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round this time last the world, could determine business for the firm slowed past couple of weeks and I year, the tugboat how soon tugboat operators dramatically during March believe we will sign closer building industry in feel comfortable committing and April when the pan- to a typical number of new the United States to major capital investments. demic raged across Europe, projects in May.” Ashowed signs of a rebound. “My crystal ball is pretty North America and parts Robert Allan Ltd. is an They weren’t exactly the murky right now,” said Mike of Asia. “We typically sign international company with “good old days,” but after Fitzpatrick, president of six or seven new projects clients in major shipping some lean years the industry Robert Allan Ltd. every month, whereas in hubs around the world. appeared heading in the The company, based the past six weeks we have That global reach could right direction. in Vancouver, British only contracted one new provide a softer landing in Then, shortly after the Columbia, had more than project,” Fitzpatrick noted. hard times. Yet in the U.S., new year, a once-in-a- 20 tugboat design projects “That said, we have seen where the economy effec- century pandemic brought under development when the new inquiries pick up in the tively shut down for six to economies around the world World Health Organization to a screeching halt. By declared a pandemic in mid- mid-May, more than 95,000 March. Two months later, all Americans had died from but three projects were still COVID-19 and more than proceeding. “This suggests to 36 million lost their jobs me that our owner and ship- from the ensuing economic yard clients think, or at least disruption. are betting, that the market Projections about the will recover sooner rather recovery yield wildly differ- than later,” Fitzpatrick said. ent timetables, ranging from Not surprisingly, new six months to a year to five Right, Bollinger Shipyards complet- years or longer. But how ed the Alaska-class ATB Aveogan/ soon the economy rebounds, Oliver Leavitt for Crowley Maritime both in the U.S. and in big this spring during the COVID-19 industrial countries around pandemic. Crowley Maritime

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as stopping by any means,” days, creating thinner and when the mar- Moran Towing Redd said in a recent phone thinner margins. Coast ket is softer. Barring a rapid Building during a pandemic interview. “It is still mov- Guard Subchapter M rules economic rebound, the tra- Even as the pandemic raged ing forward. The companies also have raised construc- jectory of the tugboat sector through the U.S. this spring, that are building vessels are tion costs on top of increases over the next year or so will shipyards in some of the going to continue with those associated with Tier 4. likely depend on how many hardest-hit states continued programs. “We went from building companies decide to invest, building vessels. States large- “The marine market is three boats a year to two and how many stay on the ly determined these indus- an interesting market,” he boats a year,” Redd said of sidelines. tries were “essential,” mean- added. “Ships need to dock ing workers could remain on and things need to move, so the job. Bollinger Shipyards I believe once it rebounds it in Amelia, La., completed will go back to how it was.” Crowley Maritime’s new That might not be par- articulated tug-barge (ATB) ticularly reassuring for some Aveogan/Oliver Leavitt during shipyard managers. New tug the height of the pandemic. and towboat construction Chris Remont, Bollinger’s has slowed in recent years. executive vice president for The lingering effect of the new construction programs, building boom that preceded said employees focused on

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6 American Tugboat Review 2020 ing steps to protect them- staying a reasonable distance dent and general manager of tugs, the first of which is selves, their peers and cus- away from each other dur- McAllister’s Port Everglades scheduled for delivery this tomer representatives in the ing the day unless absolutely office. summer, will have roughly 70 shipyard from COVID-19. needed,” he said. The push toward 90 tons tons of bollard pull. “We were able to over- within a 90- or 100-foot Late last year, Seabulk come any vendor-related Similar trends define hull has been made possible awarded a contract to issues and delays while still tugboat market thanks largely to new designs Master Boat Builders of maintaining focus on deliver- Tugboat operators working and new engines. It also Bayou La Batre, Ala., for ing the tug,” he said in an in major U.S. ports have could signal the upper end four new harbor tugs with 80 email. “We were, and still spent the past few years of what’s cost-effective and metric tons of bollard pull. are, keenly aware of cleanli- adding more powerful ves- what’s necessary for typical Two tugs will feature the ness and hygiene, and keep- sels with higher bollard pull. ship-assist and escort work in Advanced Rotortug design, ing ourselves, our workspaces This year was no different. most U.S. harbors. while the others will have and our surroundings clean Companies on all three In a late November inter- diesel-electric hybrid propul- and sanitized.” coasts took delivery of new Washburn & Doughty 80- and 90-ton bollard pull in East Boothbay, Maine; tugboats built to handle the Nichols Brothers Boat bigger containerships and Builders in Freeland, Wash.; tankers calling on U.S. ports. Diversified in Portland; Great Foss Maritime, for Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland; instance, is building four Jamie Ann and Kewalo Shipyard in new 90-ton bollard pull Goldberg chris- Honolulu are among the tugboats at Nichols Brothers tened her name- yards that delivered tugs dur- Boat Builders, all of which sake tugboat, ing the pandemic. Western likely will be assigned to Foss Maritime’s Jamie Ann, in Towboat of Seattle complet- busy California ports (Jamie late February at ed final outfitting on its new Ann profiled on page 35). Nichols Brothers harbor tug Mariner during Meanwhile, operators on Boat Builders in the outbreak that hit the city the East Coast and Gulf of Freeland, Wash. early and hard. Mexico also are bulking up Shipyard CEO Western implemented their fleets to safely handle Gavin Higgins new protocols early in the bigger boxships. watched from

behind. Casey Conley pandemic to keep its tug Suderman & Young crews safe, including a Towing and Bay-Houston view, John Parrott, then- sion. Deliveries are expected questionnaire about per- Towing are each building president and chief executive starting in mid-2021. sonal health and any recent five new ship-assist tugboats of Foss Maritime, suggested Dakota Creek Industries contacts with sick people. designed with enhanced the 90-ton threshold could in Anacortes, Wash., is mov- Capt. Russell Shrewsbury, high-speed escort capabilities be the ceiling, at least in the ing forward with a new series a Western vice president, (Mazu profiled on page 24). near term. “A 90-ton tug is of 90-foot tugboats designed said the same rules also went And McAllister Towing and a lot of horsepower. One of by Robert Allan Ltd. for the into effect for the company’s Transportation, one of the these tugs will go on some of U.S. Navy. Farther south in shipyard, which built Mariner more prolific builders over these very large ships, and in Tacoma, Modutech Marine (profiled on page 28) and the past five years, added the whole evolution, they are is building two 63-foot maintains the company’s tug two new 90-ton tugs within using a very small percent- z-drive tugs for the Navy fleet. eight months to solidify fleets age of all that horsepower,” based on Robert Allan Ltd.’s One new procedure in Charleston, S.C., and he said. RAscal design. requires the tugs to be empty Port Everglades, Fla. (Eileen Reinauer Transportation, of crew before repairs start. McAllister and Capt. Jim Tug projects on the horizon Crowley Maritime and Shipyard workers also must McAllister profiled on page Moran Towing, which has Quality Liquefied Natural notify vessel captains about 32). at least 18 tugboats with Gas Transport (Q-LNG) are the nature of the planned “The Eileen McAllister 6,000 or more horsepower among the companies build- repair work, when it would was constructed specifi- operating along the East ing new ATBs scheduled for take place and how long the cally to meet the needs of and Gulf coasts, has dialed delivery within the next year. work would take, Shrewsbury handling the ever-increasing back the horsepower for its Crowley’s 55,000-barrel unit said. “As far as our other size of vessels calling into new tugboat series under will be built to ABS ice-class work in the shipyard goes, Port Everglades,” said Capt. construction at Washburn and IMO Polar Code stan- most of the time guys are Chuck Runnion, vice presi- & Doughty. The 5,100-hp dards for work in Alaska. •

American Tugboat Review 2020 7 Bollinger Shipyards

AVEOGAN | Crowley Maritime, Jacksonville, Fla. Crowley’s rugged ice-class ATB built to withstand Alaska’s harsh climate By Casey Conley

laska has notoriously meets both ABS Ice Class and Dutch Harbor, located 700 nau- challenging weather IMO Polar Code standards. The tical miles from Anchorage. conditions and climate. tug is equipped with a closed- Aveogan and “It is a very capable ATB,” Crowley Maritime built loop ballast system that transfers the 100,000-bbl said Lev Yampolsky, Petro Star’s Aan articulated tug-barge (ATB) water between the tugboat and barge Oliver vice president of logistics and rugged enough to safely sail barge as the tugboat burns fuel. Leavitt will deliver terminal operations. “The capa- fuels to some of through these icy waters and Oliver Leavitt is outfitted with bilities we will get with this ATB Alaska’s most nimble enough to steer itself spill response equipment to pro- remote communi- from Crowley are things we are into berth. tect Alaska’s pristine waters and ties. very excited to see: the ability The 128-foot Alaska-class coastlines. to move fast, switch cargo and tugboat Aveogan is paired with Crowley Shipping’s petroleum quickly prepare the barge for the 100,000-bbl Oliver Leavitt. services group will operate the different cargo configurations. The tug and barge pair up ATB for Crowley Fuels Alaska. That is going to give us good through an Intercon C-Series Jensen Maritime Consultants operational flexibility.” coupler with a first-of-its-kind designed the ATB, and Bollinger Aveogan is named for Oliver “modified wave” lightering hel- Shipyards built the vessels at its Leavitt, a former chairman of met to allow for ship-to-ship Louisiana yard. Petro Star Inc., Arctic Slope Regional Corp. transfers. Propulsion comes from based in Anchorage, chartered (ASRC) and a current mem- twin 3,384-hp GE Tier 4 engines the vessels for Crowley to carry ber of the company’s board of paired with Schottel z-drives. fuels to some of Alaska’s most directors. Aveogan is Leavitt’s The double-hulled ATB remote communities, including Iñupiat name. ASRC is an

O Meets IMO Polar Code and ABS Ice Class D0 O Closed-loop freshwater ballast transfer system O Z-drive propulsion

8 American Tugboat Review 2020 Alaska Native corporation that when working in a state as big as last management system that acquired Petro Star in 1987, Alaska. “If you think about the pumps ballast water back and three years after it launched. map and the ability to go 1 to 2 forth between the tug and a Petro Star operates two refin- knots faster, over 1,000 miles, it 79,000-gallon storage tank eries — one in Valdez and the adds up,” Yampolsky said. located in Oliver Leavitt’s aft other near Fairbanks — that Designing Oliver Leavitt to rake. The first-of-its-kind system make jet fuel, heating oil and ABS Ice Class D0 standards eliminates the need for ballast other refined products for the required additional framing and water treatment and means the Alaska market. Its commercial thicker hull plating at the bow tug has zero ballast discharge. distribution arm uses ATBs to to withstand first-year ice. The Oliver Leavitt is outfitted with deliver fuels to hubs like the 400-by-85-foot barge is beamier two Panasia ballast water treat- Port of Alaska in Anchorage, than barges with similar capac- ment systems operating at 350 as well as the far-flung fishing ity to maintain a shallow draft cubic meters per hour. outpost on St. Paul Island. Petro required in some parts of coastal “As you’re burning fuel on Star also supplies U.S. military Alaska. Its maximum draft at the tug, instead of having to jet fuel in Alaska. full capacity is 22 feet. adjust the coupler pins, we can Crowley subsidiary Jensen The transfer ballast from the barge Maritime of Seattle designed ATB is retention tank back to the tug Aveogan and Oliver Leavitt packed to keep on a constant draft to work in Alaska’s challeng- with inno- without overloading the pin ing environment. Its naval vation and system,” said Christopher Clark, architects used computational industry Crowley Maritime’s manager of fluid dynamics to optimize the firsts. One new construction. hull form for efficiency while is the The Intercon C-Series underway, according to Jay patented Model 50 coupler system with Edgar, Jensen’s vice president closed-loop a “modified wave” lightering of engineering. The work paid freshwa- helmet design marks another

off: Aveogan and Oliver Leavitt Crowley Maritime ter bal- industry first. The aft side of should maintain at least 10 knots when pushing a loaded barge. Speed is a huge advantage Above, Aveogan Aveogan features an SPECIFICATIONS advanced suite of Furuno navigation Owner/operator: Crowley Maritime electronics. Builder: Bollinger Shipyards Right, the Intercon Designer: Jensen Maritime Consultants Dimensions: 128’ x 42’ x 19’2” C-Series coupler Mission: Transporting fuels in Alaska on Aveogan has Crew size: 8 the first-of-its-kind ...... Propulsion: u Cranes: (1) 1,000-pound “modified wave” u Engines: (2) Tier 4 GE Toimil knuckle-boom lightering helmet 8L250MDC, 3,384 hp crane allowing for ship- u Bollard pull: 97 short u Fendering: Schuyler tons Companies to-ship transfers. u Vessel speed: 10 knots u Z-drives: (2) Schottel Capacities: SRP 560 with Vulkan u Fuel: 122,000 gallons carbon-fiber shafts u Water: 11,200 gallons u Auxiliary generators: (3) u Lube oil: 3,700 gallons 99-kW John Deere; (1) u Ballast: 79,400 gallons 88-kW John Deere Firefighting: Deck equipment: u Monitors: Marsis u Winches: Oil States u Pumps: Marsis u Capstan: (1) 300,000-pound Oil Additional States information: u Coupler system: Intercon u ABS Ice Class D0 nota- C-Series Model 50 with tion; designed for IMO “modified wave” lighter- Polar Code; SOLAS ing helmet Crowley Maritime

American Tugboat Review 2020 9 — must be robust enough to get IMO International Convention where they’re going. They also for the Safety of Life at Sea must be maneuverable enough to (SOLAS) requirements. get into berth in smaller ports, Aveogan is one of the first many with shorter docks and U.S. ATBs specifically designed challenging geography. Crowley to meet IMO Polar Code stan- solved this problem with the dards for service in Alaska. 483-foot ATB by installing Under these rules, the vessel Schottel SRP 560 z-drives. designers and operators per- “The z-drives offer the vessel formed risk assessments and much more maneuvering ability considered the potential hazards when we’re going into some of of operating in polar waters to the restricted ports where they determine additional features don’t have assist tugs to get into necessary in such a challenging the dock or mooring location,” environment. The tug also was

Crowley Maritime Crowley Yacavone said. designed to maintain stability The ice-hardened z-drives with a limited amount of ice and Vulkan carbon-fiber shafts accumulation. are paired with twin 3,384-hp Aveogan can support up to 11 the helmet has a smooth friction GE 8L250 engines that meet crewmembers, and its breadth plate, while the forward face EPA Tier 4 emissions standards. ensures plenty of space for each has a wave pattern without the The tugboat achieved 97 tons of person. The main deck has a “teeth” design found on many Jensen Maritime bollard pull during testing and mess-lounge and galley, a self- coupler systems. Hydraulic pres- Consultants trials at Bollinger. Ship service serve area that also functions sure on the wave side maintains designed power comes from three 99-kW as a food prep area, a pantry the connection in dynamic sea Aveogan, above, John Deere gensets; a fourth and laundry room. It also has a with a patented conditions. John Deere 88-kW emergency well-equipped exercise room and freshwater ballast “This ATB will be doing transfer system generator is installed to meet the coupler pin rooms accommodat- coastal transits in Alaska waters between the tug ing the Intercon equipment. most of the time, but it is also and barge. The Three single cabins and two able to conduct ship-to-ship tug is equipped double cabins are located on transfers from a larger vessel,” with Schottel the 01 deck, along with the said Matt Yacavone, a vice presi- z-drives, right, emergency generator room and for maneuver- dent at Crowley Fuels. “Larger heating and cooling machinery. ability in compact tankers can’t get into some of Alaskan ports. The 02 deck has another double the ports … so this vessel will be Bottom, Aveogan cabin, along with four singles able to go alongside and pick up and Oliver Leavitt including cabins for the captain a smaller cargo and carry it to will work on char- and chief mate. The 03 deck has the terminals.” ter for Petro Star, a dedicated stateroom for a pilot. Vessels working in Alaska an Alaska-based The electronics room and fuel refiner and — whether they’re fishing ves- a small head lead up to the distributor.

sels, ships or oceangoing ATBs Crowley Maritime wheelhouse with a 50-foot height of eye above the water- line. Beier Integrated Systems of Houma, La., designed and installed the wheelhouse navigation electronics primar- ily consisting of Furuno equip- ment. Off-ship communication equipment includes an Iridium FleetBroadband system and Cobham SAILOR GMDSS. Aveogan has a robust deck Crowley Maritime Crowley equipment package that includes a 300,000-pound cap- stan and forward winch, both

10 American Tugboat Review 2020 supplied by Oil States. A 1,000- vided by Oil States, allowing for arose. It ultimately led to a pound Toimil knuckle-boom a total of eight mooring lines on high-quality finished product crane is installed on the boat “The capa- powered drums. the yard and its workers are deck for loading provisions. North Pacific Crane Co. sup- proud of. Marsis supplied the electrically bilities we plied Oliver Leavitt with two “I think that, with all of the driven fire pump and manu- will get 10-ton cranes primarily used barriers and circumstances that ally operated monitor installed with this to handle hoses for loading or surrounded the project, given on the 03 deck. The tug has a discharging petroleum products. the pandemic in particular — 2,800-gallon tank for firefighting ATB from The cranes also can lift the and especially the complex and foam. Crowley three 8-by-18-foot Yokohama innovative design of the vessel “Given the Aveogan/Oliver are things pneumatic fenders permanently — provided for a truly impres- Leavitt’s strong performance stored on the barge into position sive tug that was delivered in capabilities, Crowley Fuels will we are during ship-to-ship transfers. spite of issues that were present- be working closely with Petro very excit- Oliver Leavitt has a self-contained ed in the project,” Remont said. Star to operate the vessel to ed to see: hydraulic boom reel with 2,000 Aveogan and Oliver Leavitt is meet their fuel transportation feet of inflatable boom that can the first Crowley ATB designed and distribution needs to serve the abil- be deployed using a dedicated specifically for the Alaska trade, Alaska,” said Rick Meidel, vice ity to move 17-foot aluminum skiff. but it won’t carry the distinction president and general manager of fast, switch Aveogan and Oliver Leavitt for long. Master Boat Builders in Anchorage-based Crowley Fuels represented a unique project for Bayou La Batre, Ala., is building Alaska. “The vessel’s functions cargo and Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, a new Jensen-designed Tier 4 add a new dimension for our fuel quickly La. The COVID-19 pandemic ATB tug that will serve Western supply services in the state.” prepare posed entirely new challenges Alaska with a 55,000-bbl barge Oliver Leavitt is divided into during the final weeks before that Greenbrier Marine (for- 12 cargo tanks with piping that the barge delivery; completing the vessel merly Gunderson) is building allows for six segregated cargoes. for different in those conditions, Yampolsky in Portland, Ore. Like Aveogan/ Each tank is fitted with dedi- cargo con- said, deserves recognition. Oliver Leavitt, the vessels will cated electric deep-well pumps Chris Remont, executive meet ABS Ice Class and IMO supplied by MarFlex, and a vacu- figurations.” vice president for new construc- Polar Code Standards. um stripping system that removes tion at Bollinger Shipyards, said The two new ATBs will give virtually all cargo residue after Lev Yampolsky the yard worked closely with Crowley a continued foothold in discharge. The barge has a com- VP, Logistics, the Jensen and Crowley team the Alaska market with some of bination windlass/winch that Petro Star throughout construction. This the most innovative and capable handles the bow anchor and four collaboration, he said, allowed vessels working anywhere in the additional electric winches pro- crews to address issues as they world. •

