b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS 1.3 Million More Riders in 2023 on Washington State FerriesO ver1.3millionmorerid-ersboardedPVAmember WashingtonStateFerries in 2023. The 7.4 percent spike from 2022 pushed annual ridership to near-ly 18.7 million last year.DEALER POWER CONSULTATION SUPPORT For the second year in a row, the rise in annual ridership was fueled by a large Available productExperts available toHere to support you portfolio ranging fromhelp determine the bestfor the lifetime of yourjump in walk-on passengers. The num-300hp to 11,000hp. Thepower solutions for engine from design to most efficient poweryour vessel. in the water. ber of walk-ons grew by nearly 487,000, weight ratio. or 14.2 percent, as tourism and in-per-son work continue to rebound from the pandemic. Vehicles carried climbed by a more modest 372,000, or 4.3 percent, even though four routes remain unre-stored to 2019 service levels.READY TO SUPPORT YOUR OPERATION WITH State ferry ridership in 2023 was at 78 A WIDE RANGE OF PROPULSION ENGINESpercent of pre-pandemic levels, with AND GENERATOR SETS vehiclesat86percentandwalk-on For more information, contact your local Cat dealer. customers at 56 percent of 2019 num- 2024 Caterpillar. All Rights Reserved. CAT, CATERPILLAR, LETS DO THE WORK, their respective logos, Caterpillar Corporate Yellow, the Power Edge and Cat Modern Hex trade dress as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarks of Caterpillar and may not be used without permission. bers. Ridership is expected to steadily grow as travel demands increase and additionalserviceisbroughtback temporarily to unrestored routes.Charting New Waters The greatest year-to-year increase , up 15percent,cameontheEdmonds/Kingston run, which was restored to Has your operation begun construction on a new vessel?two-boatservicein2023.TheSeat-Perhaps your team recently completed a build for a tle/Bainbridge Island run was the sys-fellow PVA member. We want to hear about the noteworthy happenings at your business and look forward to sharing tems busiest in 2023 with 4.8 million the news with the PVA community.totalriders,followedbyMukilteo/Clinton with 3.7 million. Contact our editor at sarah@passengervessel.com. FOGHORN 40'