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tion, crew familiarization and test sup- port to NCPV operators.

Newbuild Orders Drop

Newbuild orders for tankers and

The new vessels are based on Da- bulkers have increased during the men’s Stan Patrol 2606 Foreign Mili- ? rst half of 2017, though overall tary Sale (FMS) design, which will be the number of orders placed in all tailored by Metal Shark to suit the re- vessel segments has more than quirements of the NCPV mission. The halved when compared to the cutter can carry out a wide range of same period in 2015, according mission pro? les including search and to VesselsValue. The most glaring rescue, border patrol, police and cus- example is in the offshore vessel toms duties, counter-narcotics opera- sector: 50 offshore vessels were tions, and securing waters of economic ordered in H1 2015, compared to importance.

zero orders during H1 2017.

The NCPV ? eet will be built at Met-

Similarly, orders for newbuild al Shark’s Franklin, La., shipyard. containerships, LNG carriers and

LPG carriers declined respectively

FBS Delivers an ATB for Kirby from 90, 26 and 18 in H1 2015 to

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) 10, 4 and 16 in H1 2017.

of Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., delivered a

Image: VesselsValue second Articulated Tug Barge unit (ATB) – Paul McLernan – and the 155,000-barrel barge 155-02 to Kirby 30” CSD “ROBERT M.WHITE”

Corporation, completing a contract

MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO.

Photo: IHC AMERICA Inc.

signed in July 2014. The 6,000-hp tug measures 123 x 38 x 22 ft. and is certi- ? ed ABS Class +A-1 Towing Service, +AMS. The 155,000 BBL barge mea- sures 521 x 72 x 41 ft. and is purpose- built to carry petroleum or chemical

STOCK (Purchase and Rental): cargoes domestically.

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