Illustration politeness Crowley Maritime Corporation/Jensen Maritime

Crowley Fuels has actually authorized building and construction agreements to develop a 55,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB) to offer the Western Alaska market.

Crowley states the 410-foot ATB will certainly be specifically made for the requiring river and also sea problems of Western Alaska.

The pull will certainly be created by Master Boat Builders of Bayou La Batre,Alabama The 350-foot barge will certainly be constructed by Gunderson Marine LLC, an entirely possessed subsidiary of the Greenbrier Companies, in Portland, Oregon.

The ATB is anticipated to be supplied in January 2021.

The style of the ATB was done byCrowley Maritime Corp subsidiary Jensen Maritime, a Seattle- based marine design and also aquatic design company. According to Crowley, the vessel will certainly fulfill all abdominal Ice Class and also IMO Polar Code needs, with functions that consist of enhanced architectural framework, covering plating, and also prolonged zero-discharge endurance. The pull and also barge are made with a superficial operating draft to permit the vessel to offer a number of Alaska river terminals with restricted water midsts. It will certainly include the capacity to execute nearshore ship-to-ship freight transfers.

The pull section will certainly be fitted with 2 GE 6L250 major engines that fulfill united state Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier IV ecological criteria. The pull has azimuthing demanding drives to improve ability to move, and also an Intercon C-series coupler system. As for the barge itself, it will certainly be fitted with an azimuthing pump jet bow thruster for much better ability to move and also terminal maintaining capacity.

The pull will certainly be outfitted with a fire display and also foam proportioner for off-ship firefighting to the barge. It will certainly likewise consist of a complete enhance of spill reaction equipment, consisting of 2,000 feet of boom and also a job skiff to fulfill State of Alaska needs.

“Our new ATB will continue Crowley Fuels’ long-standing commitment to provide Alaska with safe and dependable marine transportation to serve the energy needs of the state,” stated Rick Meidel, vice head of state and also basic supervisor,Crowley Fuels “We look forward to working with Gunderson Marine and Master Boat Builders to build both a high-performing and efficient vessel to serve the state and enhance our overall operations. The vessel’s capabilities will be able to meet the particular needs of Western Alaska, which depends on maneuverable and functional vessels for reliable supply of the communities’ fuel needs.”

Crowley presently runs and also handles the biggest U.S.-flag oil and also chemical container vessel fleet in the united state, consisting of 40 Jones Act- certified, huge oil vessels with an incorporated capability of greater than 12 million barrels.

The brand-new ATB will certainly sign up with Crowley’s brand-new 100,000-barrel ATB, which is currently ending up building and construction at Bollinger Shipyards, for solution under charter in Alaska to Petro Star Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC).