Sea Racer News

Vessel sales for May 2015 (as of June 1) as prepared by Shipping Intelligence, Inc., New York.

McAllister Towing, of New York, recently purchased U.S. flag tugs Sea Racer and Puerto Nuevo from Crowley Marine Services, of Seattle. Sea Racer, originally built by Pacific Coast Engineering in 1966, measures 121 ft., and is powered by a single EMD 16-645E5, generating 2,875 bhp. The vessel will be renamed Buckley McAllister. Puerto Nuevo, a 96 ft., 1,530 bhp twin-screw tug, was built in 1964 by Equitable Equipment. The vessel is powered with twin CAT D398As and was on charter to McAllister at the time of the purchase. · Westview Dredging of British Columbia, Canada, has purchased 200 x 60 x 12 ft. ocean deck barge Barge 216 from Crowley Marine Services. Barge 216 was originally built by Jeffboat in 1970. · Promar, Inc. of Rockport, Texas has sold 65 ft.