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10 • MarineNews • February, 2006 ride and reduce collar maintenance.

A Wing Inflatable's polyurethane, multi-chambered collar, measuring 28-in. in diameter, is installed around the hull.

An on-board, compressed-air system allows the pilot to inflate the tube sections from the console. Half-inch thick fenders are laminated to the tubes' outside sur- faces to increase puncture resistance, and a heavy-duty pipe guard is installed across the transom, along with a grating platform above the waterjets. The vessel is designed to also accept a solid inomer foam collar, as well as Wing's hybrid air- foam-polyurethane collar.

Twin Cummins QSL-405M, six-cylin- der diesel engines, each rated 405 bhp at 2,100 rpm, power the new RIB. The engines turn pairs of Hamilton HJ-292 waterjets, through Twin Disc 5075SC gearboxes, which, combined, give the launch a top speed of 34 knots, fully loaded, and a 30-knot cruising speed.

Fuel capacity is 300 gals.

Accommodations and outfitting include four heavy-duty suspension seats, heating and air conditioning, and complete navi- gation, electronics, and safety equipment packages.

Munson Delivers to Portland

The City of Portland Fire Bureau took delivery of a 32 ft. Packcat catamaran landing craft designed and built by the

William E. Munson Company of Burling- ton, Wash.

The vessel is designed as a multipur- pose utility boat for search and rescue operations. Outfitting includes a bow door dive ladder, Roll Control dive bottle racks, portable fire pump, towing pack- age, night work light package, davit, push knees, 12V anchor winch, outboard motor guard, and 3 in. D rubber fendering sys- tem. Twin 225 hp Honda four stroke out- boards provide a 45 mph response speed.

The standard 74 ft.-wide bow door, large self-bailing cargo deck and 5000 lb. cargo capacity and provide unlimited ver- satility. The PACKCAT's patented tunnel hull catamaran design incorporates twin 16 degree vee hulls providing increased stability, superb rough water performance and shallow draft.

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Specifications

Vessel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rescue Boat 17

Hull Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Munson 32 ft. Packcat

Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse Munson

Hull Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 ft.

Hull Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 ft.

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 in..

Displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000 lbs.

Drive System . . . . . .Twin Honda 225 hp outboards

Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teleflex Hydraulic

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 gallons

Top Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 mph

Bollinger, ECO Sign for Liftboats

Bollinger Shipyard of Lockport, La., and Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO,) of

Galliano, Louisiana entered into an agree- ment that will propel Chouest into the growing liftboat market.

The two 245-ft. class liftboats,

Bollinger hull 515 and 516, are based on a proven Bollinger design that is Ameri- can Bureau of Shipping, (ABS) classed and USCG certified subchapter L, meet-

NEWS

Unbeatable Quality

ISUZU FORD ROBIN VM NEWAGE LOMBARDINI

GENERATORS • ENGINES • PUMPS • PARTS • SERVICE 1212 St. Charles St. Houma, LA 70360

Phone: 985-857-8000 / 800-960-0068 www.mlengine.com / [email protected]

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Bid Solicitation for New

Double Hull Oil Barge

An invitation to bid on the construction of a new 60,000 BBLS Double Hull Oil Barge for Harbor Bunkering Corporation of San Juan, Puerto Rico is expected this quarter. Bris- tol Harbor Marine Design (BHMD) is currently designing the vessel for the San Juan based bunkering company, while the 30,000 BBLS Double Hull Oil Barge that BHMD designed for the company last year is being completed at Orange Shipbuilding, Orange,

Texas. BHMD is also working on a tug design for the client, which will go out to bid later this year. The same development team is in place for both of the new vessels, with BHMD designing and overseeing the construction of the vessels, and Genoa Design Inter- national, Limited (Genoa) supplying the lofting and hull construction drawings. The vessel is to be classed ABS Maltese Cross A1 Oil Tank Barge, certificated for oceans ser- vice, and has ten cargo tanks and three manifolds for loading and discharging at a myriad of locations. The 350 x 65 x 26 ft. flush deck, double hull oil tank barge is fitted with 14 in. suction headers, and the cargo pumps include one turbine pump for lighter cargoes, Byron Jackson model number 12LS16GMC, and one IMO 4131C-800 JD screw type pump for more viscous cargos. The vessel will normally carry both heavy fuel and diesel oil, necessitating a relatively complex piping and internal transfer arrangement.

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