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Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Bisso Marine Co., Inc. of New

Orleans, La. has reportedly set a new heavy lift record for Harvey

Canal.

Bisso Marine's heavy lift derrick barges Cappy Bisso and

Lili Bisso launched a 1,235-ton, 228-foot (69- m) by 74-foot (22.5-m) gaming vessel for

Houma Industries of

Harvey, La. The vessel is owned by Kehl

Riverboats.

Two additional gam- ing vessels are cur- rently under construc- tion at Houma Fabrica- tors of Houma, La.

Versabar, Inc. of

Harvey supplied all the rigging for the lift project. For more informa- tion on Bisso Marine,

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Baltimore USCG Yard

Renovates Cutter Steadfast

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) recommissioned the 210-ft. (64-m)

USCG cutter Steadfast in February 1994 after its completion of Major

Maintenance Availability (MMA) at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore,

Md. The MMA is an essential project intended to overhaul and upgrade selected systems and equip- ment on cutters with approximately 30 years of service. Under MMA, the USCG decommissions the ves- sel, reassigns the crew, and per- forms an extensive overhaul. The work adds another 15 years of op- eration to the cutter. When recom- missioned, the vessels are, with the exception of the hull, essentially new. Steadfast is the third "B" class 210-ft. cutter to complete MMA at the Coast Guard Yard. The $21.5 million-per-vessel project includes structural repairs, a new design fea- ture of exhaust stacks aft of the pilot house, an enlarged superstructure to support the stack, increased fire fighting capabilities, and a smaller flight deck. Coast Guard Yard tradesmen overhauled engines and reduction gears, improved berthing and messing spaces, installed new refrigeration and air conditioning units, a new marine sanitation sys- tem, and new ship's service genera- tors. The American Shipbuilding

Corp. Yard in Lorain, Ohio launched

Steadfast on June 24,1967. During its life on Florida's east coast,Stead- fast logged more than 200,000 miles, participated in more than 200 search and rescues, spent more than 17,000 hours on surface law enforcement and conducted more than 2,000 he- licopter landings and takeoffs.

Advanced Multi-Hull Designs designed a 79-ft. (24-m) catamaran,

Wuzhou, which was delivered for service in China. Built by Hong

Kong yard A. Fai Engineers and

Shiprepairers, the vessel is servic- ing a 230 nautical mile route in

Guangdong Province with the

Wuzhou Guangxi Navigation Co.

The vessel is the second high speed catamaran to enter service with this company. Wuzhou is built of marine grade aluminum and designed to

DNV High Speed and Light Craft rules. The vessel is classed by the

Chinese Classification Society.

Construction of the vessel com- menced at A. Fai's yard in Kowloon where the hull and superstruc- ture were fabricated separately. In the con- struction period, A. Fai relocated to a new yard and the hull was floated to this yard for installa- tion of the superstructure and final outfitting. The AMD170 can carry 24-dwt including 2,113 gallons (8,000 L) of fuel and 396 gallons (1,500 L) of fresh water. Propul- sion is provided by two Isotta

Fraschini ID 36SS 12V high speed diesel engines driving five bladed fixed pitch propellers through ZF

BW 460 reduction gearboxes. Uti- lizing 90 percent of the 1,020 kW available from each main engine, a full load service speed of 27 knots and a maximum speed of 29 knots is achieved. For more information,

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A New Departure From The

RIB Industry By Boston Whaler.

A departure into a world where the new Impact 21' soft-sided workboat is the only accept- able platform for operations which demand soft-sides but cannot afford the downtime associated with traditional inflatable collars.

A world where

Boston Whaler's new soft-sided workboat is clearly the best choice for hard work and hard use with a fendering system that sustains incredible abuse but never deflates.

IMPACT* 21', THE

SOFT-SIDED WORKBOAT.

Boston Whaler Impact Series - The Best Boats For The Worst Jobs. ^/ BOSTON WHALER, INC., COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION 4121 South US Highway One, Edgewater, FL 32141-7221 Tel: (904) 428-0057 • Fax: (904) 423-9187

Kvichak Receives Multiple Orders For longliners said Ke i t h^ i t ;'-' temore Kvichak vice president. The 32.foot Aleutian Pribilof No. 1, the first of

One of the longliners was built for Kvichak Marine's CDQIongliners for Alaska, speeds the Aleutian Pribilof Island Com- across Lake Washington during trials, munity Development Association (APICDA), one of the CDQ organi- zations representing communities in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands region. APICDA was seeking effi- cient, reliable boats to harvest hali- but, which they found in the Kvichak design.

Kvichak is building two more of the vessels for APICDA, and also has six boats underway for Yukon

Delta Fisheries Development Asso- ciation, a CDQ group for Yupik Es- kimo Native Americans. The Yukon

Delta order includes five complete boats and one "kit" version

The Kvichak longliner is 32 ft. (10 m) long, with a beam of 12 ft. (4 m) and a draft of four ft. (1.2 m).

Construction is of marine-grade alu- minum throughout, with 3/16-inch (4.76mm) side shells and 1/4-inch (6.35mm) bottom plate.

The APICDA boat is powered by a 300-hp Caterpillar 3116 marine diesel engine, driving a four-blade, 24-inch (609.6mm) SST propeller through a Twin Disc 5050 gearbox.

The Yukon Delta boat is powered by a 350-hp Lugger 6108 engine with a

Twin Disc 5061 gearbox. Standard features on both versions include electrical and hydraulic systems,

Hynautic two-station engine and steering controls and a washdown pump.

For more information on Kvichak,

Impact 21' combines the unsinkable, vir- tually indestructible

Boston Whaler foam cored hull with a fully fitted foam collar. This unique fendering system provides full time protection against punctures and abuse of all kinds, and will not deflate. Step into the new world of soft-sided boats.

Impact 21' by

Boston Whaler.

Bisso Marine Derrick Barges Set Record Advanced Multi-Hull Designs Catamaran Wuzhou