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Photo: Austal Photo: WSDOT 2 4 CMA CGM yacht, Crystal Endeavor, with the cutting 7. Modutech ’s Work Boat Medium of the ? rst piece of steel at their Stralsund The United States Navy requires ef? cient site. and handy boats to support the ? eet. John

Myers of the naval architect ? rm Hockema & Whalen and Associates have developed 6 . Lucky 13 The ? nal vessel has been named in a se- a 30 by 15-foot tug with a 5.5-ft. draft. Cur- ries of 13 chemical and product tankers rently the Navy has 24 of these tugs, des- ordered by Stena Bulk at the Guangzhou ignated Work Boat Medium, on order from

Shipbuilding International (GSI) shipyard. Modutech Marine Inc. of Tacoma, Wash..

The 50,000 dwt MR tanker Stena Impero The ? rst was delivered in December of was named on recent in Guangzhou, Chi- 2017 with the others to follow in regu- na, completing a series of newbuilds or- lar deliveries through to December 2019. dered at Chinese shipyard GSI in 2012 for Power for the boats is courtesy of a pair $508 million. The 183m Stena Impero was of Cummins QSL 9 diesels each deliver- scheduled to be delivered to owner Stena ing 285 HP continuous duty. The engines

Bulk on February 7, after which the ves- will turn nozzled 39- by 36-inch propellers sel will make its maiden voyage carrying a through ZF W325 gears with 3:1 reduction. cargo of vegetable oils from Asia to Europe Triple shutter-type rudders are mounted and joining its 12 delivered sister vessels in behind each prop. The combined 570 HP the transport of re? ned petroleum products, will give the 30-foot tugs a 17,500-pound chemicals and vegetable oils. bollard pull. 5 Photo: © MV WERFTEN www.marinelink.com 63

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