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Donjon Shipbuilding Floats Tug in Presque Isle Bay Late last year Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair floated the 135-ft., 10,500-hp tug- boat Ken Boothe Sr. in Presque Isle Bay. The vessel was moved from Donjon Ship- building’s 1250- ft. graving dock to a wet berth within the facility where final con- struction and out- fitting of the vessel will be completed in mid-February 2011. The vessel is named for Mr. Kenneth Boothe, Sr., former President of Donjon Ship- building and Repair, who passed away suddenly last June. Shaver Shipdocking Tug Capilano Maritime Design completed the design of an 80 aft. Columbia Class ASD Ship aDocking Tug for Shaver Transportation Company. The tug is being built by Diversified Marine Inc., and will be the most powerful in Shaver’s fleet when delivered in 2011. Power will be provided by two high aspeed MTU/Detroit Diesel 16V4000 M61 main engines, each rated 2,680 bhp at 1,800 rpm. Each engine drives a Schottel SRP1215 360 degree azimuthing thruster with 94.5-in. diameter fixed pitch pro- peller. Ship adocking will be performed by a heavy duty Hawser winch from Markey Machinery. New Wind Farm Support Catamarans BMT Nigel Gee Ltd signed a design and development contract for the con- struction of an initial batch of four Wind Farm Support Catamarans to be built by VeKa Shipbuilding BV at its yard in Jongert for operation by SeaZip Offshore Service BV. SeaZip Offshore Service BV is a Dutch company founded in 2010 by the shipping entrepreneurs J.R. Arends and S. D. Schakelaar to focus on the de- velopment and operation of specialized vessels for the Offshore Renewable In- dustry in European waters. SeaZip has identified the need for a new design of Wind Farms Support vessel to service their target market and selected BMT as the world’s leading independent designer of catamarans to undertake the design in conjunction with VeKa. The 19.5 x 7 m catamarans will be powered by two 720kW MTU diesel engines via waterjets to achieve a service speed of 24 knots and a range of 300 nm. The design has been specifically configured to meet SeaZip’s requirement to carry 12 passengers and enable the vessels to carry a combination of up to three standard 10-ft. ISO con- tainers, one aft & two forward. January 2011 www.marinelink.com 11
