M/V Ouizee underway
Metairie, La., based Maritime Partners, LLC (MP) lately christened the 2,600 hp towboat M/V Ouizee at the John Bludworth Shipyard in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The brand-new 2,600 horse power towboat is the secondly of 6 watercrafts that Maritime Partners carries order at the shipyard.
It is called for Louise Brooks, the mommy of MP founder and also Chief Executive Officer Bick Brooks, that clarifies “My sister had her first kid three years ago. The name Louise is a mouthful for a toddler to pronounce, so my sister’s son just shortened the name to ‘Ouizee’. The name ended up sticking, so my nephews and nieces all refer to my mother as ‘Ouizee’.”
Brooks states his mommy’s instance aided to provide him the guts to seek his interest for watercrafts and also barges by beginning Maritime Partners 4 years earlier.
“I remember taking the bus home from elementary school each day and walking in the door to see my mom working away at our dining room table with drafting papers as she worked on her first architecture projects,” Bick remembered. “Her first office truly was our dining room table and she worked while she could, designing homes in our dining room for the first few clients who believed in her. It wasn’t easy for her. She sacrificed time with her young family to focus on her architecture projects but it was a sacrifice she made in the pursuit of her passion. From those humble beginnings, my mother is now an award-winning architect.”
SELECTION OF SHIPYARD
Maritime Partners states it acknowledged the value of selecting the best shipyard to create its vessels.
“We did a ton of research and reference checking as part of our review process and it became clear to us throughout that process that the name ‘Bludworth’ stood out as a first-class brand name in the shipbuilding community.”
Measuring 84 feet by 32 feet with a shaped deepness of 11 feet, the M/V Ouizee is a John L. Bludworth III-designed vessel. The vessel’s 2 Cummins QSK38 M1 Tier III major engines from Cummins Marine generate a mixed 2,600 horse power and also are mated to Reintjes WAF 665 decrease equipments (5.95:1 proportion), with interior shaft brakes. from Karl Senner LLC.
The engines and also equipments drive a set of four-blade stainless-steel Sound props (82-inch size and also 62-inch pitch) fromTexas Wheel Works R.S. Schmidt & &(* )provided the vessel’s prop shafts and also tails.Sons Machine Shop & &(* )provided the M/V
Rio Controls’s guiding system.Hydraulics vessel’s solution power comes thanks to 2 Ouizee 99 kW generators, additionally from
The.Cummins additionally gave the Cummins Marine aboard the
Karl Senner, while Aventics Controls provided the radar, radios, AIS and also GPS aboard the vessel.Ouizee M/V Premium Electronics has tankage for 38,143 gallons of gas, 14,367 gallons of drinkable water, 350 gallons of lube oil, 150 gallons of equipment oil, 500 gallons of slop oil and also 100 gallons of hydraulic oil.
The M&M Ouizee provided the vessel’s laminated rubber fenders.
on deck, the M/VBumper Service includes a set of 40-ton Also galvanized deck winches, 2 Ouizee 325 air compressors and also a full-width fleet deck onward of the major deck residence.Patterson, the Quincy has 4 staterooms and also lodgings for approximately 6 staff participants.
Inside vessel’s galley attributes custom-made oak cabinets, granite counter tops, a granite table top, and also a large kitchen and also indoor laundry room.Ouizee claimed The, brand-new building vessel rep for
“The Ouizee is state-of-the-art equipped and follows the tried-and-true design of Mr. Johnny Bludworth,” Raymond Butler claimed, at 2,600 hp, the Maritime Partners i“These hulls are unique to the industry, employing a ‘double chine’ construction, which streamlines water flow to the wheels and makes for a very efficient, highly maneuverable hull.”
Butler s fully equipped for pressing 600-foot tows on the open reaches of the Ouizee or 900-foot tows on the .Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
