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OTECH Wins USCG

Contract

Ocean Technical Services, Inc. (OTECH) won a $4.5 million award fromtheU.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to construct 45 26-ft. (8-m) heavy- duty fiberglass Motor Surf Boats with an option for 10 additional vessels. These craft are utilized by large Coast Guard Cutters to con- duct boardings, prosecute search and rescue cases, and for marine law enforcement. OTECH is as- sembling a new GRP facility at the old McDermott site located at 1150

Peters Road in Harvey, La. The existing repair and conversion yard will remain at 634 Peters Road.

The corporate offices located at that same address are scheduled to relo- cate to 1150 Peters Road effective

December 1994.

Workboats Northwest Builds USCG-Certified "Near Shore1' Oil Spill Control Vossol

Discharge

Sheen-Free Water

With BilgeMaster!

For more than 15 years the fully automatic BilgeMaster System has been at sea on all types of commercial and military vessels. • Uses no filters! • Certified by U.S.C.G. for I.M.O. compliance. • Double epoxy coated tanks. • Sacrificial zinc anode for galvanic corrosion protection.

The complete BilgeMaster System includes pump, sensors and controls as well as fused power disconnect. A complete system for the most economical solution to pollution control.

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Workboats Northwest, Inc. of Se- attle designed a fast, shallow draft boat for Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. The Cook Inlet

Capable (CIC) is reportedly the first

USCG-documented Oil Spill Re- sponse Vessel (OSRV) towboat un- der OPA '90. The CIC vessel can make a 180-degree turn at full speed in a 20-ft. radius, and can turn 360 degrees at its full speed of 30 knots.

Draft of the hull with skegs is just 16 in. at rest. The vessel develops 3,800 lbs. of bollard pull with a Cat- erpillar 3208TA diesel engine that puts out 435 hp at 2,800 rpm. This power plant drives a Doen DJ140 waterjet through a ZF reduction gear. The engine is cooled by a

Fernstrum keel cooler and is served by a Harco dry exhaust system.

Workboats Northwest designed the boat last year for the Cook Inlet pollution control cooperative.

For more information on the boat

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Sunrider Completes

Soy-Powered Voyage

Around The World

The biodiesel-powered Sunr arrived September 8 at San Fl cisco Bay, ending an aroundf world journey to raise awarene alternative energy sources.

The Sunrider Expedition, sored by the United Soybean I through the national soybean c| off, covered almost 40,000 visiting close to 100 port cities| countries.

The Sunrider is a 24-ft. (1

Zodiac Hurricane rigid-infld rescue boat with a rigid deep-1 and an inflatable collar. The f lined with flotation chamber!

Throughout the two-and-J year journey, theSunrider's i energy sources were soybear fuel and sunshine. The Sur unmodified 180-hp MerCruii sel sterndrive is fueled by ll cent soy-based biodiesel, a fu{ from natural, renewable such as vegetable oil.

Solar panels, plus the alternator, charge the batte^ drive the Sunrider's on-boa tronics. A 27-hp Yanmar di| board provided backup po\

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