TEN Orders A Series of Ice-Class Product Carriers
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) has ordered two handysize, double hull, 1A ice-class tankers, with carrying capacity of 37,000 dwt each. The vessels have a contract price of just under $30 million per ship and are scheduled for delivery in September and December of 2006. TEN also holds options for two additional sister ships of the same specifications, which would be delivered in March and June of 2007. All vessels are to be constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their Mipo shipyard, and represent the 24th and 25th vessels in TEN's newbuilding program since 1997. These vessels are specifically designed to meet the stringent requirements of classification societies and other regulatory bodies…
Crowley Christens the Marty J
Crowley Maritime Corporation yesterday christened the Marty J, the first of three Heavy Lift 455 Series barges, which have been under construction at Gunderson Marine in Portland, Oregon. The three 400-foot by 105-foot-wide deck barges are being built to be utilized for project work in the offshore energy industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The addition of these vessels will expand and keep current Crowley's fleet for customers of the company's marine services business segment. During a ceremony held at Gunderson Marine on Northwest Front Avenue, Nicole Murphy, sister of Fontain Martin "Marty" Johnson III, christened the barge. The Marty J was so named as a tribute to Johnson, a nine-year Crowley employee who died while on a salvage assignment onboard the Cougar Ace in July of last year.
