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Crowley Christens Tug Response
Crowley's latest ship assist and escort tug renamed Response was christened August 2 in Elliott Bay. Deicy Mathur, wife of Anil Mathur, President of the Alaska Tanker Company, LLC, performed the christening ceremony aboard Response. A team of Crowley
Allied Shipbuilders Delivers Caterpillar-Powered Tug
Allied Shipbuilders, Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently delivered the 57-foot 8- inch shiphandling tug Charles H. Cates X to C.H. Cates & Sons Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C. Based on a design by Vancouver-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Robert Allan Ltd.
Gladding-Hearn Building Another High-Speed INCAT Ferry
Sixth Vessel Of Popular Design Sold By Yard Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., recently signed a contract with Put-In-Bay Transportation Co. of Ohio, for the construction of a high-speed passenger ferry
Eastern Shipyards Delivers Fish Processor 'Northern Victor' Following Complex Conversion
Eastern Shipyards, Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the Northern Victor, a huge U.S. owned and U.S. flagged fish processing vessel to an Alaska-based fishing group. The 379-foot former drill ship, the largest vessel ever worked on by the yard,
RORO90
The 1 Oth International Conference and Exhibition on Through Transport using Roll-on/Roll-off Methods STAZIONE MARITTIMA TRIESTE 15-17 MAY 1990 First held in 1976, the 1990 edition of R0R0, the biennial international conference and exhibition
N a v y A w a r d s $ 9 7 . 5 - M i l l i o n Addition To Pe n n Ship For Third Fleet Oi l e r
The Department of the Navy has exercised an option under its current contract with Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., for the construction of a third fleet oiler of the T-AO- 187 Class. This $97.5-million award, added to the first two oilers that were ordered last year,
Diesel America Completes Diesel Pump O r d e r
-Literature A v a i l a b le Douglas L. Oehrlein of Diesel America, Inc., New Orleans, La., recently announced the delivery of 25 lightweight diesel pumps to boat and barge operator Hollywood Marine, Houston, Texas. Mr. Oehrlein recently recalled: "Hollywood
Aluminum Crewboat Built by Dubai Drydocks
On January 20, 2001, Dubai Drydocks delivered the new aluminum crewboat Khulood to Mutawa Marine of Abu Dhabi, for service in the offshore oil industry in the Arabian Gulf. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects of Vancouver, the new vessel is
Moss Point Marine Completes Four-Ship U.S. Army Contract
Moss Point Marine, Inc. recently delivered the 273-foot logistic support vessel Lt. Gen. William B. Bunker (LSV 4) to the U.S. Army, completing a four-ship contract between the Escatawpa, Miss., shipbuilder and the Army. The Bunker is one of a
Trinity Marine To Build Three 220-Foot Supply Boats Under $15-Million Contract
An important turning point in the resurgent offshore oil and gas industry took place recently when the Trinity Marine Group, Gulfport, Miss, announced receipt of a contract from Oil & Gas Rental Services Inc., Morgan City, La., to build three 220-foot, all-steel offshore supply boats.