VESSELSMcAllister Towing building Tier IV ASD Tractor Tugsenhanced ship docking abilities in addition to direct and indirect escorting. The tug has been designed and simula-tor tested to assist new Post-Panamax and Ultra-Large Ves-sels. Towing machinery will include a Markey asymmetric render-recover winch on the bow and a Markey tow winch with a spool capacity of 2,500 ft. of 2¼” wire on the stern. Upon delivery in early 2017, McAllister plans to name the ? rst tug the Capt. Brian A. McAllister after the company’s McAllister Towing has announced that Horizon Ship- Chairman. The second tug will be named the Rosemary building, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, AL, will build 100 x 40- McAllister, after his wife. The tugs will be the 31st and ft. Escort/Rescue tugs for the company, vessels powered 32nd tractors and the ? rst Tier IV tugs in McAllister’s ? eet. by 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines with Schottel SRP- The tugs have been designed and simulator tested to assist 4000FP units producing 6,770 hp and 80 metric tons bol- new Post-Panamax and Ultra-Large Vessels. Towing ma-lard pull. The tugs will be classi? ed with ABS as Maltese chinery will include a Markey asymmetric render-recover Cross A-1 Towing, Escort Service, FiFi 1 and Maltese Cross winch on the bow and a Markey tow winch with a spool AMS. The hull has been designed by Jensen Maritime for capacity of 2,500 ft. of 2¼” wire on the stern. Rodriguez Tow Boat For Mid-RiverOver the years Rodriguez triple-screw shallow-draft tow-boats have won a following in the shallow waters of the Mississippi River estuary. Many of these boats are the dis-tinctive aft-cabin Lugger-type of vessel. Recently Mid-Riv-er Terminals of Osceola, Arkansas has taken delivery of a new design towboat from Rodriguez. With a conventional forward-house pusher con? guration, the new 70 by 30-foot M/V Dianna Lynn utilizes the same propulsion as the Lugger tugs. This is composed of three in-line 6-cylinder Cummins QSK19 engines, each delivering 660 HP. Each engine turns a 66-inch stainless steel propeller through ZF by wheelhouse levers with mechanical shafts through the gears with 6:1 reduction. The combination gives the 1,980 houses and connected to the hydraulic actuator valves HP-towboat an eight-foot operating draft. The wheel- in the upper engine room. A set of push knees and deck house has a full 360-degree view with large windows and winches with cheek blocks facilitates barge work. A pair is set atop two accommodation decks and a half deck that of 55 kW gensets meets the boat’s electrical requirements.also serves for bridge electronics support. This gives the Zero discharge tanks, built integral to the hull, provide towboat a 31-foot eye-level, with full tanks, for working storage for treated sewage and all drains. A separate tank high barges. Steering and ? anking rudders are controlled handles waste oil.And So the Fleet GrowsBlessey Marine has a long history of growing one of the largest ? eets of towboats and petroleum barges on Ameri-can inland waterways. The owner, Walter E. Blessey, Jr., takes pride in using the naming ceremony for each new boat to honor a long time employee or an industry-sup-porting politician. The newest boat in the ? eet, built at Verret Shipyard in Plaquemine, LA, is the M/V Tom Cot-ton, named for recently elected Senator and military vet-eran from Arkansas. At 38, he is currently the youngest serving member of the Senate.May 2016MN64 MN May16 Layout 52-65.indd 64 4/20/2016 10:51:20 AM