NASSCO Launches First LNG-Ready Tanker for SEA-Vista
General Dynamics NASSCO on Saturday launched the primary ship in a sequence of ECO-Class tankers for the SEA-Vista fleet.
The christening and launch ceremony befell on the firm’s shipyard in San Diego.
The ship, the Independence, is a 610-foot, 50,000 deadweight-ton, and LNG-conversion-ready product tanker with a 330,000 barrel cargo capability. Construction on the ship started in November 2014.
Prior to launch, the Independence was christened by the its sponsor, Mrs. Allison Moran, CEO of RaceTrac Petroleum, who broke the normal champagne bottle over the ship’s hull. Mrs. Jayne Rathburn, former CEO/proprietor of US Joiner, then pulled the set off to launch the ship into the San Diego Bay.
“General Dynamics NASSCO shipbuilders are revolutionizing the future of American shipping with the concept and construction of innovative, cost-saving, and environmentally-sound vessels,” stated Kevin Graney, vp and normal supervisor for General Dynamics NASSCO. “When delivered, these ECO Class, Jones Act-qualified tankers will be among the most fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly tankers anywhere in the world.”
The ECO-class will include three tankers whole, every constructed on the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego underneath Jones Act necessities. The vessels are being constructed for SEA-Vista, a partnership between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Avista Capital Partners, and can be operated by Seabulk Tankers, Inc.
“We are pleased to complete this important milestone for the first in a series of three fuel-efficient, ECO Jones Act product tankers that will be delivering into the SEA-Vista fleet and operated by Seabulk Tankers, Inc,” stated Daniel J. Thorogood, president and chief working officer for Seabulk Tankers, Inc.
In the previous decade, NASSCO delivered 13 industrial ships and at present has eight industrial ships in its backlog – with a further ship, an Expeditionary Mobile Base, for the U.S. Navy underneath development.
For its industrial work, NASSCO companions with South Korean shipbuilding energy, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), for entry to its ship design and shipbuilding applied sciences.
A video of the Independence launch may be seen under:
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