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Nichols Brothers Delivers Second

Crowley Tractor Tug

The second Voith Schneider-propelled

Protector class tug built by Nichols Brothers

Boat Builders, Inc. for Crowley Marine Services — M/V Guard — was recently delivered to

Crowley at Nichols' Langley outfitting dock.

The 120-ft. (37 m), 5,500-hp tractor tug was scheduled to be officially christened at Crowley

Marine Services' Long Beach station this month. The first Protector class vessel, MTV

Protector, was christened in Seattle last

December and is now in service in Long Beach,

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According to Crowley officials, the Protector

Texas Drydock

Acquisition Boosts

Halter Business

The acquisition of Texas Drydock, Inc. (TDI) by the Halter Marine Group, Inc. has bolstered

TDI's new rig construction and repair and con- version capabilities, giving TDI's six southeast

Texas shipyards access to Halter's 11 new con- struction and repair shipyards. "This new relationship combines Halter's strengths and experience in new vessel con- struction with TDI's experience and capabili- ties in offshore rig and moveable production unit design, construction, conversion and repair. It will speed TDI's deliveries because most of Halter's shipyards can fabricate com- ponents for final assembly at any of TDI's yards and at Halter's new Pascagoula,

Mississippi, shipyard," said John Dane III, chairman, president and CEO of Halter

Marine Group.

Halter-Pascagoula is completing the first phase of a $20 million expansion program which includes the following: construction of a new plate preparation building with automat- ed sand blasting and painting; a new fabrica- tion building with plasma arc numerically con- trolled cutters; new cranes and other lift equip- ment; an upgraded pipe shop; and new launch ways. In addition, a second phase, pending new business, will include approximately 2,000 ft. of bulkheading and additional fabrication facilities to allow an employment increase from its current complement of 400 to approximate- ly 750 workers. The yard is also currently building four large offshore supply vessels and a 281-ft. (86-m) U.S. Navy SWATH ocean sur- veillance ship.

According to Mr. Dane, the Halter/TDI asso- ciation was planned at an ideal time to capital- ize on three new TDI jack-up designs and other existing designs TDI can build through licens- ing agreements.

TDI is marketing new construction of pur- pose-built production units such as tension leg platforms (TLPs), SPARS and other mobile off- shore production units.

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Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) provided final design and production engineering assis- tance to Nichols Brothers in construction of the vessels.

Guard has a molded beam of 41.6 ft. (12.7 m) and a draft of 17 ft. ( 5.2 m). Both tugs are powered by two Caterpillar Model 3606 engines delivering 2,750 maximum continuous break horsepower at 1,000 rpm to Voith Schneider

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