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12Maritime Reporter & Engineering News St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. delivered two custom built twin screw push tugs, the Lady Shayne and the LadyDashelle, for Smithbridge of BrisbaneAustralia. These 25-ft. tugs feature twin John Deere model diesel engines with acombined rating of 600hp and conven- tional shaft drives with reversing gears. ?The Lady Shayne and Lady Dashellewill be assigned to a very high profile marine construction site in Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia where a new bulk liq- uid terminal is being built to accommo- date tankers,? said Ron Mason, Marine Operations Manager and New Construc- tion Projects Manager for Smithbridge. The Shayne and Dashelle will handlethe 160-ft by 80-ft piling barge as it goes through the piling process for the termi- nal. In addition to these newbuilds, St. Johns Ship Building will begin work on a second pair of identical tugs, as well as apair of 39-ft truckable tugs, for Smith-bridge. The Smithbridge Group special- izes in civil and marine design and construction and operates in Australia, New Zealand, Guam and New Caledonia. Smithbridge has been recognized for itsengineering innovations, outstanding job performance and high safety standards byorganizations such as the Civil Contrac- tors Federation, the Institution of Profes-sional Engineers NZ, the StructuralEngineering Society of New Zealand and the Guam Contractor?s Association. Main ParticularsLength, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.8 ft. Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 ft. (Outside of fenders) Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.5 ft. Main Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x John Deere Model Gearboxes . . . . . . . . . . .2x Twin Disc, Ratio= 2.88:1 Tailshafts . . . . . . .2x 2 ¾ ?Diameter Crest Aqua Met Rudder Shafts . . . .2x 2 ¾? Diameter Crest Aqua Met Flanking Rudders .2x 2 ¾? Diameter Crest Aqua Met Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x 35?X22?X4 Blades Forward Deck Winches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x 20t Navigation Mast . . . . .Collapsible for transportation Bilge System . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x 12volt Bilge Pumps Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kobelt Hydraulic Raidco Delivers Four Patrol Boats Raidco Marine delivered four of the first of a series of 11 Patrol Boats to the Gendarmerie Nationale. Designed by Ca-marc, the new patrol boat has been sold by Raidco Marine, Lorient, and built by Ufast in Quimper, France. With new fea- tures for monitoring and intervention, this 33-knot, 11m patrol boat is different from previous patrol boats delivered by Raidco Marine. Using VSMP modeling (virtual symmetric multiprocessing ar- chitecture) these vessels are designed to provide coastal surveillance missions in the nautical band 5 and are unsinkable.Thanks to its hard chine deep V-shaped hull the vessel combines high perform- ance and exceptional sea keeping quali- ties for its patrolling roles and is capableof reaching high chase speeds. The UFC 11.00 Alu is powered by twin Yanmar 6 LPA STP 315 hp engines @ 3800 rpm coupled to twin Ultra Dynamics? UltraJet UJ305s waterjets via ZF63 reduction gearboxes; during sea trials the patrol boat reached a speed of 34 knots. Reverse and steering is via an Ultra Dynamicshydro-mechanical control system. NEWSVESSELSSt. Johns Delivers Tugs for Australian Terminal Project MR March 12 # 2 (9-16):MR Template 3/5/2012 9:13 AM Page 12