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WINCHES

MARKEY MACHINE LOGS

MULTIPLE RECENT CONTRACT WINS

McAllister Towing placed an order A two-speed CEW-60 electric capstan is Gulf LNG Tugs — a joint venture for series 240 JonRie Escort Winches also included. Designed by Washburn & comprised of Bay-Houston Towing, to be installed aboard the tugs Vicki M. Doughty, Hull #138 is a 6770HP ASD tug Moran Towing Corp. and Suderman &

McAllister and Janet M. McAllister for a measuring 93 feet by 38 feet. The new Young Towing Company — placed or- tug modi? cation job. The JonRie Series tug is scheduled for delivery in 2025. ders for four new escort tugs to serve the 240 Escort Winch develops 15 tons of Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) Port Arthur LNG export facility in Texas. bare-drum line pull at 75 feet/min. line recently won a contract to build four Two will be constructed by Master Boat speed, with speed increasing to 150 ft/ new escort tugs for Saltchuk Marine's Builders in Coden, Ala., and two by Ster- min. at mid-drum. The model accommo- Foss Maritime. The vessels will be ling Shipyard in Port Neches, Texas. The dates 600 feet of 8.5-in. circumference built at ESG’s Allanton and Port St. 92- by 40-ft. tugs feature a compact de- synthetic line. Brake-holding capacity is Joe facilities, in Florida, with delivery sign providing increased maneuverabili- a robust 300 tons bare-drum. Supplied expected in 2026. The 84 x 42 x 14-ft. ty in ship handling and escorting through with the winch is a skid-mounted HPU newbuilds will be RApport 2600 ship waterways and will offer a bollard pull with a 60HP/460VAC electric motor. assist/escort tugs designed by Robert capacity of more than 85 metric tonnes.

The HPU includes a counterbalance Allan Ltd. Each will be equipped with Each will feature a Markey DESF-48- valve to prevent motor overspeeding; the a Markey Machine DEPGF-52, 75HP, 100 Electric Class III hawser winch, in- unit has both a foot pedal and joystick Single Drum Class II hawser winch cluding a Render Recover feature for full for operation; safety features include an Master Boat Builders launched bollard pull capacity. emergency-release button. The winches Patricia B. Moran, a new tugboat it is will be delivered in 2025. building for Moran Towing Corpora-

McAllister Towing also recently or- tion, based in New Canaan, Conn. The dered a Markey Machine winch and newbuild is one of two 86-foot (LOA) capstan for the fourth ASD tug of a class- tugs the Coden, Ala. shipbuilder is build series being built at Washburn & building for Moran. Ordered in 2022,

Doughty Associates. Markey is provid- the tugs were designed by Crowley En- ing a DEPCF-52-75 Class II bow haw- gineering Services and will produce a ser winch, which includes the Markey bollard pull of over 55 metric tons. The

Render/Recover system, a line-display vessel will features a Markey Machine screen and a stainless-steel brake drum. bow winch (DEPC-48).

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