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Moran Gets Veson

Nautical IMOS

Veson Nautical, a maritime software developer, announced that its Integrated

Maritime Operations System (IMOS) has been selected by Moran Towing Corpora- tion. Moran will utilize Veson's solution to organize and manage commercial marine operations for its Dry Bulk and

Petroleum Divisions onto one centralized, user-friendly platform. Moran will install the full suite of IMOS modules and will also be upgrading to Microsoft's Navision v4.01. The new system is expected to be up and running by mid-to-late September 2006.

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Construction Starts on Casino Barges

The Houston Business Journal has reported that J. Ray McDermott Inc has begun construction on two specialty barges for Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

The two casino barges currently under construction will become part of Harrah's

Horseshoe Casino expansion project in

Hammond, Ind.

Each measures 276 ft. long by 102 ft. wide and 22 ft. deep, with a weight of about 1,700 tons. They will be combined with four other barges being built else- where to create a 564-ft. long, 320-ft. wide casino vessel.

JeffLabs Signs

Agreement

JeffLabs, an affiliate of American

Commercial Lines Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Jeppesen

Marine to perform river trials of Jeppesen

Marine's navigation software in conjunc- tion with American Commercial Barge

Line LLC under a beta test agreement between the two parties. Jerry Linzey,

Senior Vice President Manufacturing for

ACL said, "We are pleased with our agreement with Jeppesen.

This technology holds many opportuni- ties for the marine industry." The ACL affiliate, launched last November, was chartered to bring technology to the trans- portation industry.

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The 300-ton travel lift at Conrad Indus- tries Morgan City facility is a major attraction to Gulf Coast crew boat opera- tors. Shallow waters in the area add to the heavy usage that crewboats receive con- tributes to a steady demand for quick haul outs and timely below waterline repairs.

The yards large upland area is another attraction as it provides ample storage space for vessels undergoing major over- hauls.

This latter is the case with a series of six vessels recently acquired by Seacor

Marine as part of their larger take-over of the Seabulk fleet. The six crewboats were each powered by four electronically con- trolled 1,100 hp two-cycle engines turning at 2,100 rpm that were getting only about 6,000 hours before requiring a rebuild.

Seacor decided to repower the vessels with Cummins KTA38 M1 engines that deliver 1,100 hp at 1800 rpm. According to Seacor project manager Joe McCall, these engines will routinely deliver 25,000 hours between rebuilds.

The repowers presented some chal- lenges however. The smaller diameter shafts on the vessels would not handle the larger diameter props that the higher torque of the Cummins engines will deliv- er. To allow for this, Joe McCall said, "We decided to tweak the props and turn the them faster so we have gone with a 2:1 reduction rather than the 2.36 and 2.55 reductions on the old 2,100 RPM engines.

Two of the boats had one reduction and the other four had the second.

In June the Seabulk St. Tammany was undergoing the first change out of her four engines. The job will to be completed by the end of July with the other five boats scheduled over the coming months.

Seacor Repowers at Conrad

Barge New Hampshire in New York Harbor.

Barge New Hampshire in New York Harbor.

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