Singapore: ST Engineering’s US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has announced that Bouchard Transportation has exercised its option for an additional articulated tug barge (ATB). The value of this ATB unit is in the region of $100m.
Both barges will measure 625ft by 91ft by 47ft and each will have a 250,000-barrel capacity. They will be used to transport liquid petroleum.
The 10,000hp twin screw ATB tug, classed by ABS as XA1 Towing Vessel, Dual Mode, USCG Sub-chapter M, will be equipped with an interconnected coupler system.
The construction of the first barge will begin in April 2013 at VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula facility, with delivery scheduled in mid 2015. Construction of the second barge will begin in the fourth quarter of this year with delivery scheduled in early 2016. [21/03/13]
