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Cement Carrier

ESG Delivers Escort Tug Triton

LNG-Powered

In early December 2015 Eastern Ship- G&H Towing Company is the owners’

Cement Carrier building Group delivered the Escort Tug onsite representative and agent during

Triton for Suderman & Young Towing the engineering, construction and de-

Company. These series of Robert Al- livery for both Suderman & Young and lan, LTD. (RAL) designed Z-Tech 2400 Bay Houston. G&H Towing Company

Class Terminal & Escort Tugs are cur- will operate the vessels after delivery. rently under construction at Eastern’s Robert Allan, LTD (RAL) of Vancouver,

Nelson Street facility. Triton (Hull B.C. provided the Z-Tech 2400 Class #235) is the ? rst of a series four Z-Tech Terminal & Escort Tugs design and

Class Terminal & Escort Tugs being engineering. G&H Towing’s ? eet cur- constructed for Suderman & Young rently consists of eight “Z-Tech” tugs in

Towing Company. Eastern is also build- operation. This “Z-Tech” incorporates ing another identical series of four tugs the latest technology for escort service

TRITON Z-Tech Main Particulars for Bay-Houston Towing Company. and ship assist.

Length, o.a. ......................................................80 ft.

Breadth.......................................................38.25 ft.

Depth ..........................................................15.75 ft.

Total HP .............................5,150 HP @ 1,600 RPM

Main Engines (2) Cat 3516C (B rating) Tier 3 Main

Propulsion ........... (2) Schottel Model SRP 1215FP ...................................................in Nozzles Z-Drives

Main Generators ........(2) John Deere 4045AFM85 ............................Tier 3, 99kW 480V @ 1800 RPM ...................................marine diesel generator sets

Hawser Winch ............................Markey Machinery ..........................................Fairleader 50HP Electric .........................Model DEPCF-48S, 36” wide Drum

Ferus Smit ......Mid-drum brake holding capacity 300,000 lbs

Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit deliv-

Classi? cation ....................ABS +A1, Towing Vessel, ered what it is calling the world’s ? rst ...................AMS and Escort Service ABS Loadline

LNG-powered cement tanker, MV .............................(SoC), Statement of Compliance

Greenland. The delivery was preced-

Flag .....................................................................USA ed by an extensive program of trials and tests in which the proper working and safety of all systems was veri? ed.

LNG-ready Tanker Delivered to Crowley

On December 23, MV Greenland left the harbor of Delfzijl on its ? rst com-

Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken de- The 50,000 dwt, 330,000-barrel- (ABS) LNG-Ready Level 1 approval, mercial voyage to Rostock where it livery of Texas, the second of four new capacity Texas joins sister ship Ohio, meaning Crowley has the option to con- was scheduled to receive its ? rst ce-

Jones Act product tankers from Philly which was received by Crowley in Oc- vert the tanker to lique? ed natural gas ment load.

Shipyard, Inc. (PSINC), the sole operat- tober, as the ? rst ever tankers to receive (LNG) propulsion in the future. The re-

M.V. Greenland is a dedicated ce- ing subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA. the American Bureau of Shipping’s maining two product tankers being built ment carrier build for the joint ven- by PSINC (formerly known as Aker ture JT cement, in which Erik Thun

Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc.) for Crow-

AB cooperates with KG Jebsen Ce- ley are under construction with planned ment from Norway.

deliveries in 2016.

According to the shipbuilder, the

The new 50,000 dwt product tankers vessel is the ? rst ever dry cargo ves- are based on a Hyundai Mipo Dock- sel with an LNG fueled propulsion yards (HMD) design which incorporates system and LNG tanks integrated in- numerous fuel ef? ciency features, ? ex- side the hull. The design incorporates ible cargo capability and the latest regu- a pressurized LNG tank positioned in latory requirements. The vessel is 600 the foreship.

ft. long and is capable of carrying crude

The cement cargo system consists oil or re? ned petroleum products. of a fully automated cement loading

Crowley’s Seattle-based, naval archi- and unloading system, based on ? u- tecture and marine engineering subsid- idization of cement by means of com- iary Jensen Maritime is providing con- pressed air. The cement can be loaded struction management services for the and unloaded fully enclosed through product tankers. pipes, thus dust-free.

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