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34 MARINE LOG May 2013
vessels, type PSV 4500 and OSRV 750, meet 60 percent local content requirements and will be built at shipyards in Brazil. Petrobras says “prices presented were competitive, given expected metrics and budgets.” Later this year in July, Petrobras will go to the market for a fifth round of 24 offshore support vessels, thus fulfilling its 2014 contracting target of 146 vessels to be built in Brazil. The operators selected included Starnav Servicos Maritimos Ltda., which will build four PSV 4500 design vessels at Detroit Brasil Ltda.; Galaxia Maritima Ltda., that will build four PSV 4500 and four OSRV 750 vessels at Erin (AM); Geonavegacao S.A. will build one PSV 4500 and two OSRV 750s at Estaleiro ILHA (RJ); Astromaritima Navegacao S.A. will build four OSRV 750s at Estaleiro ILHA (RJ) and Oceanpact Servicos Maritimos Ltda. will build four OSRV 750s at Intecnial (RS). Meanwhile, the Boldini contract is a clear win for Eastern Shipbuilding. Few U.S. shipyards build commercial vessels for export. What’s baffling about the Boldini project is that the application for Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantee arrived at MarAd on March 10, 2009 and wasn’t approved until two years later. There are currently two applications for Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantees: one from Pasha Hawaii Shipping Co. LLC for $155.94 million to build a container/Roll-on/Roll-Off vessel at VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS; another from Legacy Leader, LLC, for $369.73 million to build 10 PSVs split between Gulf Ship, LLC, Gulfport, MS, LAShip, LLC, Houma, LA, North American Shipbuilding, LLC, Larose, LA, and TampaShip, LLC, Tampa, FL. Eastern Shipbuilding also holds contracts for a dozen OSVs for Hornbeck Offshore Services, Covington, LA, three others and an IMR/PSV for Harvey Gulf International Marine, New Orleans, LA, as well as a series of towboats for Florida Marine Transporters. Speaking to the Florida shipbuilder’s versatility, last month it also announced it would build a DNV-classed freezer stern trawler for long-time client O’Hara Corporation, Rockland, ME. Based on an ST-115 design from Skipsteknisk, AS, Aalesund, Norway, the 194 ft x 49 ft commercial fishing vessel will be named the F/V Aharo. Its propulsion system will meet the latest in EPA emission Tier 3 certification. The main engine will be a single EMD MEL16710G7-Tier 3 diesel engine rated at 4,000 hp at 900 rev/min. O’Hara Corporation is furnishing the propulsion vertical offset Lufkin reduction gear model VSQ4134HG-K-PTO with a 7.20:1 reduction. While the vessel is underway, a propulsion gear driven 1,700 kW shaft generator at 1,200 rev/min variable speed generates constant voltage for the vessel’s primary electrical power source for its winches, processing, fish handling systems, pumps and ships services. The F/V Aharo is fully equipped with systems for bottom and pelagic trawling with single trawl. Eastern will deliver the stern trawler in mid-2015. ■
MarAd Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantees of $240.8 million are supporting the Boldini project