American Tugboat Review 2020 11 Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, to adapt its proven TundRA 3600 ice-class tug design for work on the St. Lawrence. Gulf Island Shipyards of Houma, La., built the vessel. “Representatives from Robert Allan Ltd. recommended the TundRA 3600-class tug primarily because its hull provided the great- est flexibility in design to meet our requirements,” said Capt. Michael Howard, SLSDC’s executive officer. Officials from the SLSDC and Robert Allan Ltd. toured Ocean Tundra, a TundRA 3600 ship-assist and tethered-escort tug operating for Ocean Group in Quebec. Seaway Guardian’s primary mission differs from the Canadian boat, but the tour gave SLSDC officials a better understanding of the size, layout and Capt. Michael Howard/SLSDC Michael Capt. capabilities of the TundRA 3600 series. Howard, as Robinson Bay’s cap- tain, has headed out each spring and fall for the past seven years to com- mission and decommission buoys Seaway Guardian | Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., Washington, D.C. as the Seaway opens and closes the shipping season. “The tug’s primary mission is retrieving and deploying (navigation) aids in fall and spring,” Muscular Seaway Guardian has he said. “This can be accomplished using the vessel by itself or by push- big shoes to fill ing the corporation’s buoy barge.” By Brian Gauvin The new tug, fitted with a push knee on the bow and a Markey ugboat watchers along the opened its 62nd navigation season Machinery towing winch on the Saint Lawrence Seaway April 1. The Seaway consists of 15 stern, will be the prime mover of between Massena, N.Y., and Above, Seaway locks: 13 on the Canadian side of Grasse River, a 300-ton derrick Lake Ontario will witness a Guardian will the border, and the Eisenhower and crane barge employed for the most Tchanging of the guard during the break ice, handle Snell Locks on the U.S. side. part lifting gates at the Snell and 2020 shipping season. barges and tend The SLSDC chose Robert Allan Eisenhower Locks. Having the abil- navigation aids The 118-foot Seaway Guardian along a 100-mile — a massive, muscular and well- stretch of the equipped icebreaking tug — will St. Lawrence replace the venerable 61-year-old Seaway. Right, Robinson Bay. The new vessel will Simrad and perform icebreaking and barge- Furuno naviga- handling duties in addition to tend- tion electronics populate Seaway ing aids to navigation on the United Guardian’s wheel- States’ 100-mile section of the house. 2,300-mile marine highway. The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) SLSDC

O Modified TundRA 3600 design O ABS Ice Class A1 notation O First Tier 4 tug working on the Seaway

12 American Tugboat Review 2020 ity to tow from the bow and stern ter of the stern deck is a powerful is advantageous for tending barges Rapp Marine HP40-40kE knuckle- The propulsion on construction and repair projects. boom deck crane. When extended package on Firefighting, assisting grounded to its maximum reach of 40 feet, Seaway Guardian boats, hazardous spill response and it boasts a lifting load capacity of consists of Kongsberg/Rolls- ship assist during high water round 19,700 pounds. Royce z-drives, out the tug’s mission. The crane, by and large right, paired with “It is nice to have new assets employed in buoy tending, rises over twin 2,682-hp for our area,” said Nate Jarvis, an an OSV-style aft deck lined with Caterpillar 3516 SLSDC port engineer. “We will be wood planks and side rails. The aft Tier 4 engines, able to do much more work and deck is fitted with a Markey tugger below. provide more services. And with the winch, a Schoellhorn-Albrecht cap-

(ABS) FF-Capable classification, we stan, Smith Berger shark jaws and a Brian Gauvin have firefighting capability for the Smith Berger stern roller. In line with the robust design new tankers transiting the Seaway.” of Seaway Guardian, the brawny Seaway Guardian, with 14 Markey TES-34UL electric towing berths, spill response equipment winch is housed in an enclosed com- and a workboat for deploying an partment for protection against the oil-skimming boom, can serve as a elements. The winch is wound with mother ship and command center 1,000 feet of 2-inch cable. “This will for emergency response operations. primarily be used for towing, but And with an ABS Ice Class A1 could be used as a backup for buoy notation, it can break through 3 feet tending,” Howard said. of ice at 3 knots. The stern equipment supports Mounted on the starboard quar- the tug’s essential role as a buoy Brian Gauvin

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American Tugboat Review 2020 13 and starboard quarters have two modating the extra crew employed bands of D-type rubber followed by during the extended spring and fall tires amidships. Schuyler Companies buoy-handling operations. Seaway fabricated the fendering. Guardian will typically have a com- Come visit us at The equipment aboard Seaway plement of four to six crew. Booth #2750 at the Guardian is rated to withstand the Bunks in each cabin are located International notoriously cold, ice-bound winter inboard to separate them from the [ WorkBoat Show] conditions experienced on the Saint cold exterior bulkheads, and to Lawrence River. The decks feature minimize the motion experienced Brian Gauvin Brian a heat tracing system to reduce ice by crewmembers when resting. The accumulation and improve crew galley, generous mess area, and the safety while working on deck. captain and chief engineer’s cabins tender, but the variety and configu- are on the main deck. ration lends itself well to marine “The second level of accom- construction projects. “We can do modation also helps to set the construction — with less equipment wheelhouse high for an improved Chafe-Pro products are available and barges — right off the stern,” view when pushing the buoy barge through Samson & their distribution Jarvis said. and (towing) the gate lifter barges,” Two Patterson deck winches and Phillips said. another Schoellhorn-Albrecht cap- The wheelhouse has a split-level stan are installed on the fore deck. design with massive aft windows

The push knees, lined with M-type Brian Gauvin spanning the two levels. The for- fendering on the bow, facilitate a ward and beam windows are gener- model-bow barge makeup. The port In the engine room, two 2,682- ous in area, providing excellent hp Caterpillar 3516E Tier 4 main all-around visibility. The split-level Seaway Guardian engines are mounted, port and star- parallel forward control station fur- SPECIFICATIONS board, next to the hull. Each engine ther improves the helmsman’s fore

Owner/operator: Saint Lawrence Seaway Top, Seaway is shafted to Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce and aft visibility. Development Corp. Guardian’s robust US 35 CP azimuthing z-drive units. In January 2020, the SLSDC Builder: Gulf Island Shipyards deck equipment Designer: Robert Allan Ltd. The Cat mains employ an SCR made another leap when it ordered package consists Dimensions: 118’ x 45’ x 17.5’ aftertreatment system to meet Tier 4 HT-60, a 60-foot z-drive harbor tug atlantic-group.com of Patterson barge 732-574-0700 Mission: Buoy tending, icebreaking emissions standards. from Washburn & Doughty of East Crew size: 4 winches, Markey ...... winches and a Two Fire Fighting System (FFS) Boothbay, Maine. Although the Propulsion: Navigation gear: Rapp Marine fire pumps, shafted to the front of smallest in the Harbor Tug series u Engines: (2) Tier 4 u Radar: Furuno FAR-21x7- Caterpillar 3516E, BB Series X/S-band knuckle-boom the main engines through a power developed by Glosten, the tug’s 2,682 hp radar crane. Above, takeoff, pump up to 5,280 gpm of broad bow — with a semi-raised u Bollard pull: 65 tons u Electronic chart display: SLSDC employees u Vessel speed: 13.5 knots Furuno water to FFS monitors mounted foc’sle deck and generous visibility u Z-drives: (2) Kongsberg/ u Compass: Simrad GC80 (from left) Capt. forward of the pilothouse. The two — offers operating advantages when Rolls-Royce US 35 CP gyrocompass; Lilley & Rick Randal, port u Gillie MK2000S binnacle Caterpillar C9.3 250-kW generators working in tight lock chambers. Auxiliary generators: (2) engineer Nate 250-kW Cat C9.3; (1) magnetic compass are mounted between the mains Delivery is scheduled for 2021. 150-kW Cat C7.1 u AIS: Furuno FA170 Jarvis and Capt. u Autopilot: Simrad AP70 Michael Howard along the centerline. A 150-kW “During the winter months, she Deck equipment: oversaw con- Caterpillar C7.1 harbor genset is will assist with icebreaking and ice u Barge winches: (2) Communications: struction at Gulf Patterson WWP 75E- u Radio: (2) Standard installed on the port side, forward of management around the locks,” 12.5-10 230/460-P-R Horizon GX2200 VHF Island Shipyards. the mains. said Howard. “This vessel will also u Tow winch: (1) Markey u Satellite connection: The COVID-19 TES-34UL Inmarsat SAILOR 250 Mike Phillips, project manager have an ice scraper specifically pandemic has u Tugger winch: (1) FleetBroadband for Robert Allan Ltd., said the pro- designed to attach to either the port Markey DEP-12 on port delayed sea trials aft deck Capacities: and pushed back pulsion machinery is smaller than on or starboard quarter and will allow u Cordage: 1,000’ of u Fuel: 34,968 gallons delivery. Ocean Group tugs, owing to their the vessel to scrape ice off the lock 2” cable u Water: 7,462 gallons u Capstan: (2) different roles. However, Seaway wall.” Schoellhorn-Albrecht Firefighting: Guardian will still generate a hefty In the meantime, Seaway SA1817-65-20E-G u Monitors: FFS u Shark jaws: Smith Berger 1200/300LB monitors 65 tons of bollard pull. Guardian represents a six-decade Marine u Pumps: (2) FFS SFP Another design departure from leap in design, materials and tech- u Cranes: (1) Rapp Marine 250x350 XPC Ocean Tundra is the addition of an nology for the SLSDC. But, lest HP40-40kE knuckle- u Onboard fire suppression: boom deck crane 3M Novec fire suppres- extra tier of deckhouse below the we forget Robinson Bay, which now u Fendering: Schuyler sion system Companies pilothouse. The addition increased moves into a backup role with the the berthing from 10 to 14, accom- agency for the foreseeable future. •

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or nearly four years, E.N. By that, he meant ship assist Bisso & Son’s Gladys B. was The 80-foot C.D. and escort duties over 230 miles the lone z-drive tugboat White, above, goes of the Mississippi River from designed by Robert Allan through the paces Pilottown near the river’s mouth FLtd. working the Mississippi River. on the Mississippi to Baton Rouge, and ocean towing River near the Now, it has some company. primarily in the Gulf of Mexico E.N. Bisso & Son Eastern Shipbuilding of dock. Right, the and the Atlantic Coast. Panama City, Fla., delivered tug is equipped “The tug is very stable with the 80-by-38-foot C.D. White in with a 4-inch Stang plenty of power and is the perfect January 2020, and as of April 2020 remote-controlled size,” said Capt. Craig Henderson. was building a sister tug. Both are fire monitor. “This tug will handle any ship at robust RApport 2400-series tug- Below, Capt. Craig any place on the Mississippi River.” for Robert Allan Ltd. Henderson helm- boats outfitted for ship handling The 5,100-hp C.D. White Although they share the same ing C.D. White. and ocean towing. is something of a sister tug to pedigree, there are some notable “It’s a go-anywhere tug,” said Gladys B., acquired by E.N. Bisso differences between Gladys B. and Mike Killelea, E.N. Bisso’s port in 2016 from Signet Maritime of C.D. White. The power plant is captain. Pascagoula, Miss., which built the just one example. C.D. White is vessel at a company yard. E.N. powered by twin Tier 4 Caterpillar Bisso decided to build its new tugs 3512E mains, compared to Tier 3 with the same dimensions and MTU units on the earlier tug. general layout — albeit with some “Our experience with the customizing from Robert Allan various Caterpillar 3512 and 3516 Ltd. and Eastern Shipbuilding. plants on our tugs showed that, The vessel also meets Coast Guard for our purposes, the 3512Es were Subchapter M standards. the right choice for us,” Vitt said. “Our new boats were designed Caterpillar engines also are more to meet escort standards, but the familiar to the crews and personnel keel was changed to allow the boat operating and maintaining them. to work well with the Mississippi The two Caterpillar 3512E Tier River’s high river current and still 4 EPA mains supplied by Louisiana

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16 American Tugboat Review 2020 Cat are shafted to Kongsberg/ Killelea borrowed the idea from Rolls-Royce US 205-P20 z-drives. Mike Nigro, a vice president with The Markey The tug generates 67.5 tons of bol- G&H Towing in Galveston, Texas. single-drum lard pull, and can hit 15.5 knots An ASD tug towing another DEPCF-42 winch, running light. Two 99-kW John vessel — say, a ship in distress as right, is spooled with 400 feet of Deere generators provide electrical opposed to standard escort and Samson Saturn-12 power. assist functions — with a line line. Below, C.D. Another change was to move up from the hawser winch on White’s 2,550- from raw-water cooling to keel the bow, tows in reverse. In that hp Cat engines cooling. scenario, the navigation lights are paired with “Gladys B. has raw-water are presented incorrectly. The Kongsberg/Rolls- heat exchanger cooling for the modified JBOX system corrects the Royce z-drives. main machinery,” McCarthy said. problem. “Although this works fine in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River tends to have a lot of debris, which can sometimes clog the strainers. For C.D. White, grid Having reworked the fendering coolers mounted in recesses in the supplied by Schuyler Companies hull were used for the machinery on Gladys B. to suit the tug’s cooling.” mission assisting ships on the The navigation light system Mississippi River, McCarthy said designed by JBOX of Harvey, La., they further improved the fender- is another difference. The new ing on the new tugs to provide system can switch the navigation better side protection and stand-off lights while towing in reverse. from vessels.

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American Tugboat Review 2020 17 chesapeake_25v_blue.indd 1 3/27/13 3:50 PM forward deck areas. The PTZ cam- era is mounted high on the mast and remotely operated from the wheelhouse. Most tugboats are a second home for crew members, mak- ing comfort and amenities an important element in the design and construction. Henderson, impressed with how quietly the tug runs, is equally impressed by the bridge, his third home. “The windows are outstanding,” he said. “There is great visibility forward and back. All of the systems are at your fingertips.” The Bisso name spans five gen- erations, beginning with founder Capt. Joseph Bisso. The first vessel was a rowboat used to ferry people across the Mississippi at New Orleans. In 1946, Capt. Edwin A 40-hp Markey Machinery C.D. White DEPCF-42 HS single-drum electric SPECIFICATIONS hawser winch and a Smith Berger Above, the crew bow staple with muscular side bitts aboard C.D. Owner/operator: E.N. Bisso & Son/Bisso White (from Offshore dominate the foredeck. The winch left): OS Kevin Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding Group is wound with 400 feet of Samson Johnson, mate Designer: Robert Allan Ltd. 2-5/8-inch Saturn-12 soft line. Dimensions: 80’ x 38’ x 13’2” Kyle Taylor, chief The compact design of the Mission: Ship assist, escort, emergency towing engineer Chris Crew size: 4 RApport 2400 has limited space on Lambert, Capt...... the aft deck. The winch and H-bitt Craig Henderson, Propulsion: u Depth sounder: Furuno u Engines: (2) Tier 4 BR-500 on Gladys B., fitted for barge tow- Port Capt. Mike Caterpillar 3512E, u E-nav software: Rose ing on the hip, were not well suited Killelea and port Napoleon Bisso, with six tugboats, 2,550 hp Point Navigation Systems engineer Dwayne u Bollard pull: 67.5 tons ECS to the new tug’s mission. These formed E.N. Bisso. Today, the Brady. Right, u Vessel speed: 15.5 knots u Autopilot: Simrad AP80 were replaced by a stern tow bitt, company boasts seven ASD tugs u Thrusters: (2) Lambert demon- Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce Communications: a Markey capstan and a 90-ton strates features in its 14-vessel New Orleans fleet. US 205-P20 z-drives u Radio: (2) Icom M506 Washington Chain & Supply tow on the Cat 3512 Three conventional tugboats are u Auxiliary generators: with (2) Icom HM-195 (2) 99-kW John Deere command microphones; hook in a stacked configuration. engines. based at the company’s Gulfport 4045AFM85 (1) Icom M802 SSB The result is a significantly smaller Towing fleet in Gulfport, Miss. E.N. u Loud hailer: Furuno Deck equipment: LH-5000 equipment footprint, while main- Bisso Canaveral, in Port Canaveral, u Winches: (1) Markey u Intercom: Jotron CIS taining redundancy for towing and Fla., runs two tugboats, including a single-drum DEPCF-42 HS 3100 u Cordage: 400’ of u Satellite connection: KVH gear retrieval functions with an 5,000-hp ASD vessel. 2-5/8” Samson Fleet One optimal pivot point location. C.D. White is the second tug Saturn-12 u Capstan: (1) Markey Capacities: C.D. White is configured to tow named for Cornelius Dee “Jack” CEPB-40 tow bitt capstan u Fuel: 28,000 gallons in three different ways: from the White Jr., an E.N. Bisso owner who u Tow hook: (1) Wash- u Water: 8,750 gallons ington Chain & Supply u DEF: (2) 850-gallon bow with the Markey winch; with also married the company’s then- 90-ton SWL tow hook tanks the bow staple, which has bitts that president, Beverly Bisso White. He u Fendering: Schuyler u Lube oil: 750 gallons Companies are rated for 150 tons of static bol- was instrumental in E.N. Bisso’s Firefighting: lard pull; or from the stern with the management and growth through Navigation gear: u Monitors: 4” Stang u Radar: (2) Furuno remote-controlled fire tow hook. the 1970s. FR8065 multicolor LCD monitor The new tugs are equipped A. Thomas Higgins, the second radar u Pump: (1) Counterfire u Compass: Furuno SC70 ES-125-400, 1,500 gpm with six fixed-mount CCTV cam- tug in the series due for delivery satellite compass; Ritchie at 100 psi eras and one PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) later this year, is named for a cur- mechanical compass u Onboard fire suppression: u AIS: Furuno FA170 FM-200 camera. These monitor the engine rent E.N. Bisso owner, A. Thomas u GPS: Furuno GP39 room, z-drive room, and stern and “Tommy” Higgins. •

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&R Water Taxi built its first 22 at its shipyard in Kewalo Basin, Tiger tugboat in 90 days in located just a few miles west of Above, Tiger 21 2002 after winning a U.S. Waikiki Beach. Company founder and its sister tug Navy ship-assist contract in and owner Charlie Pires collabo- Tiger 22, delivered PearlP Harbor. The Honolulu-based rated with Stoddard Marine Design this spring during the COVID-19 company built 10 more over the of Hilo, Hawaii, on the design. pandemic, are next nine years as its Navy con- Tiger 21 and Tiger 22 are essen- redesigned ver- tracts and ship-assist work took off. tially next-generation versions of the sions of the vener- Almost two decades later, the original 94-foot Tiger tugs Pires and able Tiger tugs original Tiger design has evolved Stoddard developed in 2002. The that handle Navy P&M Marine Services into a nimbler ship-assist platform two series have plenty in common, ships at Pearl when moving side to side. “It’s great optimized for Hawaii’s commercial including the twin Caterpillar 3516 Harbor. Right, for assist work because you can P&R Water Taxi ports. P&R built Tiger 21 and Tiger main engines. There are also differ- stay at the 90,” he said, refer- owner Charlie Pires. Left, Tiger ring to keeping the tug’s bow at a Tugs are based 90-degree angle relative to a ship’s in every major hull. “You can hold that position Hawaiian port. longer.” The vessels that Hawaii’s ship pilots are glad to serve Honolulu have Tiger 21 and Tiger 22. Tom tie up at the com- Heberle, president of the Hawaii pany’s Kewalo Shipyard near Pilots Association, called them a Waikiki. welcome addition to Hawaii’s fleet P&M Marine Services Marine P&M of ship-assist tugboats. “With their compact length and excellent maneuverability, these

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20 American Tugboat Review 2020 are ideal tugs for the type of close- here,” Heberle said. “The addition quarters ship-assist work we do of these two brand-new z-drive tugs Tiger 22’s bow reaffirms P&M’s commitment to staple, right, Tiger 22 station modern tractor tugs in all of is designed to SPECIFICATIONS Hawaii’s commercial harbors.” reduce friction and wear. Below, Pires is a native Hawaiian who Owner/operator: P&R Water Taxi/P&M Marine twin 2,200-hp Services earned his first mariner’s license at Caterpillar 3516 Builder: Kewalo Shipyard age 17. He founded P&R in 1978, Designer: P&R Water Taxi/Stoddard Marine Design engines paired Dimensions: 75’ x 33’ x 11.5’ and its name harkens back to the with ZF z-drives Mission: Ship assist and barge handling company’s original business running deliver more than Crew size: 3 50 tons of bollard ...... crew boats back and forth from pull. Propulsion: u Fendering: Custom Hawaiian oil refineries. The com- u Engines: (2) Tier 3 yard-built package Caterpillar 3516, pany still operates crew and supply 2,200 hp Navigation gear: boats in and around Hawaii. u Bollard pull: 53 tons u Radar: Furuno 1935 (est.) X-band radar P&R entered the ship-assist u Vessel speed: 10 knots u Electronic chart u Z-drives: (2) ZF Marine display: Garmin GPSMAP Series ZF 7000 1042xsv u Auxiliary generators: u Compass: Ritchie (2) 65-kW John Deere Navigation 4045TF u AIS: Em-trak E100 P&M Marine Services u Keel coolers: Duramax u Radio: (2) Standard DuraCooler; DuraCooler Horizon GX6000 SuprStak business in 2002 after winning the Capacities: Navy solicitation for a single z-drive Deck equipment: u Fuel: 9,000 gallons P&M Marine Services Marine P&M ship-assist tugboat. That 94-foot u Winches: Shipyard-built u Water: 800 gallons custom double-drum u Lube oil: 200 gallons vessel, ASD Neil Abercrombie, came hydraulic together in 90 days. Ten days later, it u Cordage: Cortland Plasma 2” line was working in Pearl Harbor. P&R

