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GREAT WORKBOATS

El Coquí

Flag: USALength: 219.5 meters Operator: Crowley Maritime

Class: DNVBreadth: 32.2 metersCapacity: 26,500 DWT / 2,400 TEU

Hampton

Credit: Crowley

Type: ConRoDepth: 18.0 metersCapacity: 400 vehicles / 300 reefer plugs

Roads

Speed: 22 KnotsFuel: LNG &/or ULSD Builder: VT Halter Marine

Credit: Gladding-Hearn the boat through “clean” water rather than push, said Jens

Hampton Roads

This is not your grandfather’s pilot boat. The 55-foot Bering, VP, marine sales, Volvo Penta of the Americas. The

Chesapeake class MKII launch built by Gladding-Hearn setup provides a number of operational enhancements, in-

Shipbuilding was delivered to its station in Virginia Beach cluding 20 percent faster speeds (top speed over 32 knots) this summer, equipped with a range of state-of-the-art and 30 percent lower fuel consumption compared to a technologies for improved safety, stability, reliability and traditional inboard shaft system, the manufacturer said. It also slashes onboard noise and vibration levels by half.

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