diego Bay with stops at Broadway Pier, Fifth Avenue Landing and Coronado, and that the company expects the vessels to be in service in 2026. Corsha Wersham, Flagship’s public relations and communications manager, said the vessels would be “California’s first newly built electric passenger ferries” and estimated the program’s combined public and private funding at roughly $21.0 million.
Wersham told council members the project is funded in large part by a $15,270,000 grant from the…
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