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Gobbler at a glance ...

Recovery Rate: 16 tph

Recovery Capacity: 2,674 bpd

LOA: 8.85 meters

Endurance: 120 nm

Bladder Capacity: up to 3,500 gallons

Tons: 3.25 tonnes

Top Speed: 23 KT

Fuel Capacity: 360 liters

Meet The ‘Gobbler’

Design Approval: LR

In collaboration with Naval Architects Laurent transportable, lightweight, highly maneuverable,

Giles Ltd, a team of boatbuilders has developed a environmentally friendly, safe and simple to oper- ? berglass response vessel that is designed to rap- ate with minimum crew/operational costs. Ideal for idly and effectively recovers spilled oil. The boat, operations at new oil ? eld sites with no pipelines introduced earlier this year, underwent tank test- ashore, it is especially useful around storage/trans- ing over a continuous six month period – in sea fer barges when “over-spills” occur.

states varying from calm to 2.5 meters. With a ? - Gobbler ? ts the hold space of transport aircraft nal design that is Lloyds Register approved for use for rapid transit to isolated locations, and the vessel 60 nautical miles from shore or the mother ship, can be carried by commercial or passenger vessels the vessel and project have full backing of Lloyds and larger ocean going oil spill vessels, for im-

Registry and the “Clean Seas” Environmental Pro- mediate response to incidents at sea. Because the gram. The vessel’s creators have also applied for vessel does not carry recovered oil on board, the

U.S. Coast Guard approvals. Billed as a revolu- U.S. Coast Guard has ruled that mandatory surveys tionary way to help combat oil spills, UK-based for similarly sized craft do not apply. The impor-

Gobbler Boats Ltd. has proven that the vessel that tant waiver saves both time and money for cash can remove light and heavy oils from water sur- strapped municipalities and spill co-ops. The ves- faces in offshore and coastal environments. Carry- sels are currently built in the UK, but addressing ing nine unique patents, granted and pending in the Jones Act issues, a manufacturing facility in Ari-

UK and United States, the Gobbler is small, easily zona is also planned.

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