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Black Magic

Sauter Carbon Offset Design intro- duces Black Magic, a vessel the company describes as a zero carbon vessel that points to the way future tankers is de- signed to reduce their GHG emissions by 6 billion tons over the next 20 years.

Black Magic is a 4,000 ton Solar hybrid

Vessel that reduces GHG emissions by 75 to 100% by harnessing energy from the sun, wind and waves. It features Mer- cedes Benz/MTU Bluetec engines.

The currently available green technol- ogy present in Black Magic includes: • Mercedes Benz & MTU Bluetec diesel electric power generation; • Hydro and aerodynamic advances in wave piercing pentamaran hull design; • Azimuth counter rotating CLT high torque propeller systems; • KER & Power sailing regeneration; • State of the art fully rotational Wing

Sails; • Maximum solar cell deployment. (2,000 square meters); • Computerized energy management, maintenance & guidance.

Solar cells, power sailing regeneration and plug-in power sources charge a lithium ion storage system that runs all hotel services including AC, day and night. The same lithium UPS allows

Black Magic to achieve her maximum speed of 16 knots and navigate harbors and inland water ways with zero emis- sions.

U.S. Barge Delivers for Harley Marine

U.S. Barge recently delivered an- other high capacity petroleum barge to

Harley Marine Services. Barge Sixty-

Five Roses is a unique design from El- liott Bay Design Group. With new efficiency and voluntary environmen- tal features incorporated into the de- sign, the barge continues Harley’s pattern of continuous improvement.

Barge Sixty-Five Roses is a 422 x 76- ft. tank barge with capacity of 83,600 barrels. Outfitting requirements in- clude two vertical turbine cargo pump systems, a cargo heating system, a vapor recovery system, two hose cranes, and five hydraulic mooring winches. There are provisions for the future addition of a self-contained vapor processing unit. All outfitting was completed in house by U.S. Barge.

U.S. Barge’s facility is ideally arranged for construction of very large barges. Their buildway is 800 ft. long and served by a 600-ton gantry crane.

The company owns 150,000 sq. ft. of covered fabrication bays with high ceilings and overhead crane service.

The hull was designed for optimal per- formance under tow and reduced fuel consumption.Harley Marine Services invested in a tow tank testing program with a goal of reducing their carbon footprint. Barge Sixty-Five Roses rep- resents the flagship in this new line of barges. U.S. Barge is owned by Vigor

Industrial LLC. The company offers turn-key delivery of state-of-the-art

OPA 90 compliant barges. www.usbarge.com