Oil Field Crew News

SeaArk Marine announced the retirement of Vice President of Engineering, Casmer “Cas” Kirby. Kirby began his career with SeaArk Marine, Inc. in 1991 and was promoted to Vice President of Engineering for the company in 2006. During that time, he led SeaArk Marine’s Engineering team through some of the most successful periods of the company’s history. Well known for incorporating extreme durability into every design detail, Kirby brought a wealth of oil field crew boat type construction techniques with him when he joined the company from South Louisiana over 20 years ago.

Basic laws of supply and demand seem to have little impact on the megayacht market. It is driven by the financial health of the builders, not the purchasers. In the past, the market had been plagued by high profile bankruptcies of some of the builders, driving buyers to Europe or even the Far East for their dreamboats. Today the U.S. market is healthier because of one firm, Trinity Yachts of New Orleans. Trinity has been in business for a little over four years, but in that time they have continued to grow to a point where they are building a new outfitting building for vessels up to 250 ft. long and typically have three boats in their outfitting shed and three in fabrication. "Outfitting one of our boats takes at least a year," said Billy Smith, VP of Trinity Yachts.

By installing axial fans from Delta T Systems, owners can ventilate an engine room with a steady supply of air. The Delta T axial fans mount in the vent system that connects the engine room to outside air. It provides high airflow rates and low sound pressure levels. Manufactured for marine environments, it has a lightweight, flanged housing, as well as patented hubs and airfoil blades. The fans range in size from nine in. models that move 490 cu. ft. of air per minute to 36 in. units that move more than 45,000 cu. ft. per minute. The fan motors are available for single- or three-phase AC power at 50 to 60 Hx, and for 12- or 24- volt DC power.