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American Tugboat Review 2020 21 later won additional Navy work, and these March, just days before the World Health feels gives his crews — and by extension, days it is the lone ship-assist operator at the Organization declared the coronavirus a the company — a competitive advantage. massive naval base. global pandemic. “Tractor tugs are nimble One detail Pires will share: The vessels The company branched out into com- by nature because of the design of the don’t have many bells and whistles. They mercial ship-assist work in 2007 through tractor drive … but our hull design just are meant to be simple to build, simple to its P&M Marine Services subsidiary. P&M makes it more maneuverable, I think, than maintain and simple to operate. This sim- relied on that same basic 94-foot design to anyone else’s.” plicity, which extends from design to final launch its fleet. Tiger tugs now operate in Just why, exactly, is something of a trade outfitting, is a point of pride within the every major Hawaiian port, competing for secret. Pires acknowledged the hull form company. It’s how the lean, locally owned ship-handling work with Foss Maritime. itself is a key piece, along with the place- firm can compete against much bigger “Our boats are extremely nimble,” Pires ment of the drives. That is about all he will operators with deeper pockets. said in an interview at Kewalo Shipyard in say about the closely held design that he “You have the same platform all the way across. You can duplicate it, and you have a whole fleet that’s the same,” said P&R Port Capt. Eric Tang. “It makes it easier to order parts, for knowing how to fix them, and for crew jumping from one boat to the other.” P&R built 11 first-gen Tiger tugs between 2002 and 2011, all at Kewalo Shipyard. The first handful of Tiger tugs were outfitted exactly to Navy specs. That meant z-drives, winches forward and aft, firefighting monitors and specific fendering requirements. Subsequent tugs have raised bows and different fendering for working under flared hulls on modern commercial ships. Those design elements made their way into Tiger 21 and Tiger 22, which were built for commercial work rather than han- dling Navy ships. The company eliminated the stern winch rarely used by its commer- cial crews, as well as off-ship firefighting equipment. The engine rooms aboard Tiger 21 and Tiger 22 are compact, with low ceilings and flat floors. Piping is kept at a minimum to simplify construction. Twin 2,200-hp Cat 3516 Tier 3 engines are installed forward of two 65-kW John Deere gensets. Steel shafts connect the mains to ZF 7000 z-drives with 86-inch bronze propellers. Bollard pull is 53 tons ahead. Duramax supplied the DuraCooler and DuraCooler SuprStak keel coolers. The deck offers several defining features of a Tiger boat. It is nearly flat, without the slope from stern to bow found on many ship-assist tugs. The bow bulwarks rise more than 5 feet off the deck, and elevated platforms are installed near the staple to facilitate line handling and other tasks. The massive bow staple is another Pires innovation. Instead of the common invert- ed “U” shape, the staple has a diamond shape with an oval “pig-nose” opening.

22 American Tugboat Review 2020 In another example of P&R’s thrifti- tugs, particularly with how they perform. ness, which the company proudly touts, Pires also maintains a good relationship the wheelhouse captain’s chairs came from with the company’s crews, many of whom a local office supply store. The shipyard are native Hawaiians hired with little or no bolted them to a heavy metal base, giving maritime experience. each roughly the same height as a high- Pires acknowledges P&R is something

P&M Marine Services Marine P&M end marine helm chair. Money saved in of a throwback in that it designs, builds and outfitting the tugs is reinvested elsewhere operates its own tugboats. Even so, he’s in the company. proud of the company he’s built, the tugs it Crews at some bigger outfits might bris- operates and the work they do. He’s plenty The wheelhouse is outfitted with Furuno and tle at how these tugs are outfitted. P&M content for P&R to fly under the radar Garmin electronics. mariners seem plenty content with Tiger from its remote outpost in the Pacific. • The design emerged after years of watching lines rub up against the underside of the staple when under tension. The pig-nose opening is positioned closer to the rope’s natural elevated position when working a ship, thus reducing friction and wear on Experience. the expensive hawser lines. The hydraulic double-drum winch Expertise. standard on all Tiger tugs sits promi- nently on the bow. Shipyard workers Excellence. fabricated these winches at the yard, At MITAGS, we focus on saving money on a product that performs providing the highest perfectly fine for crews. Pires said the quality training using big-name winch makers offer a beautiful effective technologies product with plenty of useful features, but and teaching techniques he believes even the best winches have so that both individual their limitations. mariners and entire crews have the “When you are working and you part a knowledge and skills line, even with a fancy automatic-tension to succeed in today’s winch, you still have just one line,” he said. merchant marine. “So how do you recover? For us, if we part a line, we recover immediately,” he said, by way of explaining the benefits of the double drum. Tiger 21 and Tiger 22 are outfitted as day boats, owing to the fact that crews typi- cally go home when their shifts end. The deckhouse is equipped with a galley and lounge area, a desk workstation and a head. As the leaders in maritime training and simulation we provide many There are two bunks for rare occasions options to meet your maritime professional needs: when crews spend the night on board. Each aluminum wheelhouse was • Professional Development & Career Advancement (OS to Master Mariner) • Navigation Skills Assessment Program (NSAP®)™ built in Louisiana by Aluma Marine & • STCW Basic Safety & Advanced Firefighting Training Fabrication, and placed atop the steel • Sub M Occupational Safety and Emergency Response deckhouse at Kewalo Shipyard. P&M • Maritime Security leaves the wheelhouse unpainted, instead • Online & Blended Learning Programs • Custom Simulation & Research finishing it with a fish-scale pattern after • Maritime Apprenticeship Program it arrives at the yard. The wheelhouse features a Furuno radar and Garmin electronic chart reader. Crews use Apple iPads loaded with MobileOps software for recordkeeping, scheduling and other tasks. Forward-mounted iPod Touch devices cap- ture video and audio of each job. Campuses in Baltimore and Seattle | mitags.org

American Tugboat Review 2020 23 Mazu | Suderman & Young Towing Co., Houston Fernandez attached the heaving line to the hawser and got the line on the ship centerline aft. Texas tug operator builds fleet With Mazu tethered to Molly Schulte, Conner steered to star- board out of the ship’s wake. to handle bigger ships Mazu ran with the cargo ship Story and photos by Brian Gauvin azu Capt. Nick Payne Barbours Cut in the Houston stood by while mate Ship Channel. Suderman & Brandon Conner Conner, who was train- Young’s ship- approached the con- ing in real time on the new assist tugboat tainershipM Molly Schulte midway tugboat, maneuvered to the Mazu, above, churns ahead on between Bayport Channel and stern. Ordinary seaman Richard the Houston Ship Channel. Right, the wheelhouse in the Robert Allan Ltd. Z-Tech 30-80 on its way to the Barbours Cut design is clean and Container Terminal. functional with Jobs like this one are common large windows for in the Houston Ship Channel, all-around visibility. Left, Mazu works the and as ships get bigger, tugboats 2,345-TEU contain- that work them are getting more ership Molly Schulte powerful and more capable. Mazu, in the Houston Ship the third Z-Tech 30-80 tugboat in Channel with mate the Suderman & Young Towing Brandon Conner at Co. fleet, is but one example. the controls.

O Updated Z-Tech design O Hull sponsons boost stability, performance O First Tier 4 vessels in fleet

24 American Tugboat Review 2020 Gulf Island Shipyards of hp z-drive tugboat Jess Newton Xuhui “Bill” Hu, project direc- Jennings, La., built the 98.5-by- in 2001. Six years later, the tor at Robert Allan Ltd., has said 42.6-foot tugboat based on an 6,300-hp Z-Tech 30-75 tugboat the firm developed the unique updated Z-Tech design from Thor joined the company’s fleet. sponson hull form specifically for Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, Suderman has five Z-Tech 24-60 escorting large vessels. Adding British Columbia. Two earlier tugs. tugs in the series, Ted C. Litton The Z-Tech and Apollo, joined Suderman & platform incor- Young’s 22-tug fleet earlier in porates the best 2019. Mazu is the company’s 13th Mazu’s Markey characteristics of z-drive tug. The vessels work DEPCF hawser a true tractor tug in the Texas ports of Houston, winch is sturdy and an ASD tug Galveston, Texas City, Freeport enough to handle with one hawser larger tankers and Corpus Christi. winch on the and container- “As our customers’ ships ships regu- bow, the tug’s have increased in size, we con- larly calling Texas working end. tinue to meet their needs by ports. The winch The Z-Tech tug- servicing them with larger, more is wound with boats have good powerful tugs,” Suderman & Samson Saturn-12 omnidirectional Young President Kirk Jackson mainline. speed, and bol- said. “Specifically, increasing lard pull is com- demand to escort and assist parable whether VLCCs (very large crude carriers) the vessel is pull- and larger container vessels was a ing forward or big driver.” astern. Suderman & Young is a long- The new class time Robert Allan Ltd. customer. of Z-Tech 30-80 The Houston-based towing tugs evolved company welcomed the 4,300- from the 30-75 design. The ves- Mazu SPECIFICATIONS the sponson to the hull form generates greater steering and/or Operator: G&H Towing Co. Owner: Suderman & Young Towing Co. braking forces hydrodynamically Builder: Gulf Island Shipyards at speeds of 8 to 10 knots, he said Designer: Robert Allan Ltd. in an interview last year about Dimensions: 98’6” x 42’8” x 16’8” Mission: Escort and harbor assist Bay-Houston Towing Co.’s Mark ...... E. Kuebler, which shares the same Propulsion: u Electronic chart u Engines: (2) Tier 4 display: CNS Systems design. Caterpillar 3516E, Aldebaran III “The proven escort per- 3,386 hp u Compass: Furuno SC70 u Bollard pull: 81.5 satellite compass; Cas- formance of the Z-Tech was metric tons sens & Plath magnetic enhanced by the addition of hull u Vessel speed: 13 knots compass u Z-drives: (2) Schottel u AIS: Furuno FA170 sponsons,” Jackson said of the SRP 510 FP u GPS: Furuno GP170 30-80 series. u Gearbox: Lufkin MV1600S, 2:1 ratio Communications: Bay-Houston and Suderman u Auxiliary generators: u Radio: (2) Icom M506 & Young operate independently (2) 125-kW John Deere VHF; (1) Standard 6068AFM85 Horizon HX-series and compete for business in the handheld sels are built to meet Subchapter Gulf of Mexico, although both Deck equipment: u Winches: Markey Capacities: M standards, which did not exist are operated by G&H Towing. DEPCF-52 u Fuel: 42,626 gallons during earlier iterations. The new Both companies have ordered u Cordage: Samson Quan- u Water: 6,699 gallons tum-12 backer; Samson u Lube oil: 815 gallons design also incorporates sponsons five of the Z-Tech 30-80 tugs. Saturn-12 mainline and that add 44 inches to the width Gemini and Mercury, the final pendant Firefighting: u Fendering: Schuyler u Monitor: (2) FFS of the tug. This feature helps two tugs in Suderman’s five- Companies monitors provide greater stability and safety vessel order, are scheduled for u Pumps: (2) FFS 6,200- Navigation gear: gpm pumps driven by while improving escort perfor- delivery by 2021. u Radar: Furuno FAR-1518 (2) Cat C18 engines mance. The machinery space aboard

American Tugboat Review 2020 25 Mazu, fore to aft, consists of two The extreme flare common on DEF is converted into ammonia. 125-kW John Deere genera- modern ships influenced the tug’s Mazu chief engineer Joe tors followed by two Caterpillar design. The heavily fendered bow Wiegand predicted the SCR 3516E Tier 4 main engines driv- has a flat sheer leading to a house equipment would require a bit ing Schottel z-drive units in the located well aft for work under more vigilance to detect leaks aft drive room. The Cat engines Propulsion the flare. Similarly, the bulwarks before they cause corrosion. Urea produce 6,772 total hp at 1,800 aboard Mazu are sloped back and lowered, and must be contained and transferred rpm, delivering 81.5 metric tons comes from two the stacks are located inboard, aft in stainless-steel tanks, piping and of bollard pull. Cat 3516E Tier 4 of the house. fittings. “All of our tugs in the new engines paired Mazu’s Cat engines utilize The name Mazu is a departure with Schottel class pulled in excess of their z-drives. a selective catalytic reduction from Suderman & Young’s typi- design specification of 80 metric (SCR) system to reduce NOx cal naming practice of following tons,” Jackson said. in engine exhaust emissions and a Roman or Greek mythology meet EPA Tier 4 requirements. theme. “For this series of tugs, The system consists of a catalytic we researched other cultures’ converter on each engine and mythology and felt the name, insulated, stainless-steel tankage Mazu, fit in well since she was for 2,134 gallons of diesel exhaust both a goddess of the sea and fluid (DEF) made from a water protector of seafarers,” Jackson and urea mixture. said. The SCR dosing system mixes Mercury, Gemini and Apollo are a precise combination of com- named for the first three NASA pressed air and DEF, then trans- manned space programs — fitting, fers it to the SCR module and given the proximity to the nearby injects it into the exhaust stream. Johnson Space Center. Apollo was The water evaporates and the delivered a few days before the 2020-Gladding-Hearn_Pilot-Manueverability_ProfessionalMariner.pdf 3 3/27/20 11:57 AM

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26 American Tugboat Review 2020 50th anniversary of the Apollo Once the ship was turned and Right, the spacious on its z-drive vessels. He had a 11 landing on the moon, Jackson facing outbound, Fernandez took engine room in good teacher in Payne, who has noted. in the line and Conner quickly Z-Tech 30-80 series 32 years of tugboat experience Markey Machinery supplied maneuvered the tug around to tugboats leaves and has delivered or worked on 10 plenty of space the robust, reliable hawser winch the port quarter. Fernandez put a ASD tugs in the fleet. for chief engineer on Mazu’s bow. The Markey line up to the containership and Joe Wiegand, left, DEPCF-52 winch with Render/ Conner docked the vessel. and OS Richard Recover is driven by a 75-hp Conner, a graduate of Texas Fernandez. Below, electric motor. The winch is A&M Maritime Academy’s crew spaces aboard wound with Samson Rope backer four-year program, spent a year Mazu are comfort- line, mainline and pendant, a decking on Suderman & Young’s able and well appointed. configuration Samson dubs “The conventional tugs before training Ultimate Towing System.” Back in Barbours Cut, Conner powered up the tug and per- formed a full-powered indirect pull to starboard, turning Molly Schulte around Morgan’s Point and into the cut. He then ran inline/slack line with the ship to the turning basin and executed Payne is complimentary of a direct 90-degree pull to port. the new Z-Tech tugs, particularly He responded, as directed, to the their handling. Taken together, pilot’s commands, from slow to they’ll help Suderman’s crews full power, and pulled the ship handle all comers along the Texas around. coast. •

American Tugboat Review 2020 27 MARINER | Western Towboat Co., Seattle Versatile Mariner turns heads along Seattle waterfront Story and photos by Casey Conley

apt. Mark Williamson ners working in the busy harbor the bulk carrier Astoria Bay an- steered Western Towboat’s took notice. Capt. Russell chored nearby. newest harbor tug into El- “That’s a nice-looking boat,” Shrewsbury “Roger that,” Williamson liott Bay on a cool, clear said David Trickett, who over- spins Mariner in responded. “Taking it for a test Clate February day. Other mari- saw lightering of gypsum from Seattle’s Duwamish run here.” Waterway, top, just Mariner is the third of West- south of Harbor Island Marina ern’s Westrac-series tugboats, where Western and like its two predecessors Towboat’s harbor Westrac and Westrac II, it was tugs tie up. Above built at the company’s shipyard right, Shrewsbury, along Seattle’s Lake Union. seated at the Capt. Russell Shrewsbury, whose controls, worked grandfather started Western with KraftMar and Argonaut Marine to Towboat in 1948, worked with update Western’s KraftMar Design and Argonaut proven Westrac Marine, also of Seattle, to fine- design. Left, Mariner tune the plans. guides a barge Western began integrating the along the Duwamish 80-by-32-foot Mariner into its Waterway. harbor fleet in February. William- son, a 20-year employee with the

O Updated Westrac design O First U.S. DMT winch installation O 55 tons of bollard pull

28 American Tugboat Review 2020 company, gave the new vessel deeper at the keel for improved 25 tons for Westrac II. high marks after his first turn at tracking when handling barges Right, the DMT These gains in power and pull the controls. — which accounts for roughly Marine Equipment ensure Western can continue “It is just a lot more power 75 percent of Western’s harbor winch on Mariner’s serving existing customers with than I am used to, but it’s real work. bow is the compa- ny’s first installation steady in the water,” he said. The winch package and z- on a U.S. tugboat. Shrewsbury spent years drives also changed on the new Western Towboat’s thinking about upgrades to the vessel, in part to accommodate shipyard crews built Westrac design first conceived its more powerful engines. Mari- the towing winch, by his father, Bob Shrewsbury, ner delivers almost 55 tons of below, at the com- in the mid-1980s. Mariner re- bollard pull, compared to about pany’s yard. tained many characteristics of the Westrac series, particularly its nimbleness while working in the narrow Duwamish Waterway. That said, the tug is loaded with modern amenities designed for efficiency, crew comforts and reduced maintenance costs. Mariner shares the same dis- tinctive look as its predecessors, bigger ships. It will allow for local but with almost 4,000 hp it is rescue tows and help with ma- 65 percent more powerful than neuvering massive cargo barges Westrac II, built in 1995. Mariner bound for Alaska. Western oper- is 2 feet wider at the beam for ates a fleet of z-drive oceangoing better stability. It’s also 1 foot tugboats that tow containers,

