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The Dakota Creek-built R/V Sally Ride. strong relations throughout the company and preparing participants for their fu- ture career path. The company also pro- vides internships for college students.

Matson Navigation Company, Inc., a subsidiary of container shipper Matson,

Inc., recently signed a contract with

NASSCO to build two new combination container and roll-on/roll-off (Con-Ro) vessels for its Hawaii ? eet at a contract price of $511 million for both vessels with deliveries scheduled for the end of 2019 and mid-year 2020. Matson is call- ing these vessels the Kanaloa Class in honor of the ocean deity revered in the native Hawaiian culture and will name each of the new vessels after predecessor ships from its 134-year history. The ? rst tally safe double hull fuel tanks, fresh to reserve status. With delivery of the Washington & Alaska, headquartered at vessel will be named Lurline, the sixth water ballast systems and dual-fuel en- Kanaloa Class ships, along with its two 5555 N. Channel Ave., Portland, Ore.

Matson vessel to carry that name, while gines, meaning that they will be able to new Aloha Class ships, Matson will have Vigor has been an active consolidator the second vessel will be its ? fth named operate at speeds up to 23 knots on either completed the renewal of its Hawaii of West Coast shipbuilding and repair

Matsonia.

conventional fuel oils or lique? ed natu- ? eet, allowing it to retire its seven older assets in recent years, and today the

The Kanaloa Class vessels will be built ral gas (LNG) with some adaptation for steamship vessels that will no longer company employs 2500, with 70 current on a 3,500 TEU vessel platform, which LNG. These advancements are impor- comply with environmental regulations openings. Vigor is an increasingly diver- is 265m long, 34.9m wide (beam), with a tant to Hawaii as a means to reduce fuel in 2020 without substantial modi? cation. si? ed company offering shipbuilding, deep draft of 11.5m and enclosed garage consumption, and will result in signi? - high performance aluminum vessels, space for up to 800 vehicles. In addition, cant emissions reductions over time. Vigor ship repair, blasting and coating, ma- the new vessels will have state-of-the-art

The two Kanaloa Class ships will re- Go north on the U.S. Paci? c Coast and chining and complex fabrication servic- green technology features, including a place three diesel powered vessels in you will ? nd another innovator in the es at 10 locations throughout the Paci? c fuel ef? cient hull design, environmen- active service, which will be moved form of Vigor, with locations in Oregon, Northwest and Alaska. It is motivated

Bay State Construction at General Dynamics NASSCO.

Photo: NASSCO Photo: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego 24 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • SEPTEMBER 2016

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