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Bullfrog Delivers

Rescue Boat

Bullfrog Boats delivered a 17-ft. rescue boat to Camano Island Fire and Rescue.

Craig Henderson, owner of Bullfrog

Boats said, "The people at Camano Island

Fire and Rescue were great to work with in developing this mission-specific rescue boat. This boat replaces an older inflatable that had outlived its usefulness." "This mission-specific rescue boat is the first of its type for Bullfrog Boats and the first of a new product line.," said Hen- derson. "We have been selling primarily to the general public but the rescue/water patrol is a natural for our indestructible boats. Bullfrog Boats just celebrated delivery of its 250th boat."

ACMA Completes

Structural Analysis

Project for K-Sea

Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA) has completed a structural analysis project for K-Sea Transportation. ACMA's assignment included the structural analy- sis for the modifications to the tank barge

DBL 134 and the tug Viking, with the addition of the Beacon Finland LTD's

JAK integrated rack pin system.

The proposed modifications to the barge are such that the hull structure will remain essentially as the original since the rack for the connection system will be installed using a cantilevered bracket, port and starboard. This type of installation will greatly reduce the time the barge is out of service.

ACMA provided basic hand calcula- tions for the initial structural analysis. The final analysis for both the tug and the barge modification was completed with a

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) program, the latest version of ANSYS.

The additional analysis was required to ensure the structure was adequate for the loads that would be imposed. The design is currently under review at ABS and installation is expected the last half of 2006.

Young Bros. to

Invest $186m

Young Brothers Ltd. announced it will spend $186m over 10 years on a new fleet of barges, tugboats, shipping containers, lifts and other equipment.

The company's first new barge, a car- carrying RoRo that can transport 500 vehicles, is scheduled for delivery late this year, sources said.

The vessel, which is enclosed to protect cars from sea spray and salt air, is now being designed by Glosten Associates Inc. of Seattle, a naval architecture firm.

The company now has 11 barges and eight tugboats, but plans to begin retiring some of those in the coming years. The new fleet of eight barges and six tugboats will replace the old vessels with more effi- cient ones.

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