American Tugboat Review 2020 29 vehicles and other freight to Centa carbon-fiber shafts. Two Alaska for Lynden Transport. 75-kW John Deere generators “When we built the (first installed forward of the main two) Westracs, the barges that engines provide electrical power. were going to Alaska were 300 The deck equipment also feet long. Now they are 420 by represents an upgrade over the 105 (feet), so it is nice to have earlier tugs. The DMT Marine the extra power,” Shrewsbury Equipment ship-handling winch said. “Being in the 4,000 (hp) installed on the bow is the Ro- range, we can do a lot more with manian company’s first instal- these boats but we are in the lation on a U.S. tugboat. The same size power package. single-drum hydraulic winch “We are not trying to be has 40 tons of line pull and is ship dockers in Puget Sound,” spooled with 500 feet of 2.5-inch he continued. “We just want to Cortland Plasma line. have the ability to do these jobs Shrewsbury chose DMT after if we need to.” conducting extensive research. upgraded Schuyler Companies Propulsion aboard Mariner DMT winches, he said, are com- Engineer James and Shibata fendering package comes from twin Caterpillar mon in Europe and found on Gaines, above, is softer along the bow and runs 3512 Tier 3 mains produc- some Canadian tugs. Shrewsbury alongside one of higher along the bulwarks to ing 1,970 hp each, paired with liked DMT’s service and willing- Mariner’s two Cat protect lines when towing barges 3512 engines. Schottel z-drives with Nautican ness to customize the winch. on the hip. Below, Western propellers and nozzles through Western Towboat port engi- Towboat deck- “We just need to keep our neer Ed McAvoy designed the hand Andrew versatility open,” Shrewsbury Mariner hydraulic towing winch installed Donaldson, said. “We can do anything with SPECIFICATIONS aft of the house. The single- mate Calvin this boat.” Grenkavich, Capt. Owner/operator: Western Towboat Co. drum unit is loaded with 1,800 Mariner is typically crewed Mark Williamson Builder: Western Towboat Co. feet of 1.75-inch galvanized steel with a master, mate and deck and Gaines on Designer: Western Towboat Co./KraftMar Design towing wire and 200 feet of 2.5- hand/engineer for work within Services/Argonaut Marine Mariner’s aft deck. Dimensions: 80’ x 32’ x 15’ inch Cortland Plasma line. A the Duwamish. A a second deck Mission: Ship and barge assist Pullmaster M50 winch with 25 hand comes along for jobs far- Crew size: 4 ther afield. Although there are Propulsion: Navigation gear: bunks for five people, most crew u Engines: (2) Tier 3 u Radar: (1) Furuno Caterpillar 3512C, NavNet TZtouch2; (1) go home when their shifts end. 1,970 hp Furuno FAR-1426 Even so, Shrewsbury made sure u Bollard pull: 55 tons u GPS: (2) Furuno GP33 to include plenty of comforts for u Vessel speed: 13 knots u BNWAS: (1) Furuno u Propellers: 80” Nautican BR-500 downtime between jobs or rare 3-blade skewed props u Compass: Ritchie occasions when crew sleep on u Thrusters: (2) Schottel u AIS: (1) Furuno FA170 SRP 1215 with Nautican u E-nav software: Rose board. nozzles Point Navigation Mariner has an open-concept u Auxiliary generators: (2) Systems; Furuno NavNet 75-kW John Deere, Tier 3 TZtouch2 galley, mess and lounge area, u Autopilot: Simrad AP70 along with a head and captain’s Deck equipment: Mk2 with GC80 Gyro u Bow winch: DMT Marine System cabin on the main level. The Equipment 011-H350kN settee in the lounge, made of single-drum ship-handling Communications: winch, 40-ton line pull u Radio: (3) Raymarine leather instead of vinyl, is long u Stern winch: Western Ray73 enough for a crewman to lie Towboat-built single-drum winch; 1800’ of 1.75” Capacities: down during spare minutes. galvanized tow wire; u Fuel: 30,000 gallons The space is outfitted with rich 200’ of 2.5” Plasma line u Water: 4,500 gallons u Auxiliary stern winch: u Lube oil: 900 gallons mahogany wood accents, and Pullmaster M50, 25-ton tons of line pull provides addi- a separate refrigerator near the line pull; 150’ of 2.5” Firefighting: Plasma line u Pumps: Cascade tional capability. wheelhouse stairs is loaded with u Tow pins: (2) Western Machinery 2.5” deck Western’s shipyard fabricated grab-and-go soft drinks. Towboat-built hydraulic hose, 150 gpm stainless units u Onboard fire suppression the stern rollers and hydraulic Other decisions regarding u Cordage: 500’ of 2.5” systems: Kidde CO2 towing pins, along with the the crew spaces will save time, Cortland Plasma line u Fendering: Schuyler bow staple and H-bitts on the money and future headaches. Companies; Shibata port and starboard sides. The The fridge, for instance, is an

30 American Tugboat Review 2020 oversized household unit that can be that has proven its worth on Western’s Towboat in 1948, and his son Bob replaced for roughly the same cost as tugs making year-round trips to Alaska. Shrewsbury Jr. remains company presi- repairing a marine unit just one time. Shrewsbury expects to get 15 years out dent. Russell and his brother Ross, also The double bunks fit full-size beds, of the deck on Mariner. The company a Western captain, still run tugs when eliminating the need for slightly nar- also uses it on the nozzles to protect they’re not busy working in the office. rower — and much pricier — custom- against cavitation. Russell Shrewsbury recognized the made mattresses. “We put it on Arctic Titan in 2012, irony around building the boat he “Our biggest thing is, if we are going and we did the whole hull and then put wanted at a time when he’s spending to ask people to be away from home for an antifouling coating over it,” he said. less time on the water. “It’s going to be six months a year, we want it to be as “We haven’t had to blast the hull yet. really hard for me to let go,” he said. nice, or nicer, than home,” Shrewsbury It’s rock-hard.” “It’s like getting a brand-new car and said. Bob Shrewsbury started Western just giving it away.” • The wheelhouse has been upgraded too, with full windows for all-around visibility and upper windows for bet-

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ANZ_American Tugboat Review_4,5x7,25zoll_2020-04-27_V6.indd 1 28.04.2020 12:23:22 Capt. Jim McAllister & Eileen Mcallister | McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., New York McAllister Towing solidifies Charleston, Port Everglades fleets Story and photos by Casey Conley or most tugboat companies, McAllister left Eastern Shipbuilding Eileen McAllister, a 93-foot, building one new azimuthing in late August 2019, arriving soon Capt. Jim McAllister, 6,772-hp, ship docking and escort stern drive (ASD) tugboat afterward in Charleston, S.C. The pictured above tugboat built at Washburn & would make for a pretty good 100-foot vessel routinely escorts near the Arthur Doughty, provides similar services Fyear. McAllister Transportation and assists post-Panamax contain- J. Ravenel Bridge in Port Everglades, Fla. McAllister in Charleston, and Towing added two within just erships calling on the sprawling paired Eileen with Tate McAllister, is named for a eight months. Wando Welch Terminal across the second-generation built six years ago with the same The 6,772-hp Capt. Jim Cooper River in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. McAllister captain. hull but different propulsion and Eileen McAllister, winch packages. left, launched Both new tugs are powered earlier this year by brawny Caterpillar 3516 Tier from Washburn & 4 engines paired with Schottel Doughty Shipyard, z-drives. Capt. Jim delivers 82.5 was christened by Eileen Buch, Eileen metric tons of bollard pull, which is Duane Donovan roughly equal to the 93 short tons and Eileen Eileen generates. Both are the most Fitzsimons, three powerful ship-assist tugboats work- direct decendants of ing in their respective ports. company founder McAllister Towing McAllister “In the past, we have seen up James McAllister. to 1,000-foot containerships,” said Capt. Chuck Runnion, McAllister’s general manager and

O Most powerful ship-assist tugs in respective ports O Built to handle post-Panamax containerships O Bollard pull exceeds 90 tons on both vessels

32 American Tugboat Review 2020 at 1,800 rpm. Straight carbon- Capt. Jim engineer fiber shafts connect the mains to Michael Cobb Schottel z-drives turning 110-inch stands alongside nibral props encased in nozzles. one of two Cat Three Cat C7.1 generators provide 3516E units deliv- ship service power. ering 3,386 hp each. The tugs have tankage for 2,500 gallons of diesel exhaust fluid needed to meet EPA Tier 4 emis- sions rules. The urea and water mixture injected into the exhaust stream is kept in climate-controlled spaces to prevent degradation. The engineering control panels also are segregated from the main engine space, providing a quieter and more comfortable working environ- vice president in Port Everglades. ment for the engineer. “And with the Eileen we are han- Capt. Jim, like Ava McAllister dling these 1,000-footers with the before it, is outfitted with a 75-hp greatest of ease.” Markey hawser winch and a McAllister’s tugboat crews in single-drum towing winch on the Charleston are similarly upbeat about Capt. Jim. It is the final Capt. Jim McAllister tugboat in a four-vessel order, and SPECIFICATIONS the only one of the bunch to leave Owner/operator: McAllister Towing and the shipyard with a Coast Guard Transportation Co. certificate of inspection under Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding Group Subchapter M. Designer: Jensen Maritime Consultants Dimensions: 100’ x 40’ x 16’4” “It’s hard to impress me at Mission: Ship assist, escort and rescue towing this point, but that boat floored Crew size: 4-6

me,” said Capt. Steve Kicklighter, Propulsion: pass; Ritchie Globemaster a McAllister vice president and u Engines: (2) Tier 4 magnetic compass Caterpillar 3516E, u AIS: Furuno FA310 series Charleston general manager. “It 3,386 hp u E-nav software: Rose has the most environmentally u Bollard pull: 82.5 metric Point Navigation Systems tons ahead u Autopilot: Anschutz friendly diesel engines, and the completion. Eastern built Capt. Jim u Vessel speed: 12 knots PilotStar D accommodations spaces for the McAllister from the keel up, a point Mate Josh cruising, 14 maximum u GPS: (2) Furuno GP32 u Z-drives: (2) Schottel crew are unsurpassed.” that Kicklighter said makes the Kicklighter steers SRP 4000 FP turning Communications: “Without a doubt,” he added, tug stand out. Capt. Brian and Ava Capt. Jim into 2,800-mm nibral 4-blade u Radio: (3) Standard McAllister’s North props Horizon GX2200 “this is the best of all four.” work in New York, McAllister’s u Auxiliary generators: u Loud hailer: Standard McAllister announced the headquarters, while Rosemary is Charleston dock (3) Tier 3 Cat C7.1 Horizon VLH-3000 during the late engines driving 118-kW four-tug series of ship assist and based in Norfolk, Va. afternoon sun. generators Capacities: escort tugs in early 2016, becom- The four boats are designed for u Fuel: 58,710 gallons Deck equipment: u Lube oil: 545 gallons ing one of the first operators with escorting and docking ultra-large u Bow winch: Markey u Urea: 2,500 gallons a multiboat Tier 4 order. Horizon container vessels now calling on DEPCF-52 single-drum u Potable water: 3,075 75-hp hawser gallons Shipbuilding won the contract and major East Coast ports. Jensen u Stern winch: Markey built the lead boat, Capt. Brian Maritime Consultants of Seattle, DEPC-42 single-drum Firefighting: 40-hp hawser A. McAllister, before running into a longtime McAllister partner, u Monitors: (2) FFS 300M u Cordage: 800’ of 10” manually operated moni- financial trouble and ultimately designed the 100-by-40-foot hull. Samson Saturn-12 tors, 1,500 gpm each HMPE line declaring bankruptcy in late 2017. It features a modest skeg, but relies u Pumps: (1) FFS u Fendering: Viking SFP150x200HD pump Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama heavily on its wide beam for effec- rated at 3,000 gpm, City, Fla., finished construction tive high-speed escorts. Navigation gear: powered by (1) Cat C9.3 u Radar: (2) Furuno engine on Rosemary McAllister and Ava Propulsion also is the same FR-8122 with ARPA and u Machine space fire sup- McAllister, the second and third across the 100-foot series. All four 4’ antenna pression system: FM-200 u Chartplotter: Furuno fixed system vessels in the series, which arrived are powered by twin Cat 3516 NavNet TZtouch2 u Compass: (2) Anschutz at the shipyard in varying stages of engines each delivering 3,386 hp Standard 22 gyrocom-

American Tugboat Review 2020 33 stern. Firefighting consists of two “The reason we like that 1,500-gpm FFS monitors fed by a Right, Markey brand of boat, the Washburn & 3,000-gpm fire pump driven by a Machinery sup- Doughty boat, is because they are Cat C9.3 engine. plied the DEPC- shorter and they can fit into the Josh Kicklighter, the mate on 42 stern winch tanker slips,” Runnion said. “The and single-drum Capt. Jim McAllister alongside his tug captains like the Washburn DEPCF-52 hawser brother, Capt. Matt Kicklighter, winch shown on & Doughty hulls … because they considers the Markey hawser winch Capt. Jim’s bow. seem to maneuver well either way, a good match for the tug. He lik- The tug is outfitted going ahead or astern, and you ened good winches on powerful with Schottel SRP don’t have to muscle it around.” tugs to top-quality tires on a sports 4000 FP z-drives, Eileen shares the same 93-by- car: They complete the package to below. 38-foot design as Tate McAllister deliver superior performance. but has a host of upgraded compo- “The winches they put on here, nents. Tier 4 Cat 3516s replaced they are light-years above some of Everglades is undergoing exten- EMD Tier 3 engines, adding about the stuff I have used in the past,” sive upgrades to facilitate calls 772 horsepower. Bollard pull he said, adding that he has come to from larger containerships. Post- jumped from 79 to 93 short tons. Panamax cranes should arrive Eileen’s Cat engines turn Schottel around Christmastime, and the SRP 490 FP z-drives, and a Cat main container port is adding C18 engine drives a fire pump 3,900 feet of dock space. Dredging that supplies a single 6,000-gpm also is in the works. FFS monitor with foam injection Getting post-Panamax ships capability. safely in and out of these berths The winch package also will require some muscular changed. Eileen has the same tugboats. Capt. Todd Cooper, Markey DEPCF-52 winch on the co-managing pilot of the Port bow as Capt. Jim with 600 feet of Everglades Pilots Association, 8.5-inch Cortland Plasma LoCo described a challenging entry rope. The Markey DEPC-42 tow into the port requiring a high- winch installed on the aft deck speed tethered escort preced- is spooled with 450 feet of 2.25- ing a 110-degree turn into the inch Samson AmSteel-Blue. Tate trust the winch completely. Intracoastal Waterway. The water- McAllister, meanwhile, has JonRie Josh Kicklighter demonstrated way shrinks to 390 feet at its nar- winches forward and aft. Capt. Jim’s abilities on a sunny, rowest point. “With the Eileen and Tate clear fall day in Charleston. Capt. Eileen McAllister, Cooper said, McAllister, we will be able to han- Jim easily pulled the bow of the is the right size and has plenty of dle anything that comes into Port 462-foot Bochem Singapura off power to handle large ships in tight Everglades,” Runnion said. Kinder Morgan Berth 4, then spaces. “What it is going to do is Eileen and Capt. Jim typically spun the tanker 180 degrees for allow us and Port Everglades to operate with four crew. Both have departure. An hour later, again ramp up and allow bigger ships into four cabins, along with a full galley paired with the 5,000-hp Moira the port, especially with the port and mess, giving each person their McAllister, Capt. Jim backed the expansion projects we have going own room under typical conditions. 656-foot vehicle carrier Toledo off on,” he said. Eileen has three heads, something the Columbus Street Terminal. Runnion, McAllister’s general Runnion said he insisted on dur- The tug used no more than half manager in Port Everglades, said ing the design phase. “The tug is power for both jobs. Washburn & Doughty’s 93-foot designed for comfort, which leads “But when you want the power, hull makes the tug a good fit for to crew retention,” he said. it’s there,” Kicklighter said. “When the confined harbor. The design Martin Costa, McAllister’s you put rubber to steel and start has proven itself repeatedly over engineering manager who helps pushing stuff around, you can see it the years for Moran Towing, oversee new construction, sug- does what it is supposed to do.” Marine Towing of Tampa and gested the company will take a McAllister crews in Fort Harbor Docking & Towing, among break from new construction after Lauderdale feel the same way others. The tugs, in short, are a busy few years. “I think we’ll take about Eileen McAllister, which stable during escorts but plenty a breather,” he said. “Five boats is arrived in early April. Port maneuverable when docking ships. a lot to get done in four years.” •

34 American Tugboat Review 2020 well built and should last us 20 to 25 years using a design that is tried and true.” Foss has one of the more capable harbor tugboat fleets on the West Coast. Its sleek 8,000- hp Garth Foss and Lindsey Foss deliver nearly 88 tons of bollard pull, and the 113-foot, 6,772- hp Caden Foss can pull 90 tons. Ever-larger ships regularly calling the West Coast have increased demand for high-powered tugs for escort and docking. “Our customers,” Parrott said, “want us to have more 90-ton tugboats available in our fleet.” Nichols Brothers, based in Freeland, Wash., has built 11 Valor-class tugs over the past 14 years. Baydelta Maritime of San Francisco ordered the original Valor, completed in 2006 and chartered by Crowley along with Foss Maritime Foss

JAMIE ANN | Foss Maritime, Seattle Foss updates proven Valor-class Foss Maritime design for the Tier 4 era sister tug Vigilant. Last spring, By Casey Conley Baydelta took delivery of Delta Teresa, the first diesel-electric oss Maritime Company Jamie Ann, named for hybrid in the class, now working has updated the venerable Saltchuk co-founder Fred Jamie Ann, above in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Valor-class azimuthing stern Goldberg’s daughter, will work and right, is the Valor-class tugs are known drive (ASD) tugboat for a in Los Angeles-Long Beach, latest iteration of for high horsepower, impressive Fnew era. Calif., escorting and assisting Jensen Maritime’s bollard pull ratings and assertive Valor class, and Foss, a Saltchuk subsidiary containerships and tankers. It skegs for effective escorts. They the first with Tier based in Seattle, took delivery is also equipped with large fuel 4 engines. The have comfortable crew spaces and of the 100-by-40-foot Jamie Ann tanks and a sturdy towing winch 6,866-hp tug is the an enormous engine room. Foss this spring from Nichols Brothers to handle rescue tows far from lead boat in what built on these characteristics for Boat Builders. Jensen Maritime shore. Bollard pull is 92.36 tons Foss calls its ASD- Jamie Ann, the lead boat in the Consultants and Foss partnered off the stern and 90 tons off the 90 series. new ASD-90 class, and upgraded on upgrades to the existing design bow. the design by increasing the fuel that include new safety features “It’s a good, solid, 90-ton tank capacity for long voyages and crew amenities. The MTU harbor boat,” John Parrott, Foss’s and rescue towing well offshore. Tier 4 engines are the first for any former president and COO, said “The design has been proven. U.S. tugboat. in an interview late last year. “It’s That is for sure,” said Janic

O Updated Valor-class design O Enclosed harbor genset for reduced noise O Bollard pull exceeds 90 tons

American Tugboat Review 2020 35 Trepanier, Foss’ project manager Jamie Ann’s MTU Rolls-Royce division that pro- a lot easier to build, and numbers for the series of ASD-90 vessels. Series 4000 duced z-drives. two, three and four are going to The biggest difference engines, below, Three John Deere gensets, be easier because we have a com- between Jamie Ann and its pre- are the first on two generating 120 kW and a plete model after troubleshooting any U.S. tugboat decessors can be found in the third harbor unit producing 65 for the first one.” that meet EPA Tier engine room. Foss replaced the 4 emissions rules. kW, provide electrical power. All There are numerous other Caterpillar 3516-series engines Bottom, MER three are installed forward of the changes to the original vessel that powered all 10 previous ves- Equipment built a main engines. Hiller supplied the design to improve efficiency, crew sels with twin 3,433-hp MTU custom enclosure FM-200 fire suppression system comfort and safety. Some exam- Series 4000 Tier 4 mains. Those for its 65-kW in the engine room. Firefighting ples include rescue doors built mains are paired with Kongsberg/ Bollard harbor equipment consists of a 100-hp into the bulwarks, and extensive genset that sharp- Rolls-Royce US 255 z-drives — a Flowserve fire pump and forward- use of mineral insulation in the ly reduces noise. mounted Stang 2.5-inch monitor engine room to reduce noise in that can dispense 900 gpm. crew compartments. The MTU mains, like nearly Foss encapsulated its 65-kW all Tier 4 engines on the market, harbor generator inside a Bollard use a selective catalytic reduction Sound Enclosure built by MER (SCR) process to sharply reduce Equipment. Jamie Ann is the first nitrogen oxides and particulate tugboat with the Bollard enclo- emissions. These units, installed sure, which was originally devel- above the engines in the ventila- oped for the recreational market. tion spaces, required modest rejig- Each custom enclosure system gering of the machinery trunk, is completely sealed from the which in turn relocated a bath- engine compartment and uses the room from the fiddley space to the generator’s cooling fan to draw air lower accommodations. into the unit. The exhaust leaves Nichols Brothers developed a 3D model of the updated vessel Jamie Ann design, allowing the entire vessel SPECIFICATIONS

to be relofted before construc- Owner/operator: Saltchuk/Foss Maritime tion began. Trepanier said the 3D Builder: Nichols Brothers Boat Builders model provides better awareness Designer: Jensen Maritime Consultants Dimensions: 100’ x 40’ x 20’8” of the vessel and a better sense for Mission: Ship escort and assist where the piping and machinery Crew size: 8 ...... will go. Propulsion: u Autopilot: Simrad AP70 “The first one is always the u Engines: (2) Tier 4 MTU Foss Maritime Foss Series 4000, 3,433 hp Communications: hardest,” she said of the lead tug u Bollard pull: 92.36 short u Radio: Icom in the series. “The model made it tons ahead u Satellite connection: u Z-drives: (2) Kongsberg/ Iridium Rolls-Royce US 255 constant since the namesake ves- u Auxiliary generators: (2) Capacities: 120-kW John Deere; u Fuel: 72,500 gallons sel — through a Vulkan carbon- (1) 65-kW John Deere u Water: 1,050 gallons fiber shaft. harbor unit u DEF: 5,777 gallons u Lube oil: 1,720 gallons Multiple factors influenced Deck equipment: the switch to MTU engines. u Winches: (1) Markey Firefighting: DEPGF-52R 75-hp Cost was one; another, Parrott u Monitors: (1) 2.5” hawser; (1) Markey Stang, 900 gpm explained, is the growing push TESS-34AS 75-hp tow u Pumps: (1) Flowserve, winch among manufacturers to sell 100 hp u Cordage: 525’ of 9” u Onboard fire suppression propulsion systems as a single Cortland Plasma line on systems: The Hiller Com- bow; 2,600’ of 2.25” package. Caterpillar, for instance, panies FM-200 system wire on stern is keen to pair its engines and Additional Navigation gear: information: drives. The same was true with u Radar: Furuno FR-8125 u Subchapter M compliant; MTU and Rolls-Royce a few years and FR-8065/4 ABS Load Line, Towing back when Foss was equipping its u Compass: Furuno SC70 Vessel, Escort Vessel, u AIS: Furuno FA170 AMS, UWILD new tugboats, he said. Kongsberg u E-nav software: Rose Maritime has since acquired the Point Navigation Systems Foss Maritime

