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News • Vessel of the Month

Bollinger Delivers Supply Boat to Seacor

Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, La., has delivered the Seacor Madison, the first of three 207-ft., 4,750 bhp supply boats to Seacor Marine, Inc., Houston,

Tex. It will be followed by two others of

Seacor's new President Class offshore support vessels (OSV), Seacor

Washington and Seacor Jefferson.

The boats are part of Bollinger's new 220 Class OSVs that are designed to provide more cargo capacities, more versatility, more options and lower oper- ating costs than larger vessels.

Classed by ABS, Seacor Madison measures 207 x 53 x 19 ft. (63 x 16.1 x 5.7 m), has a light draft of 6.5 ft. (1.9 m), and a loaded draft of 16.2 ft. (4.9 m).

Two Caterpillar 3516B diesels devel- oping a total of 4.750 bhp at 1.600 rpm driving two Steerprop SP25 azimuthing propulsors supplied by Karl Senner, Inc. provide propulsion. Two 370 kW gener- ators driven by two Caterpillar 3408 diesels produce electricity. The vessel is also equipped with a 95 kW generator as part of its Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) classification. Two 1.000 hp

SMI bow thrusters driven by two

Caterpillar 3508B diesels aid maneuver- ability and station keeping. Bow thruster noise is reduced by a Sound Down noise damping system. All of the Caterpillar engines were supplied by Louisiana

Machinery, Inc.

The vessel's cargo deck has a clear area of 6,525 sq. ft. capable of carrying 1,380 long tons. Some other capacities are: 169,774 gallons of drill water; 106,129 gallons of ballast water; 155,313 gallons of fuel oil; 2,296 gal- lons of lube oil; 1,155 gallons of hydraulic oil, and 2,498 gallons of sewage. A partial list of electronics and controls includes: a Simrad DPS-2 ves- sel control; a Furuno GPS; SteerProp engine controls; two JRC radars; an A3

GMDSS radio system; a Bogen public address system; OFE Globe Offshore internet E-mail; a Standard Horizon

VHF and loudhailer, and a JRC speed log.

Other equipment includes a Coastal

Marine anchor windlass, a Stang 1,900

GPM fire monitor with a Crane

Demming pump driven by a Caterpillar 3508B diesel; six 16-man inflatable life rafts; a SOLAS rigid inflatable boat (RIB) with a 50 HP motor, and a

Headhunter 36-person marine sanitation device.

Air-conditioned and heated accommo- dations are provided for 26 people in 11 cabins, all with private heads. A double bed hospital is also included and the boat's galley can serve 12 persons at a time.

Bollinger delivers the Seacor Madison, the first of three 207-ft., supply boats to Seacor

Marine, Inc. It will be followed by two others of Seacor's new President Class offshore support vessels (OSV), the Seacor Washington and Seacor Jefferson.

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Just two weeks after delivering

Carnival Cruise Lines' new 110,000-ton

Carnival Glory, Fincantieri laid the first in a series of approximately 50 building blocks for a sister ship, Carnival Valor on July 10, 2003. The new 952-ft. (290.1-m), 2,974-passenger Carnival

Valor, which is being constructed at

Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard, is expected to enter service in December 2004.

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