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Osage Takes Delivery steel propellers will provide thrust through two J & S Ma- chine Works Inc. 7” ABS Grade 2 propeller shafts with all

Thordon Marine Industries Corporation bearings, Thorplas bushings and shaft seals. RIO Controls and Hydraulic, Inc. will be supplying the steering system for the two 7” main and four 7” ? anking rudders. Gulf Coast Air & Hydrau- lics Inc. to provide a pair of Quincy F325 reciprocating air compressors and ventilation fans. Schuyler Maritime, LLC will provide all 18” x 12” rubber fendering around the entire perimeter of the vessel and push knees. Out? tters Interna- tional will provide a Daiken mini-split heat pump HVAC system in all interior spaces with Blakeney Marine provid-

Master Marine, Inc. has delivered the ? rst of two vessels ing all custom woodwork and interior ? nishes. Donavon to Osage Marine Services, Inc. The newbuild has obtained Marine to provide the large Bomar aluminum windows and all of its USCG certi? cates for Subchapter M compliance. Dales Welding and Fabricators, LLC will supply the alumi-

Both vessels in the series are 67’ x 28’ Entech Designs, num exterior doors. Wintech International, LLC provided a

LLC., each powered by a pair of Laborde Products, S6R2- pair of 40-ton deck winches and New World, Inc. will pro-

Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803-horsepower Tier III diesel ma- vide all of the electronics and communications. Unlimited rine engines to be operated at 1,400 RPM coupled to Twin Control & Supply, Inc. to supply the alarm system.

Disc 5321 gears. Laborde Products, Inc. is also providing Each boat will have 10,400 gallons of fuel, 4,359 gallons electrical power with two Northern Lights M65C13.2S of potable water and 9,500 gallons of ballast water along 65KW Tier III electronic controlled generators with RW with providing a maximum 7’-9” working draft. Each ves-

Fernstrum, Inc. keel coolers throughout. A pair of Sound sel will have three crew staterooms for six crewman, 1.5

Propeller Services, Inc. 70” X 48” X 7” 4-blade stainless baths and a full galley arrangement.

SLSDC Orders 60’ Harbor Tug

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) has placed an order for a newbuild ASD (Z- drive) harbor tug to be delivered by Washburn & Doughty

Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine.

Craig Middlebrook, Deputy Administrator of the

SLSDC, said, “This new vessel will be used to carry out a variety of construction and maintenance duties for the

US portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, including routine maintenance of lock gates, maintenance and positioning of aids to navigation, ice management and removal of ac- cumulated ice from lock walls.”

The HT-60, the smallest in the Harbor Tug series de- veloped by naval architecture ? rm Glosten, is slated for delivery in 2021. According to Glosten, the HT-60 is de- signed to capitalize on the operating advantages afforded for maneuvering inside lock chambers, with a wide 28’ by a broad bow form with a semi-raised foc’sle deck and beam to improve performance in ice and enhance stability full visibility and winch controls from a single operating for deck crane operations, Glosten said.

station in the pilothouse. To perform its intended work The Z-drive units are powered by a pair of EPA Tier 3 functions in ice, the hull has been ice-strengthened to ABS diesel engines turning carbon ? ber shafts for a combined

Ice Class C0 standards. At 60’ overall, the tug is right-sized 1,320 BHP at 1,800 RPM.

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