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2.25-inch wire in the port drum Builders Boat Brothers Nichols mally works with a four-person and 440 feet of 7-inch Samson crew. AmSteel-Blue line in the star- The wheelhouse is equipped board drum. The winch can be in what has become the industry- controlled from the wheelhouse, standard layout that puts the

38 American Tugboat Review 2020 helm chair between z-drive port Allen, all of whom are members Saltchuk shareholder and board and starboard controls. Foss chose of the Saltchuk shareholder fam- member. radars and an AIS system from ily. Sisters Sarah Furuno, Rose Point navigation Markey Averick and software and a Simrad autopilot. Machinery sup- Rachael Allen Operators communicate using plied the hawser are daughters Icom radios and the Iridium satel- winch on the bow, of Saltchuk co- right, and the tow- lite network, and can remotely founder Leonard ing winch, below, monitor machinery spaces installed on the aft Shapiro. Leisa through closed-circuit TVs. deck. Florence is mar- Jamie Ann Goldberg, a sec- ried to Jamie ond-generation Saltchuk owner, Ann Goldberg’s formally christened her namesake brother, Paul tugboat on Feb. 29 — a few Goldberg, a weeks before final delivery — on Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Whidbey Island. She described Sarah Averick will be a sister feeling a deep connection to the tug to Jamie Ann, while the third tugboat. “It is an honor to have and fourth tugs in the series will this boat named after me,” she be outfitted for barge handling and said in her address to the crowd equipped with smaller winches.

of about 100 people attending the Builders Boat Brothers Nichols Foss initially said the trio would event. join the fleet by 2021, although The next three Foss tugboats the precise schedule remains in the series will be named Sarah unclear given disruptions caused Averick, Leisa Florence and Rachael by the coronavirus outbreak. •

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American Tugboat Review 2020 39 HERCULES | Brusco Tug & Barge/Crowley Maritime, Jacksonville, Fla. Crowley upgrades LA fleet with first US RApport 2500 tugboat Story by Casey Conley | Photos by Kurt Redd

he RApport 2400-series tug- with Tier 4 propulsion. 2400-series tugs — themselves boats developed by Robert The 82-by-40-foot Hercules has Above, Hercules, in based on Cates-series tugs designed Allan Ltd. have earned their Caterpillar engines paired with Cat its former Brusco for C.H. Cates and Sons of North keep around the world. Now, z-drives. The electric Markey haw- Tug & Barge livery, Vancouver, British Columbia, CrowleyT Maritime has put the first ser winch on the bow facilitates shows off in the between the 1960s and 1980s — Columbia River. U.S.-built RApport 2500-series efficient ship handling, while the were among the first ASD tugs Below, the wheel- vessel to work in Los Angeles and towing bitt on the stern provides house is designed operating in North America. The Long Beach, the busiest container some additional flexibility as work for excellent all- vessels have a flush deck and small ports in the United States. arises around the port. around visibility. house, and are known for being Crowley chartered the 6,008- “It is fuel efficient, while also hp tug from Brusco Tug & Barge being able to handle the big tank- of Longview, Wash. Diversified ers coming in, given it pulled 88 Marine of Portland, Ore., built the tons ahead and 86 astern,” said vessel, originally named Noydena. Porter Sesnon, general manager of It left the shipyard around April ship assist and escort for Crowley 1, 2020, before making its way to Maritime. “It’s nimble and small Los Angeles later in the spring. enough to maneuver the contain- Crowley renamed it Hercules to erships around both harbors.” honor an oceangoing Red Stack The RApport 2500 design Fleet tugboat acquired in the early evolved from Robert Allan Ltd.’s 1900s. The newbuild is the com- time-tested RApport series dat- pany’s first ship-assist tug equipped ing back almost a generation. The

O First U.S. RApport 2500-series design O Crowley’s first Tier 4 ship-assist tug O Chartered from Brusco Tug & Barge

40 American Tugboat Review 2020 nimble, responsive, cost effective others to different operators. The ducing 118 kW each are installed and plenty capable. most recent in the 2400 series, along the centerline between the The 2500 series, named for its the 4,750-hp Teresa Brusco, left two mains. Hercules is equipped 25-meter length, builds on these Diversified in late 2017 and went with a Duramax DuraCooler and strengths. The new design adds to work in San Francisco Bay under DuraCooler SuprStak keel coolers. more than 3 feet of length and charter to AmNav Maritime. Teresa Brusco, by compari- nearly 10 feet of breadth to accom- The wider, longer Crowley signed a seven-year son, shares the Cat engine room modate more powerful engines and RApport 2500 charter with Brusco to operate but with smaller 2,375-hp Cat deliver greater bollard pull. Hercules series can accom- Hercules. Changes happening else- 3512-series Tier 3 engines and has a skeg under the keel that’s modate more where in Crowley’s West Coast Rolls-Royce z-drives. Bollard pull is powerful engines big enough for effective escorts but harbor tugboat fleet influenced the 67 tons. than its predeces- small enough not to hinder quick sors. decision, as charters on other ves- As with most Tier 4 tugs, moves along the hull when docking sels were winding down, Sesnon Hercules’ engine room required ships. said. Hercules’ size, power and its some rethinking to accommodate availability at the right time made the selective catalytic reduction it an enticing opportunity, he said. (SCR) units installed above the Crowley’s Los Angeles-Long main engines. Hyslop said the exer- Beach fleet consists of four tugs, cise wasn’t particularly challenging, three of which are 105-foot in part because the vessel itself has Harbor-class tugboats with 4,800 sufficient space to accommodate hp and Voith Schneider cycloi- the equipment. Two 1,250-gallon dal propulsion. Hercules replaced tanks supply diesel exhaust fluid Veteran, a Valor-class workhorse (DEF) that’s injected into the that Crowley moved to San exhaust stream to sharply reduce Francisco Bay where it joined its nitrogen oxides (NOx) and par- sister tugboat, the namesake Valor. ticulate matter in compliance with There is plenty of work to go Tier 4 standards. Jim Hyslop, manager of project around in Southern California, par- There are notable changes development for Robert Allan Ltd., ticularly with the massive contain- to the deckhouse as well. The said the RApport 2500 series is erships calling on Los Angeles and RApport 2400 tugs have tradition- meant to be highly maneuverable, Long Beach on a regular basis. The ally operated as day boats, with powerful and offer good visibility, Port of Los Angeles moved more limited amenities and perhaps just like its predecessors. But its than 9.3 million TEU in 2019, and a couple of bunks for crew to larger envelope acknowledges the neighboring Port of Long Beach use between jobs. The beamier industry demands for more bollard isn’t far behind, with more than 7.5 Hercules has a comfortable galley pull as ships — and the tugboats million TEU for each of the past and mess, along with laundry and that work with them — keep get- three years. a head on the main deck. Three ting bigger. Despite those volumes, which double cabins are below deck for a “What we did with that (2400 have fallen somewhat in 2020 due vessel that will typically have four series) design is we kept increasing to trade challenges and the coro- or fewer crew. bollard pull, and it got to the point navirus outbreak, both ports are The wheelhouse is roomier than where it became too much for relatively confined. They also have its predecessors and is loaded with that boat,” Hyslop said. “The new heavy traffic, making a nimbler top-shelf navigation electronics. design is a little bigger, a little more tugboat appealing. “That Robert The operators can look to Furuno powerful, with a little more beam Allan design is one of the most FR-8125 radars, a Furuno satellite and a little more length. Basically, prolific throughout the world, and compass and a Transas navigation it is just a more capable package.” it’s proven over and over again to system while underway. Closed- “It is fairly simple, clean and provide a lot of performance in a circuit cameras show what is hap- basic, but at the same time it is a small package,” Sesnon said. pening below deck in machinery very high-performance harbor tug,” That small package got quite a spaces. he added. bit bigger, and more powerful, with The Markey DEPC-52 electric Diversified Marine built seven the 2500 series. Hercules is pow- hawser winch and staple are the RApport 2400 tugs for Brusco ered by two Tier 4 3,004-hp Cat centerpiece of Hercules’ bow. The between 2001 and 2017. Brusco 3516 engines turning Cat MTA proven winch is loaded with fea- kept some for its work in smaller 627 z-drives through carbon-fiber tures, including Render/Recover West Coast ports and chartered shafts. Two Cat C7.1 gensets pro- to maintain constant line tension.

42 American Tugboat Review 2020 tugboat, Wynema Spirit, left the Hercules SPECIFICATIONS yard for Brusco in 1999. Since then, it has built seven RApport 2400 Owner/operator: Brusco Tug & Barge/Crowley tugs for the company, which is Maritime Builder: Diversified Marine based about 50 miles to the north Designer: Robert Allan Ltd. via the Columbia River. Dimensions: 82’ x 40’ x 14’ Changes from the 2400 series to Mission: Ship escort, docking and assist Crew size: 4 the more modern 2500 also includ- ed enhancements to meet Coast Propulsion: u Fendering: Schuyler u Engines: (2) Caterpillar Companies Guard Subchapter M standards. 3516E, 3,004 hp Capacities: Redd said the yard’s crews took u Bollard pull: 88 tons u Fuel: 22,000 gallons Its single drum can hold 750 feet ahead u DEF: 2,500 gallons those changes in stride. “We like of 3.25-inch line, with a line speed Hercules has an u Vessel speed: 12 knots u Water: 3,500 gallons Robert Allan designs, and we have u Z-drives: (2) Cat MTA u Lube oil: 450 gallons of up to 360 feet per minute and a all-Caterpillar 627 been building these long enough brake capacity of 600,000 pounds. engine room and u Auxiliary generators: (2) Firefighting: that we are good enough at getting Cat MTA 627 118-kW Cat C7.1 u Monitors: (1) Elkhart The FM-200 fire suppression u Keel coolers: Duramax everything in where it needs to go,” z-drives. Brass Spit-Fire, 2,000 system for the engine room is DuraCooler; DuraCooler gpm he said. SuprStak u Pumps: (1) Carver Pump stored in a locker on the main deck driven by 150-hp Baldor Diversified has already begun rather than in the engine compart- Deck equipment: electric motor construction on a sister tug for u Bow winch: Markey u Onboard fire suppression ment. The vessel’s off-ship fire- DEPC-52 electric, 75 hp systems: FM-200 Brusco in the new 2500 series, and fighting system consists of a single Redd said there are discussions 2,000-gpm Elkhart Brass Spit-Fire tugboat Diversified Marine has about adding a third. “Brusco keeps monitor with a Carver pump driven delivered to Brusco over the past building and innovating,” Redd by a 150-hp Baldor electric motor. 30 years. Kurt Redd, Diversified’s said. “They are a great group to Hercules is just the latest owner, recalled how its first ASD work with.” •

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American Tugboat Review 2020 43 Andrew S. | Bisso Towboat Co., Luling, La. Bisso Towboat adds new muscle on the Lower Mississippi Story and photos by Brian Gauvin

n 1999, Bisso Towboat of Luling, companies and ship pilots are driv- Bisso acquired the design after the La., introduced the first tractor ing the demand for ASD tractor construction of Cecilia B. Slatten tug on the Mississippi River with Andrew S., tugs. Bisso’s eight ASD tugs give more than two decades ago. the delivery of Cecilia B. Slatten. above, is the the company something of a com- The hull form has proven itself IWith the delivery of Andrew S. most powerful petitive advantage, especially with with each successive tugboat. Bisso in November 2019, Bisso has intro- azimuthing stern drive tugboat duced the first Tier 4 tractor tug on operating on the the mighty river. At 6,008 hp, it’s Lower Mississippi also the most powerful. River. Right, Capt. Main Iron Works in Houma, Michael Hilton La., the towing company’s go-to- steers Andrew boatyard for nearly 30 years, built S. on its way Andrew S. Bisso’s 13-boat fleet now to a job on the Mississippi. includes eight z-drive tugs, boasting the largest tractor tug fleet on the inland waterways. “The company is committed to z-drives,” Bisso Towboat President Scott Slatten said. “They have proven admirably suited to ship- assist work in tight spots and in the river’s difficult currents. They’re quality ship owners and operators. and Main Iron Works have modi- also not as vulnerable to river debris Andrew S. is based on a proven fied the design tug by tug, arriving as once thought.” 100-by-38-foot design developed at what is essentially an enhanced According to Slatten, shipping by naval architect Greg Castleman. version of Alma S., built in 2006.

O First Tier 4 tractor tug working Lower Mississippi O Most powerful ASD tugboat on the river O Eighth z-drive in Bisso fleet

44 American Tugboat Review 2020 water.” The system also reduces reducing noise in crew quarters. maintenance costs. Andrew S., with twin 3,004-hp Delivery of Becky S. in 2015 engines, has substantially more heralded an exciting upgrade from power than its most recent prede- the crew’s point of view: A sec- cessor, the 4,480-hp Liz Healy built ond head, located in a mudroom in late 2017. It also has 84 tons of between the stacks. The change, bollard pull compared to Liz Healy’s now standard, allowed the engine 60 tons. room door to be moved from the The new tug’s power train con- galley to the mudroom, greatly sists of two Caterpillar 3516E Tier 4 mains driving Kongsberg/Rolls- Royce z-drives. The ice-class drives have four-blade, 98.4-inch stainless- Incremental improvements steel props in stainless-steel nozzles. over the years include switching to Above, the “The boat has really good Caterpillar engines, starting with custom-built grill power,” said Kevin Beudreaux, the Michael S. in 2010, and making installed on the chief engineer. connections for hoses, fuel, water aft deck is a Main The tug’s electrical service is Iron Works tradi- provided by two 99-kW Marathon and other fluids accessible outside tion. Right, Bisso the engine room. Keel-cooled air installed a JonRie generators powered by John Deere conditioning became standard in Series 240 escort 4045AFM85 engines. Soundproof 2012 with delivery of William S. winch on the bow. insulation sharply reduces noise “It’s extremely efficient,” said throughout the vessel, including its Capt. Jon Davis, Bisso’s vice presi- four bunkrooms. dent of training. “The forced air is Two 1,500-gallon, shipyard- constantly being cooled by the river built stainless-steel tanks feed

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46 American Tugboat Review 2020 with pedals at the helmsman’s feet, are less noticeable. Capt. Michael freeing the helmsman’s hands to Hilton pointed to a few while idling concentrate on steering and propul- Andrew S. at Poverty Point, waiting sion controls. The line speed is up to meet the articulated tug-barge to 150 feet per minute. OSG Vision. A stainless-steel H-bitt and “We did away with the table bitt staple on the bow stem are standard at the bow for taking the emergency on Bisso tugs, with a Washington towline, and fitted an emergency Chain & Supply RSRH-100 quick- towline hook at the forward foot of release pelican hook and a stainless- the winch,” he said. In conjunction steel H-bitt on the stern. Main Iron with the bow staple, the system Works also fabricated a stylish alu- allows for the employment of a full minum cooking grill for the crew. 80-ton bollard pull on an emer- The shoulder and quarter bitts gency tow. are stainless steel and slanted Also at the bow, the bulwarks diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) into the are canted inward 18 inches for Caterpillar SCR system on Andrew one frame length to allow for more S. The tanks are located inside the Chief engineer clearance under the sheer of a ship. ballast tanks, keeping the product Kevin Beudreaux “The boat feels heavier than at a constant cool temperature to stands along- the other boats, and handles a little prevent degradation. Their location side one of two differently,” Hilton said. “I think it Caterpillar 3516E also saves space in the engine room. handles better on a ship because the Tier 4 engines, The SCR system reduces NOx above and right. stern, with the big wheels and larger in engine exhaust emissions to meet The Cat engines drives, rides lower in the water and EPA Tier 4 regulations. The dos- are paired with the bow higher.” ing module mixes compressed air Kongsberg/Rolls- Where other vessels have one and DEF, sending it to the catalytic Royce z-drives, radar, Andrew S. has a compound converter where it is injected into below. inboard, as are the bulwarks, to radar system with two scanners and the exhaust stream. The water tuck more easily under a ship’s four radars. Two radar monitors evaporates and the DEF is con- counters. bookend the chartplotter mounted verted into ammonia. Other changes to the vessel to the ceiling above the helm con- “All of us are really impressed sole. Simrad supplied the electron- with how little smoke comes out of Andrew S. ics suite in the wheelhouse. the stacks,” said Beudreaux. “It’s a SPECIFICATIONS Hilton said the pace of accelera- super clean system.” tion from zero to 50 tons of pull is Owner/operator: Bisso Towboat Co. Bisso has fitted its tugs with Builder: Main Iron Works roughly the same as sister tugs, but JonRie bow winches since 2015. Designer: Bisso Towboat Co./Main Iron Works there is slower acceleration from The JonRie Series 240 hydraulic Dimensions: 100’ x 38’ x 13.5’ half-power to full-ahead. With Mission: Escort and ship assist auto-tensioning hawser winch on Crew size: 4 slower acceleration at the top end, Andrew S. is wound with 500 feet high bollard pull spikes are less Propulsion: u Fendering: M&M Bumper likely. of 3-inch Samson Saturn-12 line u Engines: (2) Tier 4 Service with 749,000 pounds of breaking Caterpillar 3516E, “So we get a smoother pull,” he strength. The winch is equipped 3,004 hp Navigation gear: said. “You don’t want spikes in ten- u Bollard pull: 84 tons u Radar: Simrad Halo-4 (est.) Pulse Compression Radar sion when you’re over 50 tons. So, u Thrusters: (2) Kongs- u Compass: Simrad HS80A inadvertently, that’s an advantage.” berg/Rolls-Royce US 255 GNSS compass FP z-drives u AIS: Simrad V5035 Class Building Andrew S. to Tier 4 u Propellers: (2) 98.4” A receiver standards, along with more power- four-blade stainless-steel u Autopilot: Simrad AP70 props in nozzles Mk2 ful engines, a larger winch and ice- u Auxiliary generators: (2) class drives, added about 35 percent 99-kW Marathon genera- Capacities: tors powered by (2) John u Fuel: 30,162 gallons to the total construction cost. But Deere 4045AFM85 u Water: 11,000 gallons Slatten and his crews are pleased engines u Lube oil: 1,825 gallons u DEF: 3,000 gallons with the finished product. Deck equipment: “Provided business stays u Winches: JonRie InterTech Classifications: Series 240 escort winch u Subchapter M; ABS positive,” he said, “we hope to start u Cordage: 500’ of 3” International Load Line; building another tug, similar to the Samson Saturn-12 line USCG COI Andrew S., later this year.” •

American Tugboat Review 2020 47 tractor tugs in north america Operator Tugboat Year Length Builder HP Propulsion/Company Engine

