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www.marinelink.com MN51Four More FRCs for Bollinger The Coast Guard awarded a $179.7m contract option to Bollinger Shipyards on September 22 for the production of four more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). This option award brings the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to twelve, with a current contract value of $597m. The current FRC contract contains options for up to 34 cutters and is worth up to $1.5 billion if all options are exercised. The FRCs acquired under this contract option are scheduled to be delivered to the Coast Guard in 2014 and home- ported in Key West, Fla. In response to the Coast guard announcement, Bollinger Executive Vice President, Chris Bollinger said, ?The Bollinger organ- ization is very pleased that the U. S. Coast Guard has awarded four additional Fast Response Cutters (FRC) to our on-going contract. This follow-on award will result in an extension of our backlog for several years, and provide jobs for over 500 Bollinger employees. This award reflects the Coast Guard?s continued confidence in the quality products delivered by the Bollinger team, including our workforce and team of suppliers and contractors.? Great Lakes Shipyard Wins $23m Deal Caribbean Tugz, LLC, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida has awarded Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio vessel construc- tion contracts to simultaneously build two new state-of- the-art 50-ton bollard pull ASD tugboats to be used for ship docking and escort operations at the Hovensa Oil Refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The contracts? total price of the new tugs is $23 million. Design and con- struction are to start immediately, and the tugs are sched- uled for completion in early 2013. Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultant, Inc., Seattle, Washington, the new tugs will be built to the highest standards of the American Bureau of Shipping, the U.S. vessel classification society. The 92-foot, 4640HP tugs are purpose-built for ship assist, escort, and firefighting services. Because of the intended area of operation, the tugs will be uniquely con- structed to meet the wide range of operational parameters. Moose Delivers Oakland Police Vessel Moose Boats has delivered a Moose M2-37 security and patrol vessel to the Oakland Police Department to provide expanded patrol duties at the Port of Oakland in addition to shallow draft response for Oakland?s waterfront. The procurement by City of Oakland was funded by U.S. Department of Homeland Security?s 2010 Port Security Grant Program. The vessel is stationed at Jack London Square and will provide security patrol for critical infra- structures including the Bay Bridge and Oakland Airport?s perimeter, SWAT interdiction and shallow water emer- gency response for the greater Bay Area. The Moose M2-37 is a 37?-6? All-Aluminum Jet Powered Catamaran with twin Cummins 380hp turbo diesels and is propelled by Hamilton 292 water jets. This vessel can attain a top speed of over 34 knots, cruise at almost 30 knots, come to a full-speed stop in less than twoboat lengths and turn on a dime. Its 21? draft will allow all of this to be done in less than 3? of water, which is ideal for its patrol application in the Oakland estuary. (Photo: Great Lakes Shipyard)(Photo: Moose Boats)U.S. Coast Guard photo)MN#10 (50-57):MN 2011 Layouts 10/5/2011 10:07 AM Page 51