Best Small Escort Tug – A. Thomas Higgins – Robert Allan Ltd Only an American owner could name a tug this way and want it to look like a traditional American boat, ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | A. Thomas Higgins – Second in new series of “go-anywhere” river and ocean tugs for Bisso Offshore
Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, recently delivered a new steel-hulled Z-drive ship assist tug to Bisso Offshore, a division of marine services company ..
Eastern Shipbuilding delivers new Z-drive tug to Bisso Offshore
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., has announced on June 11, 2020, the delivery of the second of two 80’x38’x13’2″ 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs, the A. Thomas Higgins for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc., New Orleans.
The following day the vessel completed its bollard pull testing (66.10 short tons stern, 64.20 short tons bow) witnessed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and received its USCG Subchapter M Certificate of Inspection (COI). A. Thomas Higgins is...
Eastern Shipbuilding delivers second tug in series to Bisso Offshore
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has delivered the newbuild tug A. Thomas Higgins to E.N. Bisso and Son subsidiary Bisso Offshore. The tug is the second in a series of Robert ..
Eastern Shipbuilding launches second tug for Bisso Offshore
On Jan. 31, 2020, Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. launched the second of two 80’x38’x13’2″ 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs, the A. Thomas Higgins, for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc. The RAL RApport 2400 ship handling tug design was provided by Robert Allan Ltd. Vancouver, British Columbia. The tug is currently under construction at Eastern’s Allanton facility. The C.D. White, the first vessel of the series, was delivered in January.
Main propulsion will come from two Caterpillar 35...
Eastern Shipbuilding delivers, Tier 4, Sub M escort tug to E.N. Bisso
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., announced it delivered the first of two 80’x38’x13’2″, 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs — C.D. White — for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc. on Jan. 8, 2020.
The vessel has completed its bollard pull testing witnessed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and received its USCG Subchapter M Certificate of Inspection (COI).
The C.D. White is a RAL RApport 2400 Z-drive shiphandling tug design provided by Robert Allan Ltd., located in...
Eastern launches new 5,100-hp escort tug for Bisso Offshore
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., has announced the launching of the first of two 80’x38’x13’2″, 5,100-hp Z-Drive Tugs. The C.D. White for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc., launched in late August.
A RAL RApport 2400 Z-Drive Ship-handling Tug design was provided by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia. The C.D. White is currently under construction at Eastern’s Allanton facility, along with a sister vessel, the A. Thomas Higgins. The C.D. White...