Transportation Industry
ATB tug for U.S. Shipping.(Update)
Marine Log, March, 2008
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. recently launched the Galveston, the first of three ABS-classed 150 ft x 46 ft x 27 ft ATB oceangoing tugs for U.S. Shipping Partners, L.P., Edison, N.J.
Launched at Eastern's Allanton facility in Panama City, Fla., the Galveston is designed and engineered by Guarino & Cox of Covington, La. It is outfitted with an Inter-con articulated tug and barge (ATB) connection system. It will be mated with a 156,000 bbl ocean tank barge under construction at Bay Shipuilding, Sturgon Bay, Wis., scheduled for delivery later this year.
The tug is capable of operating on heavy fuel oil as well as No. 2 marine diesel fuel oil. To operate the tug while on heavy fuel oil, a thermal oil heating system has been installed with heavy fuel...
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