HANSA 03-2018

Schiffstechnik | Ship Technology
Eastern Shipbuilding has been active across multiple sectors,
including dredgers and Offshore Support Vessels (OSV)
Photos: Eastern Shipbuilding, Harvey Gulf International Marine
Harvey DeepSea vessel (not LNG fueled)
built at Eastern Shipbuilding
LNG fuel-gas system and the world’s
first order of a MAN ME-GI dual fuel
slow speed engine.«
Construction has also begun on an
order for Matson, active in the Hawaii
trades, building two 3,500 TEU vessels
with RoRo capabilities. In a statement,
the yard said: »Using proven design
standards, the design incorporates
liquefied natural gas-capable main and
auxiliary engines, which are compliant
with Tier III emission requirements. The
design accommodates future installation
of a LNG fuel gas system.«
Both yards have also built larger tankers
for the waning Alaska oil trades, replacing
1970’s and 1980’s era single hulled
crude carriers, with PSI building two
115,000 tonners for Exxon Mobil and
Nassco building four 185,000 dwt vessels
for BP during 2004 and 2006.
One yard on the Great Lakes, Bay
Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
(a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine
Group) has also played an important role
in building vessels transporting refined
products coastwise. Having constructed
a series of Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs)
for USS in the 2000’s, this yard has recently
built two ATBs for Kirby Corporation
(capacity of 155,000 barrels), and, in
January 2018, delivered an ATB to Wawa
Corporation, a convenience store operator
with an extensive network for distributing
gasoline (petrol). Bay Shipbuilding
has also built ATBs for Moran Towing
Corporation; they operate around the
U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coast.
Success in Offshore and Brownwater
The great success stories in the U.S. marketplace
can be found along the Gulf
Coast, stretching from Florida into Texas.
Eastern Shipbuilding, in Panama
City, Fla. has been active across multiple
sectors. Most recently, it has delivered
dredges to Weeks Marine: (the 8,550 yd³
capacity Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
»Magdalen«) and Great Lakes Dredge
and Dock, an ATB style Trailing Suction
Hopper Dredger. The yard has built numerous
Offshore Support Vessels (OSV),
including for Harvey Gulf International,
Hornbeck Offshore Services, and to Boldini
S.A. Eastern Shipbuilding has cut steel
on the first of three 4,500 passenger ferries
to be used in New York City’s iconic
Staten Island Ferry run.
Bollinger Shipyards, with a network
of ten yards throughout southern Louisiana,
has been a leader in building tugs,
barges and OSVs (besides its work for
the United States Coast Guard). Its customers
include Crowley, Seacor, and
Bouchard, active variously in ship assist
and oil products transportation. Bee
Mar, an entity operating Bollinger built
OSVs in the U.S. Gulf, was divided up between
Harvey and another operator, Edison
Chouest.
The VT Halter yard, in Mississippi,
has also been especially active building
tugs and barges for the refined products
transport businesses of Bouchard, Crowley
and Tampa, Fla. based OSG. Its OSVs
have been built for Crowley and Seacor.
The yard is building two LNG fueled
ConRo vessels (2,400 TEU) for Crowley.
The yard will also be building a barge
that will deliver LNG to marine customers
of Harvey Gulf’s nascent LNG supply
business.
Other yards building OSV’s for Edison
Chouest and others include North American
Shipbuilding (in Louisiana), LaShip
(in Louisiana), and Gulf Ship (in Gulfport,
Mississippi). The Gulf Coast Shipyard
Group (with yards in Mississippi
and Louisiana), another builder of tugs,
barges and offshore craft, was acquired
by Harvey Gulf in 2015. It has now delivered
six LNG fueled OSV’s that Harvey
Gulf has placed on charters to oil majors
who will deploy them in the deepwater
offshore fields of the U.S. Gulf.
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