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A more technologically advanced tug was needed in North Puget Sound. Check out Crowley’s Response. © Crowley Maritime Corporation, 2008 CROWLEY is a registered trademark of Crowley Maritime Corporation . “Our Markey tow winch was built just for the Response. In full power mode, it can still winch in a line against a 250-ton resistance. There’s nothing else out there like it.” ~ Ron Rubright • Chief Engineer of the Response To meet the challenges of oil tanker escort and assist work in the rough waters of North Puget Sound, Crowley created a tug like no other. We took the basic technology of our Harbor Class tugs and modified it to create a vessel specially designed for the task at hand: the Response. Its two powerful CAT engines, together with enormous 5-blade Voith Schneider propulsion units, generate up to 155 tons of indirect force at 12 knots. Its huge skeg is forward and the cycloidal units are in back, focusing its immense power where it’s needed most. And its 10" amsteel blue tow line is rated at one million pounds, which is strong enough to keep even the biggest tankers in place. The bottom line? The Response performs the fastest, most efficient assists and escorts on North Puget Sound. There’s one more necessary element: an exceptional crew. Take Ron Rubright. The Response’s chief engineer joined Crowley 26 years ago, so it’s safe to say he knows his way around a Crowley tug. Rubright also participates in extensive training courses on CAT engine technology. Plus, he and the rest of the crew take part in rigorous on-board and shoreside training sessions and safety drills. Need more information about our services in the harbors of Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Diego, Oakland and San Francisco Bay Area, Tacoma, Seattle, North Puget Sound and Prince William Sound/Valdez, Alaska? Call Crowley Ship Assist & Escort at 800-248-8632. Or visit www.crowley.com. Liner Shipping • Worldwide Logistics • Petroleum & Chemical Transportation • Alaska Fuel Sales & Distribution • Energy Support • Project Management • Ship Assist & Escort • Ship Management • Ocean Towing & Transportation • Salvage & Emergency Response www.crowley.com
Anthony Veder’s innovative hybrid gas carrier - the 7,500 cu m LNG/LEG/LPG carrier Coral Methane* - is due to enter service in December this year. She was launched at the Gdansk shipyard of Remontowa on 7th May this year and is being built on an owner/supplier basis. Anthony Veder's managing director Jan Valkier explained that the company was in total control of the shipbuilding process, due to the Coral Methane's complex design. There were options attached to the original building contract but these have expired. The gas plant and tanks were designed and developed by TGE Engineering. The Hamworthy Svanehoj pumps had to be redesigned to cope with LNG and other gasses. Rolls-Royce supplied the complete power and propulsion package, which includes Bergen Diesel gas/diesel electric propulsion unit and a twin Azipull propulsion system for ease of manoeuvrability. Coral Methane is being built to Bureau Veritas Ice Class 1B and will fly the Dutch flag. She has been chartered to Gasnor for 15 years but will used by other operators when not engaged in Gasnor's LNG trade, which will be mainly confined to the Norwegian coast. She has been fitted for ship-to-ship transfers and will also be able to load at most European gas receiving terminals, including the two being built in Rotterdam, acting as a North European/Norway/Baltic Sea feeder. Valkier admitted that the Coral Methane had a larger capacity than currently needed in Norway, but was convinced the trade will grow as several Norwegian controlled coastal vessels, such as ferries and offshore supply vessels, now use LNG as their main fuel source. Anthony Veder technically and commercially manages 15 LPG/Ethylene carriers and has another four under purely commercial management. The company operates its own commercial pool in which the other four vessels are included. Like everywhere else, crewing is a problem as the seafarers need a gas certificate and gas experience. The company has a pool of Dutch, Ukrainian and Indonesian officers and as salaries have been rising appreciably, Valkier thought that the incentives were in place to recruit proper candidates. Gas courses are available in Rotterdam and training is also undertaken on board ship. Anthony Veder operates a cadet programme where potential seafarers are taken on annually. Demands have also been put on the shore staff. For example, the safety and quality department used to consist of just one person, but now there are three people TECHNOLOGY - SHIP DESCRIPTION Hybrid gas carrier sets the standard employed. In general Valkier thought that the business was more demanding and there were occasions where the crew was less experienced than would be preferred resulting in more supervision being necessary. Veder favours the Dutch and Liberian flags and although most of the vessels trade in European waters, including the Mediterranean and the Baltic, two vessels have been trading for Japanese trading houses in Asia since 2000 and another newbuilding will join them shortly. Three of the vessels have been built to Finnish/Swedish Ice Class 1A thus guaranteeing them winter shipments in the Northern Baltic, especially Finland. A few months ago, Veder purchased Bergesen Gas' Ice Class 1A 6,100 cu m BW Helen on the back of a charter from YARA to lift ammonia cargoes. The ships mainly lift petrochemicals (80%) and the remaining 20% of the cargoes are made up of LPG. Other projects could be on the horizon, including the carriage of CO 2 and the question of shipping carbon capture cargoes. Charterers' vetting procedures tended to be quite strict and Anthony Veder is also involved with the TMSA process. About 70% Once delivered, Coral Methane will be chartered to Gasnor for 15 years. August/September 2008 � TANKER<strong>Operator</strong> 43
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