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Halter Delivers Towboat To

Stewart & Stevenson

Newly-constructed towboat

Captain Bilbo recently commenced service along the Paraguay,

Parana, Uruguay and Alto Paran rivers and waterways. Built by

Halter Marine for Stewart &

Stevenson Services, Inc., the 112 x 32 x 10.6-ft. (34.1 x 9.8 x 3.2 m) vessel is powered by two Electro-

Motive Division (EMD) GM 8-645

F7B engines, each with 1,700 hp continuous at 900 rpm delivering 3,400 hp.

The new vessel also features

Lufkin RHS2118 reverse/reduction hori- zontal offset gears, two

Detroit Diesel 6-71 75 kW generators for elec- trical power, two

Kahlenberg 88-in. diam- eter propellers, and two steering and four flank- Captain Bilbo.

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Hoegh Morus specifications

Length, o.a 623 ft. (190 m)

Breadth, b.p 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth, molded 64 ft. (19.5 m)

Draft, molded 44.3 ft. (13.5 m)

Gross tonnage 36,463

DWT 56,816 (metric) tons

Cargo capacity 67,354 sq. m.

Main engine Mitsui-MAN B&W 6S60MC diesel

Service speed 18 knots

Flag Bahama ing rudders. Hydraulic steering was provided by Skipper

Hydraulics Inc., and engine cool- ing was provided by Fernstrum

Gridcoolers.

For more information on Halter Marine

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MES Delivers Bulk Carrier

Hoegh Morus

Hoegh Morus.

The 56,700-dwt bulk carrier

Hoegh Morus was recently com- pleted by the Taman Works of

Mitsui Engineering &

Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) and delivered to owner Leigh Hoegh &

Co.

The new open hatch, double hull vessel features two sets of MES gantry cranes, as well as a

Norwegian Marine Technology

Research Institute-supplied

Information Technology program.

For more information on MES

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