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Chesapeake Shipbuilding Delivers 12th Tug to Vane transportation company. Chesapeake Shipbuilding has 5 additional tugboats under construction for Vane Brothers.

The Fort McHenry is equipped with twin Caterpillar 3512 main engines producing a combined 3,000 horsepower, and a single drum hydraulic winch from JonRie of New

Jersey. The tug measures 94’ long with a 32’ beam, and a 13’ depth. All Chesapeake Shipbuilding tugs are built in a

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Salisbury, MD has controlled indoor environment prior to being moved and delivered another ocean going tugboat to Vane Brothers of launched into Maryland’s Wicomico River. Chesapeake

Baltimore, MD. The Fort McHenry marks the 12th tugboat Shipbuilding has recently made signi? cant upgrades to its that Chesapeake Shipbuilding has built for the maritime facility to increase its production capacity and ef? ciency.

Tidewater Transportation & Terminals Christens Towboats

Granite Point and Ryan Point are the newest inland river towboats in Tidewater Transportation and Terminals’ ? eet. Patty Reed, wife of Bruce Reed, Tidewater’s Vice

President and Chief Operations Of? cer, and Diane Laya, wife of Marc Schwartz, Tidewater’s Maintenance and En- gineering Manager, broke champagne bottles over the ves- sels’ hull while the City of Vancouver’s ? re boat sprayed

Columbia River water in the background. Three years ago,

Tidewater retained the services of CT Marine, Naval Ar- (length) by 38 feet (beam), with a depth at full load of 11 chitects and Marine Engineers of Edgecomb, Maine, to feet, and a hexagonal wheelhouse with ? oor-to-ceiling win- design a towboat that can maneuver barges through the dows on all six sides. An enhanced steering system utilizing swift-moving currents, high winds, and eight navigation four main steering and four ? anking rudders, coupled with locks along the Columbia Snake River System. Once the two Caterpillar 3516C Tier 3 engines, allowed the design plans were developed, Tidewater contracted with Vigor’s team to increase the margins of safety and ef? ciency. With

Portland shipyard to construct the series of vessels, return- crew endurance being a priority, Tidewater employed Noise ing propulsion-construction to Swan Island, and partnered Control Engineers of Billerica MA to develop a sound and with Umpqua Bank’s Equipment Leasing and Finance Di- vibration control package for the vessel. By incorporating vision to ? nance the two tugs. Christie and Grey vibration control mounts and compre-

The ? rst vessel in the series, Crown Point, was christened hensive acoustic insulation, noise levels register at less than in June of 2015 and has been in operation for over a year. 60 decibels in the accommodations during vessel operation

All three vessels are built to the same speci? cations: 104 – which is equivalent to an air conditioner.

ESG Launches Impala Soledad for IWL River

Eastern Shipbuilding Group launched the Impala Sole- dad in June, the ? rst in a series of four (4) Inland River Tow- boats for IWL River, Inc. This series of CT Marine designed 134 ft. ABS Classed Inland River Service towboats are Triple

Screw with a Retractable Pilothouse and all are currently un- der construction at Eastern’s Allanton facility. The vessel se- ries is scheduled for delivery starting in late 2016 into 2017.

The Impala Soledad at a glance …

Length (LOA): 134’-0” Breadth: 42’ Main Engines: (3) Caterpillar 3512C

Flag: Republic of Panama Depth: 9’ Reduction Gears: (3) Reintjes

Horsepower: 1,280 @ 1,600 RPM Minimal Draft: 6’ Classi? cation: ABS A1

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