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Island Boats to Build 65-ft.

Catamarans

Island Boats, Inc. of New Iberia, La., has been contracted to build two 65 ft. aluminum catamarans for delivery to a

Boston customer. The vessels will be delivered with a USCG SubChapter K

Certificate of Inspection for 200 passen- gers and are being designed by Pete

Melvin of Morrelli and Melvin Design,

Long Beach, Calif.

The vessels will be powered by twin

MTU Series 60 main diesels developing 600 hp each and should drive the vessel to a cruising speed of 21 knots fully laden.

The vessels will have an enclosed air-con- ditioned main cabin and open air seating on the upper deck. The vessels will pro- vide daily passenger service to the Boston

Harbor Islands and will be available for winter charter at the end of the summer season. Bill Walker of Boston Boats,

LLC said, "We are excited to be working with Island Boats, Inc., we are impressed with their DNV-ISO 9001:2000 quality certification and they offered a very com- petitive product with a high quality, rugged fitout."

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Horizon Maritime

Grows A Fleet

On April 20 this year, Horizon Mar- itime of Houston, Texas took delivery of the first of a pair of sister ships as part of a fleet expansion program. The new 2,000 hp boats will bring the company fleet to six towboats. Designed to each push a pair of 30,000-barrel 300 x 54 x 13-ft. black oil/asphalt barges the new towboats are powered by twin Cummins KTA38 M1 diesels generating 1,000 hp each at 1,800 rpm and turning 76 x 58-in. propellers.

The boats will make up to the barges with face wires mounted on a pair of Patterson 40-ton electric deck winches. The 76 x 33 x 9.6-ft. towboats have accommodation for a crew of six. They have tankage for 30,000 gallons of fuel, 8,000 gallons of potable water, 4,700 gallons of wash water and 1,700 gallons of lube oil. The hulls for both boats were built at Quality

Shipyard in Houma La. with the first boat,

MV Gemini, finished out at Main Iron

Works also in Houma. The second boat,

MV Argo, is being finished out at Sneed

Shipyard in Houston, Texas for a May 20 delivery. The boats were built to a Corn- ing Townsend design.

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Harris Electric

Teams with Aleut

Northwest Service

Harris Electric has teamed with Aleut

Northwest Services to pursue future gov- ernment business.

Harris Electric is Seattle's largest

Marine electrical and electronic services and hardware provider, and is seeking to expand its marine division into federal and military contracts. Aleut Northwest

Services, an Alaska Native Corporation with years of government contracting experience, is seeking to expand it s pres- ence in the Oregon, Washington and Alas- ka regions, specifically focusing on the field of marine electrical and electronic serice and supply. "This is a wonderful opportunity for us to expand our government projects, and at the same time remain committed to all of our long time market niches in the Pacific

Northwest," said Dick Sundholm, Chair- man of the Board of Harris Electric.

Barry Joins Davis

Consulting

Christopher Barry, a mechanical engi- neer and naval architect with experience in ship design, stability and structural analysis and offshore civil engineering has joined Davis Consulting Group (DCG) marine engineers, a division of

Davis & Company, Ltd., as a Consultant.

His addition brings to seven professionals on the company's nationwide team of marine surveyors and naval architects that specialize in the areas of engineering and design and accident reconstruction, fire and explosion cause and origin, forensic engineering and commercial vessel sur- veying. 8• MarineNews • June, 2005

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