The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) purchased three oil recovery boats from JBF Environmental Technology. The vessels will be stationed at the harbors of Providence and Jamestown, where oil storage and transfer operations are concentrated. The three boats are the JBF model 420, which is a square-bowed, flat-bottomed mini-barge operated by a crew of two. The 23 x 8 ft. boats are deployed like any powerboat from a boat ramp, or with a crane. Powered by twin Honda four-stroke outboard engines, they can speed to an incident at up to 25 knots. Each boat can hold 1,320 gallons of recovered spill in its hull, and has a draft of six in. light, and 18 in. fully loaded.