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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]

Swiftships Building for

Candy Fleet

Swiftships Shipbuilders of Morgan City built a pair of 170-ft. crew boats for the Candy Fleet. The new vessels are numbers 13 and 14 in the Candy Fleet of crewboats and sisters to two existing vessels -- the Candy Apple and

Candy Bear. The first vessel was delivered at the end of

July.

General Characteristics

Overall Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 ft.

Maximum Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 ft.

Deck Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 x 24 ft.

Deck Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 long tons

Hull Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 ft.

Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Crew Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2 staterooms 1 Captains state room

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 knots

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,800 gals.

Transferable fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,000 gals.

Transferable Potable Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24,800 gals.

Sewage Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .720 gals.

Ballast Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,200 gals.

Main EnginesFour IMO & EPA tier 1 compliant Cummins KTA 38-M1 12- cylinder, turbo charged and after cooled, four cycle,1350 HP each, contin- uous rating

Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamilton HM 651 propulsion units

Shettig Promoted to VP

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Jim Shettig has been promoted to vice president of the company's East Coast and Gulf con- tract services business. He will be based in Houston and continue to report to John Douglass, senior vice president and general manager of

Crowley's marine services group.

Shettig, who most recently served as general manager of East Coast and Gulf contract services, will now have profit and loss responsibilities for the business. His group provides a myriad of services to customers, includ- ing energy logistics, remote offshore drilling support, ocean towing and transportation and other energy sup- port services.

Shettig is an 18-year Crowley veteran. He began work- ing for the company as a mate on a Seattle-based tugboat, and has held positions of increasing responsibility during his tenure, primarily in contract towing and transporta- tion and marine services. He served as Crowley's gener- al manager on major energy logistics projects in

Venezuela in the late 1990s, and transferred back to

Houston in 2001, where he has directed the company's contract services business ever since.

Shettig has a bachelor of science degree in marine transportation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Harland Promoted to VP at Crowley

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Bruce

Harland has been promoted to vice president of the com- pany's West Coast, Alaska and international contract ser- vices. He will remain domiciled in Seattle and continue to report to John Douglass, senior vice president and gen- eral manager of Crowley's marine services group.

Harland, who most recently served as general manager of West Coast,

Alaska and international contract ser- vices, will now have profit and loss responsibilities for the business as part of the upgrade in the position.

His group provides a myriad of ser- vices to customers, including energy logistics, remote offshore drilling support, ocean towing and transportation, and energy support services, including all-terrain transportation of cargo and personnel on the North Slope of Alaska.

Harland began his career with Crowley in April 1984 as a cargo supervisor in Anchorage. He was promoted to operations manager and then relocated to Seattle and became general manager of contract operations in 1994.

In 1998 Harland relocated to Houston as general manag- er of Crowley's breakbulk and project cargo transporta- tion business. In 2002 he transferred back to Seattle as director of marine operations with the company's petro- leum services group, and in August 2005, was promoted to general manager of West Coast, Alaska and interna-

News

Blount Boats to Construct Ferry for PIADC

Blount Boats, Inc. shipyard at Warren, RI has con- tracted with the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) of the United States Department of Homeland

Security for a steel vehicle and passenger ferry.

The 120-ft. OSV type vessel will be propelled by twin 1,300 hp Cummins engines at a speed above 16 knots. It will provide RoRo capacity to a vehicle load of 100 tons, and when partially loaded carry 150 passengers. It will be the second such steel vessel built for the center by

Blount Boats. The first one was the Plum Isle, built in 1968.

Blount Boats saved the center one year of construction time on this project. Blount had a ready-made hull that possessed all the required dimensions and features to provide for their exact needs. It is scheduled to be deliv- ered in late 2006.

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