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www.marinelink.com 93Mexico Offshore & Subsea Support Ser- vices Center.? With a several vessels delivered, from pushboats to OSVs, Joe Gregory?s New Generation Shipyard in Houma Louisi-ana, is now a well-recognized shipyard. Early this summer, the yard delivered one of its signature 72 x 30-ft. push-boats, with a sistership well on the way for a September delivery. The Lisa Gail Strafuss carries the well know Blessey Marine stack logo and is well sized and Þ tted out for pushing fuel barges in both the canals along the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River system. A pair of grid-cooled Cummins K38-M main en-gines provides main power. Recognized as the industry standard for towboats of this size, the engines each deliver 1,000 hp at 1,800 fpm to Kahlenberge 72 x 58-in. propellers on 7-in. shafts through Twin Disc MG540 gears with ratios of 5.96:1.Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has been award-ed a contract to build two 155,000-barrel capacity barges and two 6,000 HP tugs for Kirby Corporation. The vessels are to be operated as Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB) units and will haul petroleum and chemical products domestically. The Þ rst ATB unit is scheduled for delivery in the Fall of 2016 and the second unit will be delivered in Summer of 2017. Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. re-cently delivered a multi-mission 66-ft. all-aluminum Shallow Draft Crab and Salmon Tender to the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC). Designed by Kvichak Marine to the mission speciÞ cations of NSEDC, the 66 x 25-ft. vessel is intended for very shal-low draft crab and salmon tendering op-erations in the Norton Sound region, and will draw just 4.5 ft. when fully loaded. The vessel is powered by twin Cummins QSM11 marine diesel engines each rated for 450 bhp at 2,100 rpm and coupled to ZF 360 transmissions driving NiBrAl 4-blade propellers. The Paul C. Johnson is the Þ rst of its kind tender vessel built to classiÞ cation society rules applicable to tender vessels of this type and holds a Class CertiÞ cate per RINA. Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., recently announced the next step in its ongoing ß eet expansion with the con- struction of two 6000-hp ATB tugs. These newbuilds, the M/V Bouchard Boys and the M/V Evening Light, will be equipped with Intercon Coupler Systems and constructed by VT Halter Marine, Inc. Measuring 130 x 38 x 22 ft., these 6,000-hp Twin Screw ATB Tugs will be classed by ABS as XA1 Ocean Towing, Dual Mode ATB, USCG Subchapter C, both will be built with Tier III engines and Lufkin gears. With the addition of these two new tugs, Bouchard?s ß eet will be equipped with Intercon from 80,000 bbls to 250,000 bbls. The new tugs will be married up to two existing Bouchard barges. Felipe Lamego, President & CEO of DeepFlex, at the announcement of the deal between DeepFlex, Offshore In- land, and the Port of Pensacola. MR #8 (90-97).indd 93MR #8 (90-97).indd 938/7/2014 10:01:11 AM8/7/2014 10:01:11 AM