The new gangway at Sapelo allows use of that landing’s main dock for the first time since the accident on Oct. 19, when an 80-foot-long aluminum ramp buckled in the middle and dumped 20 people ...
Two months after a gangway collapsed on Sapelo Island, killing seven people who had been visiting for the Gullah-Geechee ...
The state settlement included the construction of the dock and “new aluminum gangways” as well as improved ferry service.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced two new gangways have been installed for the Sapelo Island Ferry Service. It was a step taken in the aftermath of Oct. 19′s dock collapse ...
There should be very, very little maintenance to an aluminum gangway like that ... Installed in 2021, the gangway connected an outer dock where people board the ferry to another dock onshore.