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VESSELS

Harvey Gulf to Equip Eight More

Vessels with Battery Systems

Harvey Gulf

Harvey Gulf International Marine announced it will in- Harvey Champion, making her dual fueled, my team and stall 10 battery systems on board eight of its vessels as the I have made the decision to purchase 10 additional battery

U.S. based offshore vessel owner continues its efforts to systems to be installed on our largest PSVs and one of our transform its ? eet for greener operations. newest MPSVs.”

Harvey Gulf said it plans to install battery systems to con- Harvey Gulf already operates PSVs powered by both vert its 310-foot lique? ed natural gas (LNG)-fueled plat- LNG and battery systems, a hybrid anchor handling tug form supply vessels (PSV) Harvey America, Harvey Liberty, for ship tendering service, America’s only LNG marine fu-

Harvey Power and Harvey Freedom into tri-fuel vessels. eling dock, and will soon take delivery of America’s ? rst

Another four battery systems will be ? tted onto three of dynamic position class (1) LNG articulated tug and barge the company’s 300- and 310-foot PSVs—Harvey Support- (ATB) bunkering vessel.

er, Harvey Hawk and Harvey Condor—with two systems Installation of the 10 battery systems will enable Harvey being installed on one of the vessels. Gulf to own and operate the world’s largest ? eet of com-

Harvey Gulf’s 340-foot multipurpose support vessel bined dual- and tri-fueled vessels, the company said.

(MPSV) Harvey Subsea will also be ? tted with two battery “This ? eet of vessels will be crucial in assisting our cli- systems, making it the only MPSV in the Americas that is ents’ efforts to achieve net carbon zero, and we will con- dual fuel and battery powered. tinue to listen to them and invest in technology that will

Shane Guidry, CEO of Harvey Gulf and QLNG, said, assist with their goals,” Guidry said.

“Now that we have successfully completed sea-trials of Guidry indicated that more ? eet changes could be in the the Harvey Energy, America’s ? rst tri-fueled vessel utiliz- works: “I have new ideas on the drawing board and should ing three fuel sources—diesel, LNG and electric battery be announcing more transformations to assist our custom- power—and with battery power being installed on the ers with doing our part to achieve net carbon zero.”

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