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WORKBOAT ANNUAL

VMS Takes Another

Guide is the third of six 105-ft. (32 m) Harbor Class tractor tugs designed and constructed for

Vessel Management Services, Inc. (VMS), a Crowley Maritime Corp. subsidiary. VMS has entered into a long-term bareboat charter of

Guide to Crowley Marine Services.

Each of the six ship assist and escort tugs will feature Voith

Schneider twin cycloidal propul- sion and a hydrofoil-shaped skeg that provides greatly improved steering, control, and seakeeping ability when the vessel is running at high speeds in the skeg-first direction. In addition, the unique hydrodynamics of the hull result in increased tons of steering and braking force, which are available to assist or control a vessel at high- er speeds. The 4,800-hp Guide is powered by two Caterpillar 3516-B engines and has an indirect bol- lard pull in excess of 120 tons at 10 knots. Guide was built by Nichols

Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland,

Wash.

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Guide

Main Particulars

Shipbuilder .. .Nichols Bros. Boat Builders

Vessel type Harbor Tractor Tug

Owner/Operator. .Vessel Management Services Inc. /

Crowley Marine Services

Designer

Flag

Guido Perla & Associates, Inc.

USA

Number of sister ships 5

Contract date May 1997

Float out date September 1998

Delivery date September 1998

Length, o.a 105 ft. (32 m)

Length, b.p 97 ft. (30 m)

Breadth, molded 36 ft. (II m)

Gross tonnage 366 ITC, 275 RGT

Displacement 582 LT

Engine controls Kobelt

Steering controls Voith-Schneider

Deck machinery Markey Equipment Co.

Shafting Voith-Schneider

Bearings Cooper Split-bearings

Coatings International Paint

VHF radio SEA

Radar Furuno

Compass Azimuth

GPS Trimble

Autopilot Robertson

Pumps Pump Industries

Heat Exchangers Fernstrum

Air conditioning Novenco

Liferafts Swillik

Fendering Schuyler

Mini-Slide System for

Liferafts

DBC Marine Safety Systems has introduced a new mini-slide system in conjunction with its con- ventional IBAs and liferafts. The mini-slide has been designed to meet USCG and international reg- ulations for evacuating passengers from low freeboard vessels in the safest and quickest method avail- able. The mini-slide is available in two different sizes to work on free- board heights of up to eight ft. and 13 ft. Packaged in a lightweight and compact valise, the mini-slide is portable and can be deployed from any evacuation station.

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SHIPYARDS

Pier 94 - 203 East Esplanade

North Vancouver, B.C.

Canada V7L 4J5

Telephone: (604) 988-7444

Fax: (604) 990-5099

Email: [email protected]

VICTORIA

SHIPYARDS 825 Admirals Road

Victoria, B.C.

Canada V9A 2P1

Telephone: (250) 380-1602

Fax: (250) 995-6599

Email: [email protected]

A Washington Company

Circle 356 on Reader Service Card 1 / Marine Deck Hardware |1 / and Equipment • ANCHORS: • 50 to 60.000 Lbs. - New and Used

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PH: (310) 522-9698

FAX: (310) 522-1043

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What only fish can see ...

Top quality steering • Maximum manoeuvrability

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P.O. Box 2061 2930 AB Krimpen a/d Lek

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Tel.: +31(0)180 511577

Fax: +31(0)180 511578

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet: www.vdvelden.nl

Rotterdam

Agent for the U.S.A.

Ships Machinery International Inc. 8357 N.W. 56 Street

Miami FL 33166 USA

Tel.: (+1)305 592 7350

Fax: (+1)305 5918223

E-mail: [email protected]

Internet: www.shipmachinery.com

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Bilge Water Systems

Coast Guard / IMO Approved

Lightweight / Non-ferrous

Fully Automatic Low Cost

Oil/Water Separators

Non-ferrous 10 to 50 gpm

Fully Automatic

Ozone Air & Water

Systems

Odor Control

Water Purification

Economical / Lightweight

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