Maritime Reporter, August, 1988

<BODY> <div> Tidewater Marine Adds Four Vessels To Fleet At Cost Of $5 Million Tidewater Inc.'s marine division, Tidwater Marine Service, Inc., has acquired four vessels from the Mari- time Administration at an aggregate cost of approximately $5 million. According to Tidewater Marine president Richard M. Currence, the two 195-foot medium-horsepow- er towing/supply vessels and two 180-foot supply vessels were built in the early 1980s and feature state-of- the-art equipment and capabilities. Mr. Currence said Tidewater Marine is continually modernizing its fleet by eliminating older, non- competitive vessels and acquiring newer ones featuring up-to-date ca- pabilities. "This is the company's second vessel package purchase in six months," he added. "Five vessels were purchased in late 1987." Tidewater Inc. owns and operates one of the largest fleets of vessels supporting the international off- shore oil and gas industry. For more information and free lit- erature on Tidewater, Circle 21 on Reader Service Card B + H Bulkships Purchases 19 Vessels The Bermuda-based Bergvall + Hudner Group recently announced that its affiliate, B + H Bulkships Acquisition Corp., had finalized the purchase of 19 vessels from Canadi- an Pacific (Bermuda) Limited. The 19 vessels purchased by B + H Bulkships include eight handy- size bulk carriers, five Panamax bulk carriers and six product tank- ers. Deliveries of the vessels are expected to be completed by Sep- tember 1988. Worldwide Installations Featured In New Marine Travelift Folder Installations of 100-, 150-, 250-, and 500-ton-capacity Marine Travelift Mobile Boat Hoists world- wide are featured in an updated color folder published by Marine Travelift. Featured installations include the company's 500BFM at Abu Dhabi, the world's largest mobile boat hoist with a 1,000,000-pound capacity, ideal for shipbuilding and mainte- nance. It handles modules, hulls and complete boats. Marine Travelift's 100BFM, 150AMO and 250AMO hoists are one-man operated and require only a minimum haulout crew. They are ideal for workboats, fleet boats, barges, military boats and large pleasure craft. Installations in a va- riety of locations are included. For a copy of the folder, Form No. 3188, or for specifications on Marine Travelift's complete line of mobile boat hoists with capacities from 15 to 500 tons, Circle 44 on Reader Service Card August, 1988 21 Trinity Marine 110-Foot Harbor The Trinity Marine Group, New Orleans, La., has been awarded a contract to build a 110-foot harbor docking tug for Chevron U.S.A., Inc. The new vessel will be a twin- screw, double rudder, diesel-pow- ered tug, with Kort backing nozzles, but with the capability of ocean towing service. The all-steel vessel will be 110 feet long, with a 34-foot beam, and 16-foot molded depth. She will be powered by two 16-645E General Motors EMD diesel engines devel- oping 1,950 hp each at 900 rpm. They will drive two, four-bladed, 98-inch diameter stainless steel pro- pellers through Reinjtes reverse/ HARBOR TUG Equipment List Main engines EMD Reverse/reduction gears .... Reintjes Generator engines GM Hydraulic steering EMI Autopilot & magnetic compass . . Sperry Fire, bilge & ballast systems .... Aurora Oily water discharge Viking F/O transfer pump Aurora Standby F/O transfer pump . . . Viking Dirty oil transfer pump Vikin Engine room ventilation Hamilton Fire monitor Elkhart Capstans McElroy Tow hook Washington Chain Plumbing fixtures Crane Sanitary water pressure set ... . Myers Heat exchanger Young Air compressors Quincy Lighting Pauluhn Spotlights Carlisle-Finch Refrigerator/freezer Kenmore Electric range Kenmor Group To Build Tug For Chevron 110 TWINSCREW TUGBOAT reduction gears with a ratio of ap- proximately 4.0:1. The propellers will be placed in two 99-inch diame- ter model 37 Kort nozzles recessed into the hull to minimize tending below the baseline. The vessel will be equipped with a hydraulic steering system supplied by Engine Monitor, Inc., Harahan, La., and there will be two control stations, one in the pilothouse, and one aft on the second deck. Electrical power will be provided by two 99-kw generators driven by two Detroit Dieel 6-71 engines. One of the generators will also serve a 1,000-gpm Elkhart fire monitor mounted atop the pilothouse. It will be supplied by two 1,500-gallon storage tanks. A USCG-approved Halon flooding system will protect the engine room and four fire sta- tions will be located throughout the boat. Towing will be provided by 23,000-pound pull and 18,000- pound pull McElroy capstans mounted forward and aft. The main deck will have living quarters for six, a galley and mess facilities. The tug, which will be under 200 gross registered tons, will be built at one of six Trinity Marine Group yards—Halter Marine, Inc., at Moss Point, Miss, and Lockport, La.; Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, Miss.; Equitable Shipyards, Inc., at New Orleans, La. and Madisonville, La.; and Gretna Machine and Iron Works, Inc., Harvey, La. The Trini- ty Marine Group is owned by Dal- las-based Trinity Industries. For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services of the Trinity Marine Group, Circle 27 on Reader Service Card Honeywell Awarded AN/UYS-1 Module Production Contract Honeywell, Everett, Wash., has been awarded a letter contract by the U.S. Navy to begin production as a second-source supplier of elec- tronic modules for the U.S. Navy's FY 1988 AN/UYS-1 standard signal processor requirements. Honeywell was awarded the letter contract for 30 percent of the AN/ UYS-1 module baseline quantity and 80 percent of an option quanti- ty for FY 1988 requirements. Pro- duction will begin this fall at Hon- eywell's microelectronics assembly facility at the Marine Systems Divi- sion, Everett, Wash., with deliveries scheduled for early next year. Inter- national Business Machines (IBM) is the first-source supplier of the units. The AN/UYS-1 is used to process sensor signals in real time for a number of tactical programs and is installed in Navy submarines, sur- face ships, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and land-based systems. q - n Springfield, N. 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