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Bollinger To Construct Pair of

Vessels For Seacor Marine

Bollinger Shipyards has been granted a contract to build two 145.5 ft. (44.3 m) supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas. Construction will commence at Bollinger's Lockport. La. facility in April and May with delivery of the vessels scheduled for November and December 2001. Yet-to-be-named, each vessel will measure 145.5 ft. (44.3 m), with a 36 ft. (10.9 m) beam and maximum drafts of 10 ft. (3 m). They will be powered by two Cummins K.TA- 38MO diesel engines developing a total of 1.500 bhp at 1,600 rpm, driving

Bollinger 72-in. x 57-in. stainless steel propellers through Twin Disc reverse/reduction gears.

Two 99 kW Cummins generators dri- ven by two Cummins diesels will pro- duce electrical power in each. Two

Quincy air compressors in each utility boat will start their engines, while a

Schottel bowthruster driven by Cum- mins N-14 engine will provide addition-

O' al maneuverability.

Each vessel will boast 2,800 sq. ft. of aft deck space with a maximum deck load of 390 tons, as well as four mud tanks with a total capacity of 50,000 gal- lons of liquid drilling muds. Navigation and communications equipment onboard will be comprised of two JRC 48 mile radars; Fururno GPS; Comnav autopilot; Furuno radio; Standard Hori- zon Intrepid VHF radios with two remotes; and one Loudhailer with exte- rior hailer horns.

Blount/Barker Pens

Tug Contract

Blount/Barker Shipbuilding signed a contract with Buchanan Marine for the construction of an 85 ft. (25.9 m), 2,400 hp all welded. Twin Screw tug. The tug's hull and superstructure plans have been contracted via Bristol Harbor Marine

Design, which will utilize CAD/CNC technology for all lofting and cutting.

The tug will be keel cooled and equipped with two, four-blade stainless steel propellers measuring 70-78-in., as well as two pushing winches and an

Almond Johnson towing machine. The tug is scheduled to commence construc- tion in early April for a November com- pletion.

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Rolls-Royce Designs Selected

For 53 OSV's

UT-Designs and packages of equip- ment from Rolls-Royce have been cho- sen for 53 offshore service vessels (OSVs) during the past year. The trans- action represents 70 percent of orders placed during the year and is the largest in this sector of the company since the mid-1970s. Twelve of these vessels were ordered just before the end of 2000 and will be worth $57.9 million to

Rolls-Royce — bringing the total value of these contracts to the company to $246.3 million. The vessels, 16 of which are powerful anchor handlers, will be built in shipyards in Brazil, China, Den- mark, Japan, Korea, Norway and Singa- pore; delivery dates will extend well into 2003. With the market favorite plat- form supply vessel leaning toward the

UT755 in standard or long versions 19 are on order. The long-established

UT745 retains its popularity, with diesel electric versions also available.

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