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VESSELS sive standardization process earlier this year, Metal Shark DOUBLE HULL ASPHALT BARGE recently delivered the CNP its ? rst new 33-foot Relentless- DELIVERED TO VANE BROTHERS class patrol boat. Special features of this welded aluminum Bristol Harbor Group (BHGI) announced in 2017 that center console vessel include a urethane-sheathed closed- the Vane Brothers Company had taken delivery of a BHGI cell foam Wing collar, Shockwave S2-Corbin high-backed designed 361’ x 62’ x 24.5’, 55,000 barrel double hull asphalt shock-mitigating seating for ? ve, and additional fold-away barge. BHGI was contracted by Conrad Industries to de- crew seating in the bow. The highly maneuverable patrol velop the design based on a previous proven hull design that craft is powered by twin 300-horsepower Evinrude E- BHGI had completed for Conrad in 2014. The construc-

TEC G2 engines, which propel it to speeds in excess of tion of the barge took place at Conrad Deepwater South in 50 knots. In addition, Metal Shark announced that it has Amelia, Louisiana and is certi? ed by the American Bureau of been awarded a contract to produce twelve 38-foot De? - Shipping (ABS) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) ant-class pilothouse patrol boats for the Dutch Caribbean for oceans-fully manned trade. The barge’s primary purpose

Coast Guard. The production of these vessels will begin in is to transport asphalt and other heavy oils. It is equipped early 2017, with deliveries commencing later in the year. with a complete loading and discharging system in 10 tank compartments and includes a cargo thermal heating system

GLADDING-HEARN DELIVERS FOR MICHIGAN PILOTS with over 8 miles of heating coil pipe. A thermal stress analy-

The Lake Pilots Association in Port Huron, MI, this year sis, in accordance with ABS requirements, was developed to accepted delivery of a new Chesapeake Class pilot boat from ensure hull structural stresses were acceptable.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. The all-aluminum pilot boat features the C. Raymond Hunt-de- GLADDING-HEARN DELIVERS FIFTH VESSEL TO CIRCLE LINE signed Deep V hull. It is powered by twin Cummins QSM11 Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has diesel engines, each delivering 602 Bhp at 2300 rpm and a delivered the second of three new sightseeing vessels for Cir- top speed of 25 knots. A Humphree interceptor, with auto- cle Line Sightseeing Cruises, Inc., in New York City. This matic trim optimization, is installed at the transom. Diesel follows the shipyard’s delivery of three sister ships to the capacity is 690 gallons, which, shipyard of? cials say, will company in 2009. Like the earlier vessels, the new 599-pas- provide a range of at least 350 miles at an economical speed senger all-steel vessel, designed by DeJong and Lebet, N.A., of about 20 knots. The wheelhouse, ? ush-mounted to the in Jacksonville, Fla., measures 165 feet in length and features deck amidships and with forward-leaning front windows, is a 34-foot beam. With a top speed of 14 knots, the vessel out? tted with Llebroc seats and a settee and is heated by two is powered by twin Cummins QSK-38M1 diesel engines,

Heatercraft 40,000 Btu units. The forecastle also includes a delivering a total of 2600 hp and connected to ZF W3355 40,000 Btu heater, along with a settee, portable head, and gear boxes, spinning 60-inch, 5-bladed bronze propellers. built-in storage cabinets. Outside of the wheelhouse, the For dockside maneuvering, the vessel is equipped with a 125 handrails and foredeck are heated by a 120,000 Btu diesel- hp Wesmar bow thruster, powered by an electric motor. Two ? red heater. There are boarding platforms on the roof and 140 kW generators supply the ship’s service power. The vessel port and starboard on the carries 8,200 gallons of fuel and 4,000 gallons of potable wa- foredeck. At the transom ter. Heating and air-conditioning are supplied by a 278,000 are throttle and steering Btu diesel-? red boiler and four 15-ton water-cooled chillers.

controls, and a winch-op- erated, rotating davit over RIBCRAFT’S 41’ 12.5 MODEL a recessed platform for res- RIBCRAFT recently introduced the all new 41’ RIB- cue operations. CRAFT 12.5 with the recent delivery of a specialized USCG

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