Amak Towing, Ketchikan, Alaska Brian T (ex-Escort Eagle) 1995 109 ft Nichols Brothers 3,100 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Anna T (ex-Pacific Explorer) 1998 105 ft Marco Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat AmNav Maritime Services, San Francisco (Foss Marine Holdings) Liberty (ex-Peter Foss) 1999 97 ft Main Iron Works 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Revolution 2006 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Independence 2007 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Sandra Hugh 2008 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Patricia Ann 2008 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Freedom 2009 90 ft Honolulu Marine 4,400 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Sarah 2015 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,750 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat AmNav Tractor (MS) 2015 80 ft Diversified Marine 5,350 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat AmNav Tractor (DHK) 2017 80 ft Diversified Marine 5,350 z-drive aft/Cat Cat AmNav Tractor (RP) 2017 80 ft Diversified Marine 5,350 z-drive aft/Cat Cat Teresa Brusco 2017 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,750 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, Port Cartier, Quebec Brochu 1973 100 ft Star Shipyard 3,600 cycloidal/Voith Alco Vachon 1973 100 ft Star Shipyard 3,600 cycloidal/Voith Alco Atlantic Towing Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Atlantic Spruce 1997 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 4,004 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Hemlock 1996 95 ft East Isle Shipyard 4,004 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Willow 1998 95 ft East Isle Shipyard 4,004 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Larch 2000 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 4,004 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Oak 2004 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Fir 2005 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Atlantic Cedar 2005 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Beaver, Atlantic Bear 2008 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,800 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Spitfire III 2008 101 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,800 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Atlantic Legacy, Guapo Warrior 2014 94 ft Damen Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft Cat Kairi, Manatee 2014 94 ft Damen Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft Cat Baydelta Maritime, San Francisco Delta Billie 2009 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,850 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Delta Cathryn 2009 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,850 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Delta Teresa 2019 100 ft Nichols Brothers 5,300 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Bay-Houston Towing, Houston William M 1989 102 ft North American Shipbuilding 4,000 z-draft fwd/Ulstein EMD Matthew K 2000 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Wesley A 2007 98 ft Main Iron Works 6,300 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Rosemary 2008 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,000 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Lexie M, Hunter M 2008/9 98 ft Orange Shipbuilding 6,300 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Chloe K 2013 80 ft Leevac 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Zyana K 2016 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat David B 2016 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Laura B 2016 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat H. Douglas M 2016 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Mark E. Kuebler 2018 98.5 ft Gulf Island Shipyard 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Conolly M 2019 98.5 ft Gulf Island Shipyard 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Bisso Towboat, New Orleans Cecilia B. Slatten 1999 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,300 z-drive aft/Aqua EMD Alma S 2006 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,300 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Michael S 2009 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat William S 2012 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Becky S 2015 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,480 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Mr. Ruben 2016 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,480 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Liz Healy 2017 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,480 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat *Andrew S. 2019 100 ft Main Iron Works 6,008 z-drive/Kongsberg-RR Cat Boston Towing & Transportation, Boston (Unit of Reinauer Transportation) Freedom, Liberty 2003 87 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,400 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Independence 2009 128 ft Derecktor Shipyard 5,400 z-drive aft, CP props MTU Justice 2009 98 ft Martinac Shipbuilding 5,400 z-drive aft, CP props MTU Brusco Tug & Barge, Longview, Wash. Wynema Spirit 2001 78 ft Diversified Marine 3,600 z-drive aft/Ulstein MTU Lulapin 2005 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Simone Brusco 2013 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,400 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Peter J Brix 2014 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,400 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Bo Brusco 2014 78 ft Diversified Marine 4,750 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Canadian Navy (Glen series of Voith-Schneider tugs) Glendale, Glendyne 1975 92.5 ft Yarrow Shipyard 1,800 Cycloidal/Voith-Schneider Ruston Glenbrook, Glenevis 1976 92.5 ft Georgetown Shipyard 1,800 Cycloidal/Voith-Schneider Ruston Glenside 1977 92.5 ft Georgetown Shipyard 1,800 Cycloidal/Voith-Schneider Ruston Cook Inlet Tug & Barge, Anchorage, Alaska (unit of Foss Maritime) Stellar Wind 1993 85 ft Tri-Star Marine 3,500 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Glacier Wind 1997 65 ft Tri-Star Marine 2,450 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cummins Bering Wind (ex-Campbell Foss) 2005/11 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Crescent Towing, New Orleans (Unit of Cooper T. Smith) Point Clear 1999 104 ft Thoma-Sea 5,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein GE Savannah 2002 96 ft Bollinger Shipyards 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Bulldog 2005 98 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,700 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE Lisa Cooper 2010 92 ft C&G Boat Works 5,225 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE J.K. McLean 2011 92 ft C&G Boat Works 5,225 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE David J. Cooper 2012 92 ft C&G Boat Works 5,225 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE Mardi Gras 2016 92 ft Steiner Shipyard 5,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE Arkansas, South Carolina 2017 92 ft Steiner Shipyard 5,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce GE Crowley Marine Services, Seattle Tioga 1994 85 ft Tri-Star Marine 4,500 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Protector, Guard 1996/7 120 ft Nichols Brothers 5,500 cycloidal/Voith Cat Master, Admiral, Guide 1998 105 ft Nichols Brothers 4,800 cycloidal/Voith Cat Leader, Scout, Chief 1999 105 ft Nichols Brothers 4,800 cycloidal/Voith Cat Nanuq, Tan’erliq 1999 153 ft Dakota Creek 10,192 cycloidal/Voith Cat Alert, Aware, Attentive 1999 140 ft Dakota Creek 10,192 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Response 2003 129 ft Marco Shipyard 7,260 cycloidal/Voith Cat Valor, Vigilant, Veteran 2007/8 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,800 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat

Editor’s note: This chart has been updated to include our 2020 Top Tugs, marked with an asterisk. The remainder of the table was accurate as of June 1, 2019. Efforts to revise the chart starting in early 2020 were hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

48 American Tugboat Review 2020 tractor tugs in north america Operator Tugboat Year Length Builder HP Propulsion/Company Engine

Hawaii 2013 120 ft JT Marine Inc. 5,358 z-drive/Schottel GE *Hercules 2020 82 ft Diversified Marine 6,008 z-drive/Cat Cat Dunlap Towing, Everett, Wash. James Dunlap 1995 101 ft Hansen Boat 4,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Gretchen Dunlap 2015 101 ft Hansen Boat 6,800 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat E.N. Bisso & Son, New Orleans Josephine Anne 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Beverly B 2010 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Elizabeth B 2010 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Aura 2013 87 ft Great Lakes Shipbuilding 4,600 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Archie T. Higgins 2015 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Gladys B 2016 80 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 5,300 z-drive/Rolls-Royce MTU *C.D. White 2020 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,100 z-drive/Kongsberg-RR Cat Edison Chouest Offshore, Galliano, La. LOOP Responder 1992 155 ft North American Shipbuilding 7,300 cycloidal/Voith Cat C-Tractor 2 - 5 1989-93 102 ft North American Shipbuilding 4,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD C-Tractor 6 1994 82.8 ft North American Shipbuilding 4,800 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat C-Tractor 7 - 10 1994 90 ft North American Shipbuilding 2,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat C-Tractor 11 1994 82.8 ft North American Shipbuilding 4,800 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat C-Tractor 12 - 14 1996/9 105 ft North American Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive fwd/Ulstein Cat C-Tractor 19-22 2009 110 ft Gulf Ship 5,500 z-drive fwd Cat Elrington, Latouche 2018 102.5 ft North American Shipbuilding 6,008 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Bainbridge, Ingot 2018 102.5 ft North American Shipbuilding 6,008 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Commander, Courageous, Champion 2018 140 ft North American Shipbuilding 12,336 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Foss Maritime, Seattle (Foss Marine Holdings) Brynn Foss 1982/07 100 ft Tacoma Boatbuilding 4,700 z-drive/Voith EMD Andrew Foss 1982 106.7 ft Tacoma Boatbuilding 4,000 cycloidal/Voith EMD Arthur Foss 1982 107 ft Tacoma Boatbuilding 4,000 cycloidal/Voith EMD P.J. Brix 1982 87 ft Marine Industries 2,560 z-drive aft/Niigata Cat Henry Foss, Wedell Foss 1982/05 100 ft Tacoma Boatbuilding 5,000 z-drive/Voith EMD Lindsey Foss 1993 155 ft Trinity Marine 8,000 cycloidal /Voith EMD Garth Foss 1994 155 ft Trinity Marine 8,000 cycloidal/Voith EMD Daniel Foss 1998 95.2 ft Conversion 3,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Marshall Foss, Lynn Marie 2001 98 ft Halter Marine 6,250 z-drive aft/Ulstein MTU Pacific Star 2008 98 ft J.M. Martinac 6,610 z-drive aft/Niigata MTU Alta June 2008 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Carolyn Dorothy (hybrid) 2008 78 ft Foss/Rainier 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cummins Freedom 2009 86 ft Honolulu Marine Company 4,400 z-drive/Thrustmaster Cat Kalama 2009 86 ft Kewalo Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/HRP Cat Delta Lindsey 2010 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,850 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Caden Foss 2017 110 ft JT Marine Inc. 6,772 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat *Jamie Ann 2020 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,866 z-drive/Kongsberg-RR MTU Foss Maritime, Hawaii Region (Foss Marine Holdings) Eleu 1989 73 ft J.M. Martinac 2,800 z-drive aft/Niigata Cat Mamo 1996 78 ft Trinity Marine 3,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Mikiala II 1977/01 100 ft Main Iron Works/Foss 3,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Mikioi 2004 78 ft Foss Rainier shipyard 4,700 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Pi’ilani 2005 78 ft Foss Rainier shipyard 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Moana 2007 100.2 ft Foss Rainier shipyard 3,000 z-drive aft/Voith Cat Fournier Tugs Inc., Belfast, Maine Fournier Tractor 1984 85 ft Main Iron Works 3,500 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Harbor Docking and Towing, Lake Charles, La. Ted, George 2008/9 105 ft Main Iron Works 6,140 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Carl 2012 96 ft Main Iron Works 6,300 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Pat 2013 96 ft Main Iron Works 6,300 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Sam (ex-Goliah) 1997/2017 105 ft Marco Shipyard 5,150 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Ralph 2019 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,770 z-drive/Cat hybrid Cat Capt. Robb 2019 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,770 z-drive/Cat hybrid Cat Centerline Logistics, Seattle Gyrfalcon 1995 100.5 ft Marco Shipyard 4,264 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Z-3, Z-4, Z-5 1999 94 ft Marco Shipyard 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Millennium Falcon 2000 105 ft Marco Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Millennium Star 2000 105 ft Marco Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Millennium Dawn 2002 105 ft Marco Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Millennium Maverick 1996 100 ft Marco Shipyard 4,300 z-drive aft/Aqua EMD Tim Quigg 2004 76.3 ft Diversified Marine 4,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat John Quigg 2004 78.8 ft Diversified Marine 4,800 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Bob Franco 2013 111.5 ft Diversified Marine 5,360 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Robert Franco 2013 93 ft Nichols Brothers 6,850 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Ahbra Franco 2013 103.9 ft Nichols Brothers 6,890 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Marine Towing of Tampa, Tampa, Fla. Endeavor 2000 80 ft Halter Marine 4,200 z-drive inline/Ulstein Wärtsilä Freedom 2005 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Liberty 2007 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Patriot 2013 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Independent 2017 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat McAllister Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. Steven McAllister 1963/07 109 ft Southern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Ellen McAllister 1966/07 109 ft Marinette Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Dorothy McAllister 1971/06 109 ft Marinette Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Stacy McAllister 1970/05 95.5 ft Peterson Builders 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Robert E. McAllister 1970/05 109 ft Peterson Builders 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Donal G. McAllister 1970/02 109 ft Marinette Marine 3,000 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Kaleen M. McAllister 1970/02 109 ft Southern Shipbuilding 3,300 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Timothy McAllister 1970/06 109 ft Marinette Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Margaret McAllister 1970/06 109 ft Marinette Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Patrick M. McAllister 1974/02 102 ft Marinette Marine 5,150 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Beth M. McAllister 1974/03 109 ft Peterson Builders 3,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Matthew McAllister (ex-Orion) 1982 95 ft Mid-Coast Marine 3,000 cycloidal/Voith EMD Alex McAllister 1985 95 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Brooklyn McAllister 1986 115 ft Offshore Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Erin McAllister 1996/01 95.5 ft Trinity Marine 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Beverly R. McAllister 1999 99 ft Marco Shipyard 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Vicki M. McAllister 2001 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,650 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Janet M McAllister 2001 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,650 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Emily Anne McAllister 2003 98 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,650 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD A.J. McAllister 2003 98 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Moira McAllister (ex-Independent) 2003 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat

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Rainbow 2004 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,000 z-drive/ Rolls-Royce Cat Andrew McAllister 2008 98 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,000 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Gregg McAllister 2008 82 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/ Schottel Cat Reid McAllister 2008 82 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 4,000 z-drive aft/ Schottel Cat Bridget McAllister (ex-Leo) 2006 78 ft Foss Shipyard 5,080 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Buckley McAllister 2014 96 ft Senesco Marine 5,150 z-drive/Schottel Cat Eric McAllister 2014 96 ft Senesco Marine 5,150 z-drive/Schottel Cat Tate McAllister 2014 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Jeffrey McAllister 2017 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Capt. Brian A. McAllister 2017 100 ft Horizon Shipbuilding 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Rosemary McAllister 2018 100 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Ava M. McAllister 2019 100 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat *Capt. Jim McAllister 2019 100 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat *Eileen McAllister 2020 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Moran Towing, New Canaan, Conn. Patricia Moran 1962/99 80 ft Jakobson Shipyard 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Sewells Point 1977/95 100 ft Jakobson Shipyard 3,005 z-drive fwd/Mortrac DD/EMD Harriett Moran 1978/96 100.5 ft Jakobson Shipyard 3,005 z-drive fwd/Mortrac DD/EMD Town Point 1978/98 100 ft Jakobson Shipyard 3,005 z-drive fwd/Mortrac DD/EMD Drum Point 1986/97 100 ft Jakobson Shipyard 3,005 z-drive fwd/Mortrac DD/EMD Z-One 1996 87.7 ft Halter Marine 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein BTA Fort Bragg 1998 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Elizabeth Turecamo 1998 110 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 6,140 z-drive aft/Aqua EMD Marci Moran 1999 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Karen Moran 1999 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Kerry Moran 1999 100 ft Jakobson Shipyard 4,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Susan Moran 1999 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Tracy Moran 2000 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Surrie Moran 2000 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Wendy Moran 2000 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Diane Moran 2001 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Gramma Lee T. Moran 2002 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Kaye E. Moran 2003 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD James R. Moran 2004 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Lynne Moran 2005 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Edward J. Moran 2006 98 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD April Moran 2006 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Eleanor F. Moran 2007 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Laura K. Moran 2008 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Capt. Jimmy T. Moran 2008 86 ft C&G Boat Works 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Shiney V. Moran 2009 86 ft C&G Boat Works 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Catherine C. Moran 2009 98 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Loretta B. Moran 2010 98 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Lizzy B. Moran 2010 92 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU James A. Moran 2011 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Mark Moran 2012 86 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Katie T. Moran 2012 86 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Annabelle Dorothy Moran 2012 86 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,100 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Hayley Moran 2014 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD George T. Moran 2014 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Payton Grace Moran 2015 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Kirby Moran 2015 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD JRT Moran 2015 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD James D. Moran 2015 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Cooper Moran 2016 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Jonathan C. Moran 2016 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Maxwell Paul Moran 2016 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Jack T. Moran 2016 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Clayton W. Moran 2016 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,000 z-drive/Schottel EMD Benson George Moran 2017 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,770 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Judy Moran 2018 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 6,772 z-drive/Schottel Cat Ocean Group, Quebec City, Canada Escorte 1967 84.5 ft Jakobson Shipyard 1,300 z-drive aft/Voith Schneider GM Ocean A. Simard 1980 92 ft Georgetown Shipyards 3,340 z-drive aft/Voith Schneider Alco Ocean Intrepide 1997 82 ft Ocean Industries 4,000 double z-drive/Niigata Mitsub. Ocean Jupiter 1998 82 ft Ocean Industries 4,000 z-drive aft/Niigata Mitsub. Ocean Stevns 2003 108 ft Ocean Industries 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP MaK Ocean Arctique 2005 101 ft Ocean Industries 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP MaK Ocean K. Rusby 2005 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Raymond Lemay 2006 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Henry Bain 2006 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Cartier 2007 90 ft Shanghai Shipyards 5,220 z-drive aft/Voith Schneider Yanmar Ocean Bertrand Jeansonne 2008 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Georgie Bain 2009 82 ft Ocean Industries 4,000 double z-drive/Niigata Cat Ocean Raynald T. 2009 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Clovis T. 2009 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Serge Genois 2010 82 ft Ocean Industries 4,000 double z-drive/Niigata Cat Ocean Yvan Desgagnes 2010 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Ross Gaudreault 2011 98 ft East Isle Shipyard 5,000 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Pierre Julien 2013 82 ft Ocean Industries 4,000 double z-drive/Niigata Cat Ocean Tundra 2013 118 ft Ocean Industries 8,160 double z-drive/Rolls/CP MaK Ocean Kingston Pride 2015 80 ft Sanmar Denizcilik Makine 6,303 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Cat Ocean Taiga 2016 118 ft Ocean Industries 8,160 double z-drive/Rolls/CP Mak Otto Candies, Des Allemands, La. Devin Candies 2000 150 ft Bender Shipbuilding 9,300 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce EMD Polaris Materials, Vancouver Numas Warrior 2008 58 ft Sylte Shipyard 2,100 z-drive aft/HRP MTU Saam Smit Towage, Vancouver, B.C. Smit Hunter 1989 50 ft John Manly Shipyard 1,300 z-drive aft/Aqua DD Smit Spirit 1996 52 ft Pacific Shipyard 3,000 z-drive aft/Aqua MTU/DD Smit Pride 1997 52 ft Pacific Shipyard 3,000 z-drive aft/Aqua MTU/DD Smit Mississippi 1998 102 ft Damen Shipyard 4,900 z-drive Wärtsilä 6L26 SST Tiger Sun 1999 72 ft Sylte Shipyard 5,000 z-drive/Ulstein MTU/DD Smit Humber 2000 100 ft Damen Shipyard 4,900 z-drive Wärtsilä 6L26 Smit Clyde 2000 100 ft Damen Shipyards 4,900 z-drive aft/Schottel Wärtsilä 6L26 SST Orleans (ex-TP 3) 2009 100 ft Nichols Brothers 6,850 z-drive aft/Niigata Cat Smit Venta 2009 94 ft Damen Shipyard 4,900 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Smit Saba 2009 94 ft Damen Shipyard 4,900 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat SST Salish, SST Capilano 2016 71 ft ABD Boats 5,364 z-drive/Rolls-Royce MTU Samson Tug Boats Inc., Delta, British Columbia (Canada) Shuswap 2011 58 ft Sylte Shipyard 3,200 z-drive aft MTU 50 American Tugboat Review 2020 tractor tugs in north america Operator Tugboat Year Length Builder HP Propulsion/Company Engine

