Now painted in Cook Inlet Tug and also Barge shades, the Bering Wind was, as Campbell Foss, the first-ever tugboat transformed to crossbreed procedure
OCTOBER 29, 2018– The Bering Wind, an effective Dolphin Class tugboat, is being moved from the Foss fleet in Long Beach, CA, to Cook Inlet Tug & & Barge in Anchorage, AK.
The pull, previously called the Campbell Foss, was constructed by Foss in 2005. In 2011, she was transformed to hybrid power, the first-ever tugboat transformed to come to be a crossbreed. She and also her sis vessel, the Carolyn Dorothy were the initial 2 hybrid pulls in the sector. Renamed this month, she is set up to go into solution in Alaska by about November 15, 2018.
“The addition of the Bering Wind to our Anchorage based fleet of tugs will improve our current level of service in the port,” claimed Ben Stevens, head of state of Cook Inlet Tug and alsoBarge “It will also ensure safe port operations can be conducted during the anticipated port revitalization project which will commence in spring of 2019.”
“We are extremely proud of the role that this ground-breaking vessel has had in our fleet — it has been one of the gems of our operations,” claimed John Parrott, Chief Executive Officer of Cook Inlet Tug and also Barge moms and dad businessFoss Maritime “We are very excited to see her becoming a vital part of the Alaska maritime economy.”
The Bering Wind is just one of one of the most effective harbor pulls in the sector. Powered by 2 Series II Caterpillar engines and also double Rolls Royce United States 205 FP Z drives, the Campbell Foss is ranked at 5,080 horse power and also has greater than 135 lots of drawing power. Her diesel-electric crossbreed solution is offered on one 125 kilowatt Marathon generator collection.
