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The third through the sixth vessels with a contract value of $190 million including owner furnished equipment are now under construction with deliveries anticipated between the first half of 2007 and the sec- ond half of 2008. Each unit consists of a 9,620 hp tug and an 185,000 barrel barge.

The tugs are 135 ft. by 42 ft. ABS classed +A1,+AMS, SOLAS, ACC, Full Ocean

Towing Service USCG Inspected Sub- chapter C under 500 Gross Tons US. The barges are 587 x 74 x 40-ft. All units are built to OPA-90 standards and will have sophisticated heated cargo and chemical capabilities as well as ballast exchange and cargo inerting systems. The first barge was side-launched at Halter December 20, 2005. Senesco Marine, North Kingstown,

RI has been continuously working on

OPA-90 compliant units for several years.

The company is currently building a large

ATB for U. S. Shipping partners. The company built the tug at its Quonset Point

Shipyard in Rhode Island and has leased a graving dock at Sparrows Point Shipyard, near Baltimore. The 1,200-ft. by 200-ft. graving dock will be used to build the 521-ft. by 72-ft. barge portion of the ATB.

The Manitowoc Marine Group. Mani- towoc, Wisc. is ideally setup for ATB pro- jects. "By building the barge at our Bay

Shipbuilding facility in Sturgeon Bay,

Wisc. and the tug at Marinette Marine, we use our multiple shipyard strategy, which allows us to focus our best expertise on a multi-phase shipbuilding project and compliments our ability to deliver the tug and the barge units simultaneously," said

Bob Herre, president and general manag- er of the company. The contract is for a 480-ft., 145,000 barrel double-hulled hot oil tank barge and a 6,000 hp tug for deliv- ery in fourth quarter 2006 with an option for an identical unit for delivery in the third quarter 2007. The customer is Vane

Brothers Company, Baltimore, Md. This contract represents the 11th double - hulled barge and the fourth ocean-going tug built by Manitowoc. The ATB will serve the mid-Atlantic petroleum markets and will be classified in compliance with

ABS, USCG and OPA-90 standards.

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ATBs

MOORING WINCHES --

CONGRATULATIONS to Sause on the Drake’s Bay last year, and on repeat orders for two barges in 2006. Once again an industry leader has chosen

Rapp Hydema

TOWING WINCHES -- congratulations to

Western Towboat on recent order. Rapp has also just closed a deal for two double-drum towing winches with another West Coast firm.

RESEARCH & SPECIALITY WINCHES --

This hydrographic is but one of several types aboard NOAA’s FRV-40 Oscar Dyson

UMBILICAL WINCHES -- this one aboard Fugro

McLelland’s M/V Bucentaur

Towing, Mooring, Deepwater,

Oceanographic and other Winches

Congratulations to

Oceaneering and Saipem

America on recent deepwater winches orders!

Circle 238 on Reader Service Card

K-Sea's new 103,000 barrel double-hulled barge along side the dock at Bollinger Marine Fabricators, Amelia, La.

Often the building of double-hulled barges, leads to repair/rework of the tugs designated to push the barges. In this photo, a raised pilothouse for a tug is constructed at Bollinger Marine Fabricators for an undisclosed customer.

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