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www.marinelink.com MN 43 Geo Shipyard Delivers M/V Hoover & Truman The crew boats Hoover and Truman, a pair of 36-ft catamaran crew boats, were built for Axxis Drilling Company to service their inland and near shore drilling rigs. The vessels were designed by Morrelli and Melvin Design & Engineering group in Long Beach, Calif. The boats have seating for 13 passen- gers. The seats were built and furnished by Sterlings Upholstery in New Iberia, La. The aft two seat backs on the port side fold down to form a day bed for the captain to rest between trips. The vessels have two roof top HVAC units for comfort and are powered by a Kohler 5 kW generator. The vessels electronics packages are a Furuno 1834, 10- inch color radar and GPS unit, a Garmin GPS unit, a Furuno depth sounder, a FLIRS night vision cam- era, a Ritchie compass, two Perko 10-inch spot lights and two Icom VHF radios. The vessels are USCG certified for lakes, bays and sounds for 13 passengers. The vessels are surrounded with aircraft tire bumpers. Photo courtesy Geo Shipyard, Inc. Specifications: Length, o.a. ................36 ft Beam..........................12 ft Depth ...........................3 ft Draft..........................2.7 ft Main propulsion..2x Mercury .......................300 hp each Propeller ................Mercury Generator .........Kohler 5 kW Speed...................36 knots Fuel capacity...........400 gal Potable water capacity30 gal Passenger capacity ........13 Crew................................1 Cargo capacity.....3,000 lbs Kvichak Marine Industries has recently delivered a 30-ft rapid response oil skimmer fitted with a Kvichak/Marco Pollution Control CL-1 Filterbelt oil recovery module to Administração do Porto de Sines (APS), Portugal. This is the second skimming vessel fitted with the Kvichak/Marco Filterbelt in the APS response fleet. The first was delivered in 1976 and is still in service. Construction of the skimmer was supervised at Kvichak Marine in Seattle by representatives of APS. The vessel was delivered early — less than 10 weeks from contract execution. The Kvichak 30-ft rapid-response skimmer is a shallow-water capable, near shore skimming vessel and is ide- ally suited for use on oil spills in waterways, bays and harbors. The all- aluminum skimmer is easily trailered. Powered by twin 60-70 hp outboards, the skimmer is capable of a response speed of over 17 knots and has a recovered oil capacity of 1,000 gal- lons. Specifications: Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.3 ft Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 ft Freeboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.5 ft Displacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,000 lbs Outboard engines . . . . .2x 60 hp, 4-stroke Fuel capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 gal Skimmer Delivered to Portugal Photo courtesy Kvichak Marine In December 2010 another towboat was added to the fleet of Higman Marine Services’ subsidiary, Higman Barge Lines. As with many earlier boats the M/V Baffin Bay was built by Hope Services of Dulac, La. But this boat is one of the newly designed and larger 78 by 34-ft vessels. Hull number 174 from Hope’s yard is also the 36th vessel from Hope Services for Higman. The boat continued the long estab- lished practice at Hope Services of installing a pair of 38-liter Cummins tier II compliant KTA38 engines each rated for 1,000 hp at 1,800 rpm. The engines turn into Twin Disc540 gears with 6.14:1 reduction. The two 85 kW generator sets are powered by Cummins 6BTA engines. Baffin Bay Delivered to Higman Jeff L. Yates photo courtesy Cummins Marine
