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Vessels

Gulf LNG Tugs

Gulf LNG Tugs—a joint venture comprised of Bay-

Houston Towing, Moran Towing Corporation and Su- derman & Young Towing Company—said the new high horsepower, highly maneuverable RApport 2800 tug- boats have been designed by naval architect Robert Allan

Ltd. speci? cally for the Port Arthur LNG export facility.

The new 92- by 40-foot tugs feature a compact design providing increased maneuverability in ship handling and escorting through waterways and will offer a bollard pull capacity of more than 85 metric tonnes. Each will feature EPA Tier-4 emission standard Caterpillar 3516

E main propulsion engines connected to Kongsberg US-

Gulf LNG Tugs 255 FP-Z drives. Additionally, the tugs will be out? tted

Gulf LNG Tugs of Port Arthur has ordered four new with a Markey DESF-48-100 Electric Class III hawser escort tugs to serve the Port Arthur LNG export facility winch, including a Render Recover feature for full bol- lard pull capacity. Each tugboat will be equipped with in Texas. Two will be constructed by Master Boat Build- ers in Coden, Ala., and two by Sterling Shipyard in Port ? re? ghting capabilities that exceed ABS Fire Fighting

Vessel 1 (FFV1) classi? cation.

Neches, Texas.

Patriot State

Patriot State, the second vessel in a series of new train- ing ships for the U.S.’ state maritime academies, was christened during a ceremony at Philly Shipyard ahead of scheduled delivery to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in the coming weeks. The newbuild will replace TS Ken- nedy, a 1960s-built break bulk cargo freighter converted to a training ship in the early 2000s.

The vessel is the second of ? ve being built by Philly

Shipyard under the U.S. Department of Transportation

Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) National Security

Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) program, designed to pro- vide a purpose-built, state-of-the-art training ships for the nation’s state maritime academies.

Each new NSMV is built with instructional spaces, a

TOTE Services full training bridge and space for up to 600 cadets. In ad- dition, each ship features hospital facilities, a helicopter SUNY Maritime College in 2023, and Philly Shipyard is pad and the ability to accommodate up to 1,000 people in currently constructing the ? nal three ships in the NSMV times of humanitarian need. The NSMVs can also provide series, State of Maine (Maine Maritime Academy), Lone needed roll-on/roll-off and container storage capacity for Star State (Texas A&M Maritime Academy) and Golden use during disaster relief missions. State (California Maritime Academy), for scheduled deliv-

The series’ ? rst ship, Empire State, was delivered to ery in 2025 and 2026.

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