Kootenay 2012 64.3 ft ABD Boats 5,000 z-drive aft MTU Sause Brothers, Coos Bay, Ore. (Hawaii) Tira Lani 1999 79 ft Sause Brothers 4,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Seabulk Towing, Port Everglades, Fla. Eagle 1988 92 ft Tampa Shipyards 3,200 z-drive fwd/Niigata B&W Florida 1990 80 ft Main Iron Works 3,000 z-drive/Rolls-Royce EMD Broward 1995 100 ft Atlantic Marine 5,100 z-drive fwd/Aqua EMD Hawk 1995 110 ft Trinity/Halter 6,700 z-drive aft/Aqua Wärtsilä Condor 1996 110 ft Halter Marine 6,700 z-drive aft/Aqua Wärtsilä SDM Escambia, SDM New River, SDM St. Johns 1997/98 90 ft Halter Marine 4,000 z-drive inline/Ulstein Cat SDM Suwannee River 2000 90 ft Halter Marine 4,200 z-drive inline/Ulstein Wärtsilä Gasparilla 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Energy Hercules 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Energy Zeus 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Buccaneer 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Sabine 2007 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Apollo, Athena 2013 93 ft Washburn & Doughty 5,300 z-drive/Schottel Cat Atlas 2013 92 ft Great Lakes Shipyard 4,640 z-drive/Rolls-Royce Cat Trident 2017 98.5 ft Master Boat Builders 5,733 triple z-drive/Schottel Cat Trinity 2018 98.5 ft Master Boat Builders 5,733 triple z-drive/Schottel Cat Triton 2018 98.5 ft Master Boat Builders 4,947 triple z-drive/Veth Cat Seaspan Marine, North Vancouver (Division of Washington Marine Group) Charles H. Cates I 1983 78 ft Allied Shipbuilders 2,400 Niigata Z-Peller DD Charles H. Cates III 1986 78 ft John Manly Shipyard 2,400 Niigata Z-Peller DD Charles H. Cates X 1990 60 ft Allied Shipbuilders 1,300 Niigata Z-Peller Cat Seaspan Hawk, Falcon 1993 80 ft Vancouver Shipyards 3,100 z-drive aft/Niigata DD Seaspan Resolution 2009 98 ft Martinac Shipbuilding 6,000 z-drive aft/Niigata EMD Seaspan Raven, Eagle 2010 92 ft Sanmar Denizcilik 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls/CP Cat Seaspan Kestrel, Osprey 2011 92 ft Sanmar Denizcilik 6,300 z-drive aft Rolls/CP Cat Shaver Transportation, Portland, Ore. Portland 1981 107 ft Nichols Brothers 4,000 z-drive aft MTU Washington (ex-Falcon) 1990 92 ft Tampa Shipyards 3,200 z-drive fwd/Niigata B&W Vancouver 1993 76 ft J.M. Martinac 3,600 z-drive aft/Niigata MTU Deschutes 1997 91 ft J.M. Martinac 3,600 z-drive aft/Aqua MTU DD Willamette 1999 91 ft J.M. Martinac 3,600 z-drive aft/Aqua MTU DD Sommer S 2012 77 ft Diversified Marine 5,360 z-drive aft/Schottel MTU Samantha S 2019 112 ft Diversified Marine 8,432 z-drive/Rolls-Royce GE Signet Maritime, Houston Signet Valiant 1994 81.5 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 3,000 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Signet Enterprise 1999 105 ft Marco Shipbuilding 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Signet Intrepid 1999 105 ft Marco Shipbuilding 4,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Signet Volunteer 2001 70 ft Horizon Shipyard 1,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cummins Signet Victory 2001 81.5 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 3,000 z-drive aft/Aqua EMD Signet Challenger 2003 104 ft Thoma-Sea 4,200 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cummins Signet Reliance 2007 98 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Pacific Star 2008 98 ft J.M. Martinac 6,610 z-drive aft/Niigata MTU Signet America 2008 98 ft J.M. Martinac 6,610 z-drive aft/Niigata MTU Signet Weatherly 2012 105 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 4,720 z-drive aft/Niigata MTU Signet Constellation 2012 100 ft Trinity Offshore 6,834 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Signet Stars & Stripes 2012 100 ft Trinity Offshore 6,834 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Signet Magic 2013 80 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 5,150 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Signet Arcturus, Signet Polaris 2014 105 ft Patti Marine 6,834 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Signet Vigilant 2014 72 ft Signet Shipbuilding & Repair 2,460 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce MTU Standard Towing Ltd., Port McNeill, B.C. Point Valiant 1998 80 ft Ocean Industries 3,300 z-drive/Niigata Mitsub. Numas Warrior 2008 58 ft Sylte Shipyard 2,320 z-drive aft/HRP MTU Renegade 2012 63 ft ABD Shipyard 1,650 z-drive aft/ZF Cummins Suderman & Young Towing Co., Houston Jess Newton 2001 100 ft Main Iron Works 4,300 z-drive aft/Ulstein EMD Denia 2004 96 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel EMD Thor 2007 98 ft Main Iron Works 6,300 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Evelena, Lamar 2008/9 98 ft Orange Shipbuilding 6,300 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Zeus 2013 80 ft Leevac 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Triton 2015 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Neptune, Oceanus, Poseidon 2016 80 ft Eastern Shipbuilding 5,150 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Ted C. Litton 2019 98.5 ft Gulf Island Shipyard 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Apollo 2019 98.5 ft Gulf Island Shipyard 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat *Mazu 2019 98.5 ft Gulf Island Shipyard 6,772 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Svitzer Canada Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia Point Chebucto 1992 110 ft Halifax-Dartmouth 4,000 z-drive aft/Aqua Cat Svitzer Bedford 2005 105 ft Asenav, Chile 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Svitzer Montreal 2004 100 ft Irving East Isle Shipyard 5,000 z-drive aft Cat U.S. Navy, Seattle, Wash. YT 802 2006 90 ft Converted YTBs 3,600 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat YT 803 - YT 806 2009/11 90 ft J.M. Martinac 3,600 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat YT 807 2012 90 ft J.M. Martinac 3,600 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Western Towboat, Seattle Westrac 1987 72 ft Western Towboat 2,500 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat West Point 1992 60 ft Western Towboat 1,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Westrac II 1995 79 ft Western Towboat 2,400 z-drive aft/Ulstein Cat Western Titan 1997 108 ft Western Towboat 4,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Pacific Titan 2000 108 ft Western Towboat 4,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Gulf Titan 2001 120 ft Western Towboat 4,500 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Ocean Titan 2004 120 ft Western Towboat 5,000 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cat Alaska Titan 2008 120 ft Western Towboat 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Arctic Titan 2012 120 ft Western Towboat 5,000 z-drive aft/Schottel Cat Bering Titan 2015 120 ft Western Towboat 5,000 z-dive aft/Schottel Cat *Mariner 2020 80 ft Western Towboat 3,940 z-drive/Schottel Cat Wilmington Tug, Wilmington, Del. Tina 1977 65 ft Gladding-Hearn 1,800 z-drive aft/HRP Lugger Sally 1987 70 ft Gladding-Hearn 2,400 z-drive aft/HRP MTU Lindsey 1989 70 ft Gladding-Hearn 2,600 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce Cummins Capt. Harry 2002 80 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,200 z-drive aft/Ulstein MTU Sonie 2007 80 ft Washburn & Doughty 4,800 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce MTU Madeline 2008 80 ft Gladding-Hearn 4,800 z-drive aft/Rolls-Royce MTU

American Tugboat Review 2020 51 TUGBOAT ROUNDUP Gemini Marine Gemini

n British Columbia, most The addition of the 60-by- The two port-side engines tugboats built within the 26-foot McIlwain-designed power 93.25-kW generators, Ilast decade were designed Gemini Warrior will help the each of which can meet the Gemini by A.G. McIlwain Ltd. Noted firm stay ahead of emerging vessel’s electric needs on its for their broad beam-to- coastal towing needs. own. The two on the star- length ratio, these versatile Like other boats designed board side provide hydrau- Warrior tugs perform ship docking, to Canadian regulations that lic power, with either one ship assist, log towing and require all accommodations capable of meeting nearly 100 barge handling. to be above the waterline, percent of the hydraulic draw builds on In October 2019, the lat- Gemini Warrior has the dis- of the 26-inch bow thruster est iteration of a McIlwain tinctive raised forecastle. and the towing winch at tradition tug left Sylte Shipyard on The floor of the four indi- the same time. Pumps on the Fraser River for Gemini vidual staterooms is above the main engines provide Marine Services of Bowen the waterline and nearly the power to the hydraulic steer- of B.C. Island. The tug will primar- same level as the after deck. ing. There are four rudders ily tow barges carrying feed The head, shower and laun- behind the two nozzled props, and other supplies for coastal dry rooms are forward in the all four of which can be run coastal salmon farms. main cabin. Aft in the main by the steering pump on a McIlwain designed the deck house, the galley is set single engine. tugs powerful log-towing tug Inlet to the port side with a mess Gemini Warrior’s aft deck Crusader a few years ago. to starboard. is well equipped for tow- Soon after, another customer Gemini Marine installed ing barges. A single-drum ordered a tug built to the Caterpillar C32 main engines, Bracewell Marine Group same hull dimensions with an each generating 750 hp towing winch is set aft of the added top house for improved at 1,800 rpm. These turn cabin with a good reach to visibility. This evolution of 72-inch propellers in Kort- the stern transom. The winch the proven design caught type nozzles through Twin drum is loaded with 2,400 Gemini Marine’s attention. Disc MGX-5321 gears. Sylte feet of 1.5-inch-diameter wire Gemini Warrior, The company does gen- manufactured the nozzles at rope. Towing pins manufac- above, tows barges eral marine transport with a its yard. tured by Western Machine loaded with feed for landing craft, two tugs and a The engine room is a cel- Works of North Vancouver coastal fish farms variety of barges. In an ever- ebration of redundancy. In are mounted in the aft bul- in British Columbia, among other work. changing business environ- addition to the C32s, there warks. ment, flexibility is important. are four 125-hp Cat engines. Alan Haig-Brown

52 American Tugboat Review 2020 Kapena Bob Purdy Young Brothers has com- pleted an $80 million upgrade to its fleet of oceangoing tugboats that haul cargo barges between the Hawaiian Islands. Kapena Bob Purdy, deliv- ered in mid-June 2019, is the fourth and final Kapena-class tug. The four vessels share the same 123-by-36.5-foot Damen design. Conrad Shipyard of Louisiana built the tugs. Kapena Bob Purdy is the lone tug in the series equipped with an oily water separator to facilitate longer- Kapena distance rescue tows. Bob Purdy, The propulsion package delivered last summer, is the consists of twin 3,017-hp GE fourth and final 8L250 MDC Tier 4 engines Kapena-class turning four-blade 126-inch tugboat built props in nozzles through for Young Reintjes WAF 3455 reduc- Brothers.

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C7.1 gensets each deliver 118 comes from two 1,000-hp engine room is equipped with is paired with the 50,000-bbl kW of electrical power. MTU 8V 4000 Tier 3 engines an Ansul Sapphire FM-200 DS-504. Lyon Shipyard in Towing equipment aboard turning 71-inch Kaplan-style system. Norfolk, Va., modified the Kapena Bob Purdy consists props in nozzles through Pennsylvania has been existing decade-old barges for of a Markey double-drum Twin Disc MGX-5321 reduc- assigned to the Port of ATB work. Both units operate TESD-34 winch on the stern tion gears. Bollard pull is 30 Toledo. The fifth tug in the in the Northeast. and Markey WESD-16-16- short tons. series, Wisconsin, will be “The success of our ATB 26 winch at the bow. Smith The Logan Clutch diesel- launched in June and enter retrofit program has afforded Berger Marine supplied the electric propulsion package service later this year. us the ability to improve the operational performance of our existing fleet of Elizabeth Anne-class tugs and 50,000-barrel barges,” said Capt. Rick Iuliucci, Vane’s vice president for operations. “The recent addition of these tug- barge combinations has been well received by our customers, crews and regulators.” Propulsion comes from twin 2,100-hp Caterpillar 3516C Charleston engines turning 105-inch Hung is the eighth Shen props through Reintjes Elizabeth WAF 873 reduction gears at Anne-class tugboat a 7:1 ratio. Electrical power delivered comes from twin John Deere by St. 4045 engines driving 99-kW Johns Ship gensets. M&M Bumper Service Building, supplied fendering. and the second Capt. Jim Demske, Vane’s converted port captain, said the project

Glenn Raymo Glenn into an ATB modifications to Jacksonville and pusher tug. Charleston primarily involved the elimination of the aft dou- towing pins and shark jaws, on Pennsylvania relies on Charleston ble-drum towing winch, tow while Schuyler Companies two 99-kW John Deere/ Baltimore-based Vane Brothers span and deck sheaves in favor provided the fenders. Marathon diesel gensets to has completed two milestones of a Beacon Finland coupler. produce electrical power for with the November 2019 deliv- “The vessels are fitted with Pennsylvania motors installed on the Twin ery of the articulated tug-barge an innovative Beacon Finland Great Lakes Shipyard in Disc reduction gears. These tug Charleston from St. Johns JAK-400 Hydralok coupling Cleveland put the finish- motors turn the gears, which Ship Building. system that allows each ATB ing touches this spring on in turn spin the shaft. Charleston is the eighth and tug to be securely paired with Pennsylvania, the fourth The system adds about final Elizabeth Anne-class mod- a modified 500-series barge,” in a series of Subchapter 200 more horsepower when el-bow tugboat built for Vane Demske said. “The Vane crews M-compliant tugboats built maximum output is needed. It by the Palatka, Fla., shipbuild- are loving the way the tugs for The Great Lakes Towing also allows the vessel to tran- er. The tugs are based on plans handle the barges.” Co. sit to or from jobs without the from Entech Designs. It is also Vane Brothers’ fleet of 130 The 64-foot 2,000-hp main engines, thereby reduc- the second of two tugs within vessels now has seven ATBs, tugboat is a sister vessel to ing fuel consumption, engine that class modified as ATB including three 4,400-hp Cleveland, Ohio and Michigan, wear, noise and vibration. pusher tugs after Jacksonville, Assateague-class tugs pushing all delivered within the Pennsylvania has Furuno which left the shipyard in 2018. 80,000-bbl barges, and two last three years from the and Simrad navigation elec- The 4,200-hp Charleston 6,000-hp Brandywine-class company’s shipyard on the tronics, Schuyler Cos. fender- is paired with the 50,000-bbl tugs paired with 144,000-bbl Cuyahoga River. Propulsion ing and a 15-hp capstan. The barge DS-506, while Jacksonville barges. •

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he brownwater industry, The package is designed to said the company developed for a number of reasons, push 30 or more barges along an entirely new design opti- Thas been slow to embrace the Mississippi River system mized through a detailed EPA Tier 4 propulsion. and maintain a 10-knot run- analysis. MiNO’s design Canal Canal Barge Co. is a notable ning speed. The vessel also brings consistent water to exception. has Becker high-lift steering the props in all conditions, The New Orleans-based rudders. reducing vibration caused by Barge operator took delivery this “We are excited to bring unsteady water flow. spring of the 6,000-hp H. online this new state-of-the- “We tried to refine the signals Merritt ‘Heavy’ Lane Jr., art towing vessel, which is hull to something we thought built by Conrad Shipyard. the first 6,000-hp EMD of would be more efficient and Louisiana-based MiNO its kind on the inland water- get water efficiently to the inland Marine designed the 166-by- ways,” H. Merritt Lane, III, propellers, especially in shal- 49-foot vessel now consid- president and CEO of Canal low water,” Bourg said in an ered the flagship of Canal’s Barge Co., said in a state- interview this spring. push into fleet. ment. The superstructure atop The towboat is named for The design for H. Merritt the hull is divided into two Tier 4 the late Harry Merritt Lane ‘Heavy’ Lane Jr. was inspired sections: The forward section Jr., a former Canal Barge by the legendary Super with crew living spaces sits executive and director. His Hydrodyne hull developed atop Trelleborg Marine air- sons, David and Merritt years ago by St. Louis Ship. bags that reduce engine noise Lane, also work for the com- Towboats built to this design and vibration; the aft section The forward house pany. were known for being effi- close to the engine spaces is on H. Merritt ‘Heavy’ Propulsion consists of cient and maneuverable, and fixed to the hull. Lane Jr. sits atop twin 3,000-hp EMD Tier 4 featured unique curvature in “It is kind of like an dozens of airbags to improve crew engines turning 110-inch the hull form. inflatable bladder,” Bourg comfort. Sound propellers through David Bourg, managing said of the Trelleborg system. Reintjes reduction gears. partner at MiNO Marine, “I think we have 48 of them

56 American Tugboat Review 2020 under the forward house with the accommodations spaces and the bridge. The pres- sures can be tuned up to help dampen or isolate vibration from things like the engines or the props.” “The floating house, along with strict attention to detail related to the instal- lation of the joiner system, has resulted in a vessel that is extremely quiet and com- Randy Mauer is fortable for the crew during the fifth 6,600- all operating ranges,” Mike hp triple z-drive Stone, Canal Barge manager towboat in a series built of vessel engineering, said in for Marquette a statement.

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2018. Propulsion comes from plans developed by Entech as well as Nabrico 12-inch tion starting June 1. It will three Cummins QSK60-M Designs. roller-button chocks. The typically operate with a four- main engines paired with Propulsion aboard the vessel has accommodations person crew. Steerprop SP25D azimuthing 2,600-hp Paula M. Sperry for six people. drives. The drives also oper- comes from twin Cummins Seattle-based Centerline, Raymond Butler ate at lower engine loads for QSK38-M1 Tier 3 main formerly Harley Marine Maritime Partners took better fuel economy. engines paired with Reintjes Services, has assigned Paula delivery of another 2,600- Vessels in this series have WAF 665 reduction gears. M. Sperry to New Orleans, hp pushboat, Raymond a superstructure set on a bed There are two Patterson where the company is Butler, from John Bludworth of springs to reduce noise and 40-ton winches on the deck, launching a bunkering opera- Shipyard in Corpus Christi, vibration within the crew spaces, which also feature a soft-core joiner system. There are nine cabins on board with berthing for 13 people.

Paula M. Sperry Centerline Logistics chartered Raymond the 84-by-34-foot Paula M. Butler Sperry, built by C&C Marine pushes the and Repair of Belle Chasse, bunker La. The vessel is the lead barge boat in a 15-vessel order from Takeuchi Sea in Maritime Partners based on

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Texas. Centerline Logistics Farrell & Norton Naval has also chartered this vessel Architects, with offices in to provide bunkering services Maine and Massachusetts, to vessels calling in Corpus designed the 88-by-34-foot Christi. vessel. Propulsion comes The 84-by-32-foot from twin Mitsubishi Tier 3 Raymond Butler has a 34-foot engines turning Sound pro- height of eye and a 10.5-foot pellers through Twin Disc maximum draft. Propulsion reduction gears. comes from twin 1,300-hp Schuyler Cos. supplied the Cummins QSK38-M Tier 3 maritime fendering, and the engines turning 82-by-62-inch 40-ton deck winches are from four-blade Sound propellers Wintech. Two 99-kW John through Reintjes WAF 665 Deere gensets provide ship reduction gears. Two 99-kW service power. Cummins QSB7-DM gensets provide electrical power. Mendota Raymond Butler has two Upper River Services of St. Patterson 40-ton winches and Paul, Minn., took delivery two Quincy 325 air compres- last summer of the triple- sors on deck, along with lami- screw towboat Mendota built nated rubber fenders supplied by C&C Marine and Repair. by M&M Bumper Service. CT Marine of Portland, The vessel can carry 38,000 Maine, designed Mendota gallons of fuel, 14,000 gallons to operate in shallow water- of water and 600 gallons of ways and narrow stretches of lube and machinery oils. the Upper Mississippi River between Red Wing, Minn., Darrell Hiatt and Minneapolis, and the Steiner Construction of Minnesota River as far west Bayou La Batre, Ala., deliv- as Savage, Minn. It is the ered the 2,520-hp Darrell first newbuild vessel of Upper Hiatt to Maritime Partners in River Services, which was spring 2020. The vessel will founded in 1984. supply bunkers in Galveston, Propulsion on the 76-by- Texas, while under charter by 30-foot towboat comes Centerline Logistics. from three Caterpillar C18

