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The IRS inspected engines will be deliv- ered from October 2010 to March 2011.

Volvo Penta is the first imported engine manufacturer in India to offer IRS ap- proved engines. Sesa Goa themselves will build three barges and the balance will be built by Waterways shipyard, Goa and Vinayaga shipyard, Mumbai.

U.S. Barge Delivers

Another Double-Hull

U.S. Barge delivered another petroleum barge to Harley Marine Services. The

Barge Anne Elizabeth, designed by El- liott Bay Design Group, was christened on October 4, 2010 by her namesake,

Anne Elizabeth Hall. Barge Anne Eliza- beth measures 241 ft x 64.5 ft, with a depth of 23.5 ft. The barge has a carrying capacity of 31,500 barrels. The double- hulled barge is OPA 90-compliant, with vapor collection piping. The barge has two isolated cargo systems. The main cargo is intended to be fuel oil, and the auxiliary system will handle marine gas oil (MGO). All outfitting was completed in-house by U.S. Barge. Barge Anne

Elizabeth is outfitted with a 65-ft, fixed boom and an 11 ton hydraulic crane with main and auxiliary winches. Hydraulic power is provided by twin pressure-com- pensated pumps with electronic clutches.

The barge contains a state of the art mon- itoring system with tank sensors and alarms, and a vapor control system.

This new addition to the Harley Marine

Services’ fleet carries on their longstand- ing tradition of naming barges for heroes in the fight against cystic fibrosis. Anne

Elizabeth Hall was born in 1997 and, shortly thereafter, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

VT Halter Delivers PSV

VT Halter Marine delivered the second

Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for L&M

Botruc Rental Inc. Construction of the vessel began in the second quarter of 2008. Like its sister ship, the PSV will carry supplies, deck cargo, and drilling fluids used to support offshore energy ex- ploration and production. The vessel measures 230 x 56 ft., and 18 ft. in depth.

PSVs are highly automated and contain sophisticated control and monitoring sys- tems. Each vessel is equipped with a DP- 2 that provides precise maneuvering capability using a combination of thrusters equipped with controllable pitch propellers.

First U.S. Offshore Wind

Energy Lease

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Cape Wind Associates, LLC signed the nation’s first lease for commercial wind energy development on the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS) on Oct. 6. The area offered in the lease is comprised of 25 square miles on the OCS in Nantucket

Sound offshore Massachusetts. The 130 planned wind turbines could generate a maximum electric output of 468 MW with an average anticipated output of 182

MW. At average expected production,

Cape Wind could produce enough energy to power more than 200,000 homes in

Massachusetts. The site of the project on

Horseshoe Shoals lies outside shipping channels, ferry routes and flight paths but is adjacent to power-consuming coastal communities. The Cape Wind energy project would be the first wind farm on the OCS, potentially generating enough power to meet 75 percent of the electric- ity demand for Cape Cod, Martha’s Vine- yard and Nantucket Island combined.

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