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14 • MarineNews • February, 2006 NEWS eye upper pilothouse. It will be maintained to ABS Class stan- dards. The John H. Malik will work exclusive- ly on a long term charter towing oil barges for a petroleum transportation company located in the Northeast. Trinity, Ingram in Barge Agreement Trinity Marine Products has reached a long-term agreement to provide barges to Ingram Barge Company. The contract calls for the construction of dry cargo units for a number of years. Small Yard, Big Boat The Bayou Country of Louisiana has a reputation as a place where great boats are built in small yards. When Richard Adams Sr. opened his Lockport Fabrication yard on the bank of Bayou Lafourche at Lock- port in 1979 he became a part of that tra- dition. Now, at 72 years of age, he comes in every day to work with his son Richard "Dickie" Adams Jr. Over the years the two men have launched a lot of boats from their yard. Recently, when they launched the supply vessel Bertha D stern first, her166-ft. length nearly reached to the opposite bank of the bayou. Designed by naval architect Frank Basil of Houma La., for owners Supreme Services also of Houma, the boat has a 36-ft. beam and a 14-ft. molded depth. The hull is fabricated from .75 and 1.5-in. steel plate. Contained in the hull is tankage for 2,500 barrels of liquid mud, 33,000 gallons of methanol, 60,000 gallons of fuel, 20,000 gallons of potable water and 800 gallons of lube oil. Seven ballast tanks have a capacity for a total of 38,000 gallons. Propulsion for the Berth D is provided by a pair of Cummins KTA38 M0 main engines each generating 850 hp at 1,800 rpm. The mains turn 70-in. four blade Michigan propellers through ZF4660 marine gears with 5.5:1 reduction. A pair of Cummins 6CTA-powered 99 kW gen sets provide electrical and pumping power. The drop down azimuthing bow thruster that supports the DP1 equipped boat is powered by hydraulics driven by a 350 hp Cummins QSM11 engine that also powers the fire monitor pump and the hydraulic anchor winch. About 40 ft. from the stern of the large open cargo deck and just to the port side of the keel line, a plate can be removed to reveal a 30-inch diameter moon pool for use when working with divers and other subsurface events in rough weather. The Bertha D will be delivered in March of this year. It is the first to two supply ves- sels for the same owner with the second to deliver at the end of 2006. Circle 201 on Reader Service Card FEBRUARY MN2006 2(9-16).qxd 2/6/2006 12:35 PM Page 14
