McDermott Building Two Bulkfleet Marine Tugs Custom-Made For Future
Two vessels now under construction for Bulkfleet Marine Corporation of Houston, Texas, at McDermott Shipyard-Morgan City (La.) Division are being custom-made for the future.
Designed to burn heavy fuel oil, a fuel expected to be abundant when other fuels are scarce, the two 140-foot oceangoing tugs are seen as a realistic and innovative technological adaptation to an energy-restricted future. Though similar craft have been built, these are the first such tugboats to be built in the United States.
"McDermott feels fortunate to be the first shipbuilder in the country to apply this technology to oceangoing tugs," said V.J.
LeBlanc, head of the McDermott Shipyard Group. "We're proud we will be building these vessels for Bulkfleet Marine Corporation's fleet." According to J. Barry Snyder, president of Bulkfleet Marine, the tugs have been dedicated for service in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean. They will be used with specially designed barges that will carry 203,000 barrels of bulk petroleum each.
The new tugs will each have 8,000 available horsepower, generated by twin 4,000-hp MaK engines that develop their rated power at a low 425 rpm. The vessels will be 140 feet long, have a 43-foot beam and a depth of 22 feet.
The McDermott shipyards at Morgan City and New Iberia, La., specialize in the con- struction of large tugs, supply vessels, fishing vessels, jackup and package rigs, dredges, oceanographic research and oceangoing work vessels. The yards also construct workover and drilling barges, derrick barges, pipelaying barges, crane barges and workboats.
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- AWO Reports $2.9 Billion In New Waterways Plants In First Half Of 1979 page: 4
- Desco Marine Launches Its 100th Cummins-Powered Boat page: 9
- Kent And Boling Elected To The NOIA Board page: 11
- 1980 Annual Meeting, Water Resources Congress page: 12
- McDermott Building Two Bulkfleet Marine Tugs Custom-Made For Future page: 14
- Reduced Towing Costs Subject Of Study On Towing Surge Pendants page: 16
- Port Weller Dry Docks Delivers Bulk Carrier With Fuel Efficient Hull page: 18
- 123-Foot Northern Leader From MARCO Equipped As Catcher, Freezer, Packer page: 20
- FMC Releases Study On Virgin Islands Trade page: 20
- NASSCO Awarded 5-Ship $239-Million Contract By American Tankships page: 22
- Crude Oil Supply And Tanker Demand Report Available From Drewry page: 24
- Lips-Doran To Establish Chesapeake, Va., Plant page: 25
- Dinko's Marine Service Orders Supply Vessel From Mississippi Marine page: 27
- New Major Shipyard To Be Formed In Hong Kong page: 27
- Shell Offers Literature On New Diesel Oils page: 32
- Halter Marine, Inc. Sets Production Record - 2 2 8 Deliveries In 1979 page: 33
- SNAME Philadelphia Hears Paper On Hopper Dredge Design page: 34
- McAllister Acquires Baker-Whiteley— Now Offers Baltimore-Based Marine Services page: 34
- North Sea Corrosion Conference Papers Now Available In Book Form page: 36
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- FMC Marine And Rail Launches Fourth Ro/Ro Barge For Crowley page: 38
- John S. Hollett Joins Crowley Maritime page: 38
- E.C. Flint Promoted At Zidell's Marine Construction Division page: 39
- Construction To Begin On New $20-Million N.Y. Container Terminal page: 39
- 3 New Reports Now Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 40
- International Oil Spill Conference To Be Held In Atlanta March 2-5, 1981 page: 40
- Norwegian Firm Offers Porthole/Escape Hatch —Meets Safety Rules page: 41
- Mississippi Marine Towboat Delivers Two New Vessels To Palmer Barge Line page: 41
- Pickands Mather Awards $10-Million Conversion Order To Fraser Shipyard page: 42
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- Farrell Realigns Executive Personnel page: 46
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