First ATB for Harley Marine

摘要

Harley Marine Services has put into service its first ATB. The 116-foot tug Emery Zidell and its 80,000-barrel oil barge, Dr. Robert J. Beall, went into service in December. The tug and its barge are linked by an Articouple FRC coupling system. Harley Marine Services, which is based in Seattle, was founded in 1987 by Harley Franco and began operations with a leased tug and barge under the name Olympic Tug & Barge. Since then the company has greatly expanded to become a full-service towing company with operations that include Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; San Francisco; the Gulf Coast; New York; and Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The company's fleet numbers 47 tugs and 52 barges. Emery Zidell was built at the Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La. Conrad has two more ATBs on order from Harley: Jake Shearer, due for delivery at the end of July; and Barry Siverton, due in October, according to Gregg Nelsen, Harley Marine's vice president/director of engineering.