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Bay Delivers Self-unloading Barge

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding’s vice delivered a newly built self-unloading president and general manager, Todd barge to VanEnkevort Tug & Barge Thayse, noted that the Sturgeon Bay, for operation on the Great Lakes. The Wis. has always provided repair ser- new barge, named Michigan Trader, vices to VTB and built the hull for its measures 740 ft. in length, 78 ft. in ? rst new tug the Joyce VanEnkevort.

beam, and 45 ft. in depth. The barge Utilizing materials and parts from

Sanmar has a 265-ft. unloading boom and suppliers across the Midwest, the

Seychelles Ports Authority takes capacity for up to 37,000 long tons project’s supply chain includes local

Delivery of Tug from Sanmar of cargo. suppliers such as Broadwind Heavy

Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) complet-

David Groh, president of VanEn- Industries of Manitowoc, Wis. which ed technical acceptance of a new azimuth kevort Tug & Barge, said Michigan built the Michigan Trader’s 265-ft. stern drive (ASD) tug from Sanmar Ship-

Trader will be the fourth self-unload- boom. Northern Machine & Repair yards. The latest addition is another of the

Sanmar ? agship RAmparts 2400SX, de- ing barge in the company’s Great Inc. provided its hatch covers, and th signed by Robert Allan Limited exclusively

Lakes ? eet. The barge will be the 10 Marine Travelift in Sturgeon Bay, for Sanmar and designated the Bogacay in the VTB ? eet, with services on the Wis. manufactured the cargo hatch

XLI. Measuring 24.4 x 11.25m with a

Great Lakes, Mississippi River and crane along with many more local maximum draft of 5.7m, the new tug

Gulf of Mexico. parts and services.

is powered by pair of Caterpillar 3512C main engines, each developing 1,765kW at 1,800 rpm driving Rolls-Royce type US 255 FP azimuth drives with carbon shafts turning 2,400mm diameter propellers in- side high ef? ciency nozzles with stainless steel inner surfaces. Auxiliary generator sets are also by Caterpillar – a pair of 99ekW 400V 50Hz C4.4s.

The port side main engine also powers the pump that feeds the external ? re- ? ghting system with a FFS supplied moni- tor capacity of 1,200m3/h located at the forward end of the bridge deck.

This machinery combination delivers a bollard pull of 60 tonnes and a free- running speed of 12 knots.

Photo: Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

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