VIPA hires company to rebuild tender landing pier on St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — Construction materials have arrived to rebuild the tender landing pier at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility in St. Croix, the Virgin Islands Port Authority said today.

The damaged pier was primarily used by cruise excursions, dive boat operators and local fishermen, according to VIPA.

“The tender pier also served as an auxiliary landing for the tendering of cruise passengers,” VIPA said on Facebook.

The Port Authority has hired Eleven Construction to build a new 80-foot-long by 50-foot-wide pier to replace the damaged structure.

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John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.