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For example, Edison Chouest Off- 4517 with a bollard pull of 150+ tons, shore (ECO), has teamed up with Da- is a joint Damen and ECO developed men to build a total of 13 heavy duty escort tug speci? cally designed for the mooring assistance and escort tugs. sometimes challenging weather condi-

These will be deployed on two major tions in the Prince William Sound.

maritime projects for which ECO has Future operations from the new recently won contracts, based in part tugs in this environmentally-sensitive on the use of well-proven Damen tug region have some local residents and designs. The vessels will be built using stakeholders concerned that the high

ECO’s network of ? ve shipyards and standards of previous work will contin-

Damen’s support and expertise. ue to be carried out. Addressing those

The ? rst of these is a contract that worries, ECO responded by building

ECO won earlier this year with a new safe, Tier 4, technologically-advanced “If you do a ? rst of a series

Corpus Christi based LNG export ter- vessels for this demanding work.

shipbuilding, and that’s for minal. The agreement is for the sup- Jan van Hogerwou, GM New Con- any shipyard in the world, the ply of four escort tugs with a bollard struction Damen Area Support North ? rst of the series is usually a ship that will cost the shipyard pull of 80 tonnes, to operate at this America at the Houston of? ce ex- money because it’s a big learn- new LNG terminal in Texas, which plains, “In terms of Edison Chouest, ing curve in how to build that is currently under construction. The we are providing our designs and our ship. We’ve already done that. Damen tugs will be of the well proven knowhow and our engineering capac-

We send our planners and then escort / mooring ASD 3212 design. ity. We have engineers that are pres- our construction supervisors More recently, ECO won a high ently working at Edison Chouest. We to these yards and they’ll stay pro? le, long term contract in Alaska. have our research team in the Neth- there for the entire production ECO is taking over the ship escort erlands that is doing all kinds of tow cycle of the ship to help our duties out of Valdez, Prince William and escort predictions and calcula- customers, our shipyards and Sound, from July 2018, for which it tions, so we’re a true partner on these our partner yards in building will require nine, high-powered escort projects with Edison Chouest.” these ships as economically tugs. For this environmentally-sen- “Chouest was pleased to have this op- and ef? ciently as possible.” sitive project, Damen and ECO will portunity to take Damen’s proven hull work together to deliver four more design and helped create a new, state of – Jan van Hogerwou,

ASD 3212 tugs with a bollard pull of the art escort design representing the

Damen’s General Manager of 70 tons each and ? ve of the most pow- most powerful ASD tug ever designed

New Construction (North America) erful ASD tugs ever built; the ASD or built” said Gary Chouest, President/

Damen Designs: Hands Across the Water

Damen Design Number Customer Builder / Yard

Damen StanPatrol 2600 74 U.S. Coast Guard Bollinger Shipyards (1994 – 2016)

Damen StanPatrol 4708 (FRC)36 (of 58)U.S. Coast GuardBollinger Shipyards (2011 – present)

Damen ShoalBuster 2609 1 Weeks Marine Eastern Shipyards (2005) ‘1204’ Fast Crew Supplyboat 40 CITGO Horizon Shipbuilding (2013 & 2014) ‘1605’ Fast Crew Supplyboat 25 CITGO Blount Boats (2013 & 2014) ‘1204’ Fast Crew Supplyboat 15 CITGO Trinity Shipyards (2013 & 2014)

ASD ‘3212’ tugs 8 Edison Chouest North American Shipbuilding (2016)

ASD ‘4517’ tugs 5 Edison Chouest North American Shipbuilding (2016)

Stantug ‘3711’ 4 Young Brothers Conrad Industries (2016)

Stantug ‘1907’ ICE 10 Great Lakes Towing Great lakes Shipyards (2016) (*) Data Courtesy Damen

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