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Courtesy Moran TowingThe new ATB Mary Ann Moran pushesthe 531-foot dry-bulk barge Virginiaenroute to San Juan with a cargo ofgrain. The 121-foot, 5,300-hp tug wascompleted recently at the Washburn &Doughty shipyard in Maine.The SOLAS-rated tug hascapacity for 12 crewmembers andprovides 52-foot height of eye fromits wheelhouse. Deck equipmentincludes fore and aft electric capstansprovided by Markey Machinery.She and others of her class weredesigned by Ocean Tug & BargeEngineering. Her initial captainwas Jake Jarrell, a 30-year tugboatindustry veteran.Also at the Washburn & Doughtyshipyard, the first of a new design ofazimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs, thisone designed by the shipyard, is underconstruction for Moran Towing. The93-foot, 6,000-hp vessel will be poweredby MTU main engines with Schottelz-drives and designed bollard pull ofabout 70 tons, according to the shipyard.Also, delivered in late 2010, theshipyard completed a new 92-foot ASDtug for Moran, named Lizzie B. Moran.She was the 27th ASD tractor to jointhe Moran fleet, among the largest suchfleets in the country.Another of Moran’s tugs madenational headlines — at least of themaritime variety — in early 2010 whenit was dispatched to tow the disabledcruise ship Carnival Splendor some 300miles to San Diego, Calif.The tug, SMBC Monterrey, wasdesigned and built in Spain to serviceLNG tankers arriving at the EnergiaCosta Azul LNG terminal on Mexico’swest coast. She was one of two jointventureMoran tugs based at the site.Monterrey, designed by Robert AllanLtd. of Vancouver, British Columbia,towed the disabled 952-foot cruise shipstern-first using its bow-mounted hawserwinch produced by Markey Machineryand 1,000 feet of 10-inch soft line.Company officials said it was a rareexample of an open-ocean tow usingsoft line, as opposed to a wire towline. •Creative Solutions to Protect Your AssetsTo locate the Great American agent nearest you, contact:Capt. Ed Wilmot / 212.510.0135 / ewilmot@gaic.comwww.GreatAmericanOcean.comGreat American Insurance Group / 580 Walnut Street / Cincinnati, OH 45202American Tugboat Review 2011 47