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Articulated tug-barge units in service in North America Following is a list of articulated tug-barge units (ATBs) in service in U.S. and Canadian waters. This list has been updated to include our 2020 Top Tugs, marked with an asterisk. The remainder of the list was accurate as of June 1, 2019. Efforts to revise the list starting in early 2020 were hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karen Andrie, owned and operated by Andrie Inc., Muskegon, Mich.; 120 ft; 4,000 hp; built 1965, repowered 2008; barges 750-1, 750-2, 750-3; all 327,000-bbl capacity; petroleum and chemical products. converted to JAK coupler system 2009; matched with 50,000-bbl heated asphalt barge Endeavour, 2009, constructed at Jeffboat Inc. *Aveogan, operated by Crowley Maritime; 128 ft; built 2020; 6,768 hp; Intercon coupler system; paired with 400-ft 100,000-bbl Oliver Leavitt for service with Crowley Fuels Alaska. Buster Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1979; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler system. Baltimore, operated by Express Marine; 125 ft; 3,600 hp; converted to JAK pin system 2008; matched with 470-ft dry Marion C. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1979; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler bulk barge EMI 1850, transports coal. system; matched with 468-ft, 158,128-bbl barge B. No 265 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Freedom, operated by Express Marine; 115 ft; 6,000 hp with Steerprop ASD propulsion system; matched with 480-ft Capt. Fred Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co..; 127 ft.; built 1982; 5,750 hp; Intercon coupler coal barge EMI 2400, both built 2010; JAK coupler system; transports coal. system. Honor, operated by Express Marine; 106 ft; 4,000 hp; converted to JAK pin system 2015; matched with 470-ft dry Ellen S. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 122 ft.; built 1982; 3,900 hp; Intercon coupler system; bulk barge EMI 2100, transports rock. matched with 399-ft, 80,000-bbl barge B. No. 280 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Douglas B. Mackie, operated by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Ill.; 15,442 hp, 158.4 ft; built 2017; Rhea I. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 112 ft.; built 1982; 5,100 hp; Intercon coupler system; Articouple FRC 80; matched with 433-foot hopper dredge barge Ellis Island, 14,788 cubic yard capacity matched with 399-ft, 80,000-bbl barge B. No. 284 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Emery Zidell, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,492 hp, 116 ft; built 2014; Taisei Engineering Ralph E. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1987; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler Articouple FRC 55; matched with 80,000-bbl oil barge Dr. Robert Beall; West Coast service. system; matched with 467-ft, 138,000-bbl barge B. No 230 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Jake Shearer, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,492 hp, 116 ft; built 2014; Taisei Engineering Bouchard Girls, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1989; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler system; Articouple FRC 55; matched with 80,000-bbl barge OneDream. matched with 468-ft, 158,128-bbl barge B. No 295 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Barry Silverton, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,492 hp, 116 ft; built 2014; Taisei Engineering Barbara E. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1992; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler Articouple FRC 55; matched with 83,000-bbl oil barge Fight A.L.S. system; matched with 467-ft, 138,000-bbl barge B. No 240 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Dale R Lindsey, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 3,000 hp, 116 ft; built 2015; Taisei Engineering Robert J. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1994; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler Articouple FRC 43M; matched with 28,450-bbl oil barge Petro Mariner. system; matched with 468-ft, 158,128-bbl barge B. No 285 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Bill Gobel, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,522 hp, 116 ft; built 2017; Articouple FRC 55; matched J. George Betz, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 127 ft.; built 1995; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler system; with 80,000-bbl barge All Aboard for a Cure. matched with 483-ft, 138,000-bbl barge B. No 235 carrying asphalt and black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Min Zidell, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,522 hp, 116 ft; built 2017; Articouple FRC 55; matched Danielle M. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 150 ft.; built 1997; 10,000 hp; Intercon coupler with 83,000-bbl barge FFA. system; matched with 580-ft, 252,000-bbl barge B. No 245 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. OneCURE, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,650 hp, 116 ft; built 2017; Articouple FRC 55; matched Brendan J. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 1999; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler with 82,000-bbl barge Zidell Marine 277. system; matched with 424-ft, 110,000-bbl barge B. No 215 carrying asphalt and black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Todd Prophet, operated by Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash.; 4,650 hp, 116 ft; built 2017; Articouple FRC 55; Jane A. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 2003; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler system; matched with 83,000-bbl barge Edward Itta. matched with 430-ft, 110,000-bbl barge B. No 225 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Island Raider, operated by Island Tug and Barge; 1,700 hp; 82 ft; built 2018; z-drive propulsion; paired with 25,000- Morton S. Bouchard IV, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 2004; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler bbl petroleum barge ITB Resolution. system; matched with 467-ft, 138,000-bbl barge B. No 242 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Adriatic Sea, Beaufort Sea, Java Sea, Kara Sea, Tasman Sea & Norwegian Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; Linda Lee Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 2006; 6,140 hp; Intercon coupler 3,300 to 4,800 hp; converted to JAK 400 coupler systems; converted or new double-hull oil barges; deliver petroleum or system; matched with 430-ft, 110,000-bbl barge B. No 205 carrying asphalt and black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. liquid-bulk products; U.S. East & Gulf Coasts. Evening Star, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 112 ft.; built 2012; 4,000 hp; Intercon coupler system; Lincoln Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; New York; 7,000 hp; 124 ft; built 1999 by J.M. Martinac Tacoma, Wash.; matched with 317-ft 59,000-bbl barge B. No. 250 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. Intercon coupler system; double-hull petroleum products; barge DBL 140; 140,000 bbls; 504 ft. Denise A. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 112 ft.; built 2014; 4,000 hp; Intercon coupler Davis Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; approx. 2,000 hp; converted to JAK coupler system 2005; with barges DBL-105, system; matched with 399-ft, 80,000-bbl barge B. No. 282 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. DBL-28 and DBL-27. Kim M. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 150 ft.; built 2015; 10,000 hp; Intercon coupler Labrador Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; 2,400 hp; converted 2008 to JAK coupler system; matched with 30,000-bbl system; matched with 628-ft, 260,000-bbl barge B. No 270 carrying black oil in Jones Act petroleum service. bunker barge. Donna J. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 150 ft.; built 2016; 10,000 hp; Intercon coupler Irish Sea, Rebel & Viking, operated by Kirby Corp.; 5,700 hp, 7,200 hp and 4,300 hp respectively; converted 2007 system; matched with 628-ft, 260,000-bbl barge B. No 272 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. to JAK coupler system; matched with double-hull petroleum barges. Frederick E. Bouchard, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 2016; 6,000 hp; Intercon coupler Bismarck Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; 1976; 5,700 hp; matched with tank barge DBL-106, 100,000 bbls; JAK system; matched with 404-ft, 110,000-bbl barge B. No 220 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. coupler system. Morton S. Bouchard Jr., operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 130 ft.; built 2016; 6,000 hp; Intercon coupler Dublin Sea, operated by Kirby Corp.; 10,000 hp; built 2009; Intercon coupler system; matched with 185,000-bbl system; matched with 420-ft, 110,000-bbl barge B. No 210 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. petroleum barge, DBL-185; attached to K-Sea West Coast division. Evening Breeze, operated by Bouchard Transportation Co.; 112 ft.; built 2019; 6,000 hp; Intercon coupler system; William J. Moore (Canadian), operated by Kirby Corp.; 4,400 hp; 135 ft; Bludworth connection system; barge matched with 317-ft, 59,000-bbl barge B. No 252 carrying clean oil in Jones Act petroleum service. McCleary’s Spirit carries refined petroleum products on Saint Lawrence River & Lake Ontario; 95,000 bbls. Sea Reliance, Ocean Reliance, Sound Reliance & Coastal Reliance, operated by Crowley Maritime; 9,280 hp; Sea Eagle, operated by Kirby Corp.; 5,600 hp; 125 ft; built 1998; Bludworth coupler system; barge TMI 17 carries 126 ft; new 2002-2003; barges 550-1 through 550-4 carry refined oil products; U.S. West Coast; Intercon coupler systems; chemical & petroleum products; 17,000 dwt. 155,000 bbls. Sea Raven, operated by Kirby Corp.; 7,200 hp; 120 ft; built 1978; Bludworth coupler system; barge ATC 23 carries Pacific Reliance & Gulf Reliance, operated by Crowley Maritime; 9,280 hp; 127 ft; introduced 2006; operating with chemical & petroleum products coastwise U.S.; 19,946 dwt; 490 ft. tank barges 650-1 & 650-2, 587 ft, 178,000 bbls. Sea Hawk, operated by Kirby Corp.; 8,000 hp; 124 ft; built 2002; Intercon connection system; barge ATC 21 carries Resolve, Integrity, Courage & Commitment, operated by Crowley Maritime; new 2007-2009; 9,280 hp; 135 chemical product Gulf Coast & Eastern Seaboard; 129,000 bbls; 450 ft. ft; heavy fuel burners; Intercon coupler systems; with barges 650-3, 650-4, 650-5, 650-6; all 178,000-bbl capacity; petroleum products. Osprey, operated by Kirby Corp.; 5,800-hp single screw with CP prop; with barge ATC 25, converted to double hull; 170,000-bbl petroleum/chemical products. Pride, Achievement, Innovation & Vision, operated by Crowley Maritime; deliveries 2009-2011; 10,500 hp; 135 ft; heavy fuel burners; Intercon coupler systems; with barges 650-7, 650-8, 650-9, 650-10; all 185,000 bbl capacity; Jason E. Duttinger, operated by Kirby Corp.; 6,000 hp; 125 ft; built 2013; matched with barge Winna Wilson; petroleum and chemical products. Articouple connection system.

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Captain Donald Lowe Sr., operated by Kirby Corp.; 6,000 hp; 125 ft; built 2013; matched with barge Margo Dale; Capt. Hagen, operated by Penn Maritime; 6,000 hp; 123 ft; built 2004; Intercon coupler system; barge Key West; Articouple connection system. 140,000 bbls; built 2004; carries petroleum products; Gulf of Mexico. Heath Wood operated by Kirby Corp.; 6,000 hp; 125 ft; built 2016; matched with 155,000-bbl barge Kirby 155-01 Tarpon & Dolphin, operated by Penn Maritime; 4,300 hp; converted to JAK coupler systems 2006; with barges outfitted for hauling petroleum and chemical products. Potomac and Penn 410; both 80,000 bbls; carrying heated oil and asphalt cargoes. Paul McLernan operated by Kirby Corp.; 6,000 hp; 123 ft; built 2017; matched with 155,000-bbl barge Kirby 155-02 Skipjack & Coho, operated by Penn Maritime; 4,000 hp; 116 ft; JAK coupler system; new 2008/2009; matched with outfitted for hauling petroleum and chemical products. 90,000-bbl heated oil barges. La Force, operated by Martin Midstream Partners; 116.5 ft; built 1974; 5,100 hp; matched with 334-ft, 58,821-bbl Yellowfin, Bluefin & Mako, operated by Penn Maritime, new 2009-2011; 4,000 hp; JAK coupler system, matched tank barge M 6000 carrying diesel fuel. with 90,000-bbl heated asphalt barges. Texan, operated by Martin Midstream Partners; 96 ft; built 1979; 7,130 hp; matched with 369.6-ft, 52,169-bbl tank Prentiss Brown, operated by Port City Marine Services, Muskegon, Mich.; 118 ft, 4,300 hp, built 1967; converted barge Ponciana carrying liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied flammable gas. to Bludworth connection system 2008; matched with self-unloading 505-foot cement barge, St. Mary’s Challenger (ex- Medusa Challenger, converted former steamer 2014, in Great Lakes service. Martin Explorer, operated by Martin Midstream Partners; 115.8 ft; built 1996; 7,130 hp; matched with 432-ft, 37,369-bbl tank barge Margaret Sue carrying bulk liquids and sulfur. Bradshaw McKee, operated by Port City Marine Services, Muskegon, Mich.; 118 ft, 4,300 hp, built 1977; converted to Bludworth connection system 2008; matched with self-unloading 437-foot cement barge, St. Mary’s Conquest Everlast (Canadian), operated by McAsphalt Marine Transportation, Hamilton, Ontario; 6,000 hp; built in Japan; (ex-Southdown Conquest), converted former steamer, in Great Lakes service. Articouple connection system; barge Norman McLeod carries heated asphalt products on Great Lakes & Saint Lawrence River; 70,000 bbls; 379 ft. Dace Reinauer, Joanne Reinauer, Lucy Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation; conversions 2007-08; JAK coupler systems; with petroleum transport barges; East Coast. Leo A. McArthur (Canadian), operated by McAsphalt Marine Transportation, Hamilton, Ontario; 5,300 hp; built in China 2009; matched with 70,000-bbl product barge John J. Carrick, built in China, 2009; Articouple connection system, Timothy L. Reinauer, Craig Eric Reinauer, Morgan Reinauer, Austin Reinauer, operated by Reinauer heated asphalt cargoes on Great Lakes. Transportation; repowered and converted to Intercon C coupler system 2004-2009; with interchangeable 100,000-bbl barges; petroleum products on East Coast. Paul T. Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; 7,200 hp; 150 ft; Bludworth articulation system con- verted 1999; repowered 2010; with barge Massachusetts; 1982; double-hulled 2005; delivers petroleum products on Gulf Stephen Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation, New York; 108 ft; 3,000 hp; converted to ATB in 2007; Coast and Eastern Seaboard; 430 ft; 140,000 bbls. with new oil barge; 80,000 bbls; JAK system; carries petroleum products Eastern Seaboard. Barney Turecamo, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; 5,100 hp; 121 ft; converted 2005 to Intercon Nicole Leigh Reinauer, Christian Reinauer & Meredith Reinauer operated by Reinauer Transportation, New connection system; barge Georgia; 2005, carries petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard; 118,000 bbls; York; 7,200 hp; 124 ft; built 1999, 2001 & 2003 by Atlantic Marine, Jacksonville, Fla., & Mobile Ala.; Intercon coupler sys- 425 ft. tems; barges RTC 135, RTC 145 & RTC 150 carry clean petroleum products on Eastern Seaboard; 135,000 to 150,000 bbls. Scott Turecamo, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; 5,100 hp; 121 ft; converted 2004 to Intercon connec- Ruth M. Reinauer, Laurie Ann Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation, built Senesco Shipyard 2009-10; tion system; barge New Hampshire; 2004, carries petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard; 118,000 bbls; 4,000 hp; Intercon coupler systems, matched with new 80,000 to 100,000-bbl barges, also from Senesco Shipyard. 425 ft. Reinauer Twins, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Shipyard 2011; Intercon C coupler system; Pati R. Moran and Linda Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; 121 ft; 5,100 hp; Intercon coupler matched with new 100,000-bbl oil barge, also from Senesco Shipyard. system; new 2007 and 2008; matched with 118,000-bbl oil barges Charleston and Houston. B. Franklin Reinauer and Curtis Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Shipyard 2012; Lois Ann L. Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; built 2008; 121 ft; 5,100 hp; Intercon coupler with oil barges; 80,000 bbls, JAK system; carries petroleum products Eastern Seaboard. system; barge Philadelphia; 2008; carries petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard; 118,000 bbls; 425 ft. Dean Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Marine 2013; with oil barge RTC 106; 100,000 Mary Ann Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp.; 121 ft; 5,100 hp; new 2010; coupled with converted dry bulk bbls; Intercon coupler system. barge Virginia; built 1982; Intercon connection system; carrying grain cargoes between New Orleans and Puerto Rico. Haggerty Girls, operated by Reinauer Transportation; 4,700 hp; built 2013; JAK coupler system. Mariya Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; built 2015, 121 ft; 6,000 hp; Intercon connection system; barge Texas, 495 ft; 160,000-bbl; carries petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard. Dylan Cooper, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Marine 2015; Intercon coupler system; paired with 100,000-bbl fuel barge RTC 108. Leigh Ann Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; built 2015, 121 ft; 6,000 hp; Intercon connection system; barge Mississippi, 495 ft; 160,000-bbl; carries petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard. Gracie M. Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Marine 2016; Intercon Series C coupler system; paired with 100,000-bbl barge RTC 109. Barbara Carol Ann Moran, operated by Moran Towing Corp., New York; built 2016, 121 ft; 6,000 hp; Intercon connection system; barge Louisiana, 468 ft; 122,000-bbl; carries chemicals and petroleum products on Gulf Coast and Bert Reinauer, operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Marine 2018; 8,400 hp; Intercon coupler system; Eastern Seaboard. paired with 523-foot 160,000-bbl RTC 165 carrying chemicals and clean oil products. OSG Honour & OSG Enterprise, operated by OSG Ship Management; 5,600 hp; converted to Bludworth connection Josephine and Kristy Ann operated by Reinauer Transportation; built Senesco Marine 2018; 2,200 hp; JAK coupler systems; barges OSG-209 & OSG-214 carry petroleum products on East and Gulf Coasts. system; paired with 100,000-bbl and 80,000-bbl barges. OSG Navigator & OSG Intrepid, operated by OSG Ship Management; 5,600 hp; 136 ft; refits 1993 & 1986; Seaspan Challenger (Canadian), operated by Seaspan Marine Corp., Vancouver; 3,600 hp; 131 ft; single screw; built Intercon coupler system; barges OSG 252 & OSG 254; carry petroleum products East & Gulf Coasts. 1970; converted to JAK coupler system 2002; barge Coastal Spirit deck cargoes servicing Vancouver Island. OSG Independence & OSG Columbia operated by OSG Ship Management; 125 ft, 1980 and 1981, 5,600 hp and Arctic Taglu & Arctic Hooper (Canadian), operated by Seaspan Marine Corp., Vancouver; 2,250 hp; 110 ft; Sea Link 6,140 hp; assigned to oil barges OSG 243 & OSG 242 with Bludworth connection systems; carry clean products on East articulation systems; ro-ro trailer barges Georgia Link & Fraser Link; servicing Vancouver & western Canada. and Gulf Coasts. Assateague, operated by Vane Brothers of Baltimore; 110 ft; 4,400 hp; built 2018; Beacon Finland coupler system; OSG Vision, OSG Horizon, operated by OSG Ship Management; 12,000-hp heavy fuel burners with CP props; matched with barge DS-802, 403 ft, 80,000 bbls. matched with 342,000-bbl petroleum barges OSG 350 and OSG 351; Intercon coupler systems; primarily carry crude in the Delaware Bay and River. Chincoteague, operated by Vane Brothers of Baltimore; 110 ft; 4,400 hp; built 2018; Beacon Finland coupler system; matched with barge DS-801, 403 ft, 80,000 bbls. OSG Courageous, operated by OSG Ship Management; 8,000 hp; 139 ft; built 2011; Intercon coupler system; barge OSG 244 carries petroleum products East & Gulf Coasts. Wachapreague, operated by Vane Brothers of Baltimore; 110 ft; 4,400 hp; built 2019; Beacon Finland coupler system; matched with barge DS-803, 403 ft, 80,000 bbls, additional heating capability for asphalt transfer. OSG Endurance, operated by OSG Ship Management; 8,000 hp; 139 ft; built 2011; Intercon coupler system; barge OSG 192 carries dirty products on Gulf Coast. Jacksonville, operated by Vane Brothers of Baltimore; 95 ft; 4,200 hp; built 2018; Beacon Finland JAK-400 Hydralok coupling system; paired with 50,000-bbl barge DS-504. Amberjack — converted to conventional tug, operated by Penn Maritime; 3,900 hp; 116 ft; built 1981; converted to Bludworth articulation system 1998; barge Biscayne (ex-Morania 450); carries heated oil products; 70,000 bbls; 405 ft; Charleston, operated by Vane Brothers of Baltimore; 95 ft; 4,200 hp; built 2019; Beacon Finland JAK-400 Hydralok built 1981; conversion 1998. coupling system; paired with 50,000-bbl barge DS-506. Eliza & Lucia, operated by Penn Maritime; 7,000 hp; 127 ft; built 1995; Intercon coupler system; barges Atlantic & Cavek, operated by Vitus Marine, Anchorage, Alaska, for the Alaskan Village Electric Coop; 76 ft, 1,800 hp; built 2011; Caribbean carry asphalt; East & Gulf coasts; 18,000 dwt; 460 ft. coupler, Taisei Engineering Articouple FRC-35; matched with 208-ft, 10,000-bbl oil barge that also carries deck cargo; serves Western Alaskan communities. Teresa & Julie, operated by Penn Maritime; 7,000 hp; 127 ft; new 1997-98; Intercon coupler system; barges Acadia & Yucatan carry heated oil products; East Coast, Gulf Coast & offshore; 160,000 bbls; 490 ft. Naniq, operated by Vitus Marine, Anchorage, Alaska, for the Alaskan Village Electric Coop; 76 ft, 1,800 hp; built 2011; Taisei Engineering Articouple FRC-35; matched with 183-ft, 8,000-bbl oil barge that also carries deck cargo; serves Western Valiant, operated by Penn Maritime; 8,000 hp; acquired in 1998; converted to Bludworth connection system; barge Alaskan communities. Everglades carries heated petroleum products; 180,000 bbls.

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