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Morgan City, La.

The conversion work represents

Seacor's intention to mobilize 10 of its vessels operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and coastwide trade to the

North Sea. The boats will serve un- der contract with Conoco UK.

Seacor president Glen Fornell, characterized the conversion work as "extensive." The vessel will com- ply with the latest rules applying to boats engaged in North Sea safety service and will be capable of meet- ing the regulations for 250 survivor class boats. The two-tiered exten- sion was fitted to the deck aft of the pilothouse to accommodate survi- vors in bunks, treatment facilities and seating.

Prior to its delivery of the Veesea

Tempest, Homeport Marine Services carried out similar conversion work on the M/V Veesea Topaz and M/V

Veesea Sapphire for Seacor.

The yard also recently delivered a 160-foot all-steel Caterpillar-pow- ered king crab vessel, the Pinnacle, for Walter L. Casto, of Mulkilteo,

Wash. She will be used in the North

Pacific and Alaska crab fisheries.

Patterson, La., boatbuilder Gulf

Craft was also active in the Gulf of

Mexico offshore sector, delivering the 160-foot aluminum crewboats

Deanne McCall and Sam McCall, each powered by six Cummins die-

Bender-converted Alton Belle Casino. sels, and the 130-foot, Caterpillar- powered all-aluminum crewboat

Evelyn M. for Offshore Oil Services.

Gulf Craft also delivered the 95-foot whale watch boat Voyager II for the

New England Aquarium.

Tremendous Growth

For Trinity

Nineteen-ninety-one was another record year of growth for the Trinity

Marine Group.

The range of Trinity's capabilities is reflected in its delivery of a 50- foot mooring boat, beginning of con- struction of two 328-foot oceano- graphic survey ships for the U.S.

Navy, overhaul of over 250 LASH barges, and major repair and con- version on two megayachts.

In between, some representative deliveries were: over 150 hopper and other barges; an 87-foot aluminum houseboat; two 208-foot hydro- graphic survey ships, T-AGS-51 and -52, to the U.S. Navy; a 345-foot vehicle barge to Matson Navigation

Co.; an 85-foot dinner cruise/excur- sion boat; eight 85-foot crewboats; twelve 78-foot patrol craft, fast (PCF) to the U.S. Navy (eight for the Phil- ippines and four for a Middle East country); two 260-foot LPG barges;

AGOR-23, a 274-foot oceanographic research ship; the 127-foot tug Bar- bara E. Bouchard; thirteen 174-foot landing craft; two 112-foot steel/alu- minum fast patrol boats to Ecuador; and a number of other barges, pas- senger vessels, and workboats.

Of particular note, are the start of construction on the Hurley, a huge 300-foot dustpan dredge for the

Corps of Engineers, two 328-foot oceanographic survey ships for the

Navy, a 241 -foot towboat, and twelve 208-foot oil spill response boats for the MSRC.

The company, which seems to be growing in leaps and bounds, also acquired certain assets of CE&MCO, a crane and metal components manufacturer in Gulfport, Miss., and added a 15,000-ton drydock at its

Beaumont, Texas, yard.

John Dane III, president of the

Trinity Marine Group, attributed his company's success to its decen- tralized production and manage- ment and operations philosophy. "It permits our shipyards to oper- ate as individual profit centers," said

Mr. Dane.

He added, "While we are indeed very busy, with 11 shipyards, we still have capacity for much more production."

New Class Towboats

For Inland Waterways

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