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July 30, 2002

Hope Services Continue to Build Popular Pushboats

Hope Services of Dulac Louisiana have built two more of their popular 72x30-foot pushboats. These two, the eighteenth and nineteenth to the design, are for Higman Towing of Houston Texas. The first was delivered last May and the second is currently undergoing sea trials for an early August delivery. Each boat is powered by a pair of 12-cylinder Cummins KTA38 M0 engines rated for 850 HP at 1800 RPM. The engines turn into Twin Disc 540 gears with 6.14:1 reduction. The 73x58-inch four-blade stainless propellers are mounted on six-inch stainless shafts. Electrical needs are met by a pair of Cummins 6B series powered 50 Kw gen sets.

Accommodation on the 1700 HP tugs is provided for six people in three staterooms with additional space utilized for a washer and dryer. With a molded depth of 10 feet, the hull holds tankage for 20,000 gallons of fuel, 10,000 gallons of potable water and 10,000 gallons of fresh water as well as ballast tanks. Steering and flanking rudders are controlled through an ESI electric controlled hydraulic system. The air engine controls are by Kobelt. A pair of Nabrico electric-over-hydraulic 40 ton deck winches handle the 1.25-inch face wires.

Hope services have begun cutting steel for the twentieth vessel in this series and are currently in negotiation on its sale.

For more information and photos of these boats:

Lou Parker
Hope Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 957
Houma, LA 70361 U.S.A.
Phone: 985 563-7801 Fax: 985 563-4660
E-mail: hopeservices@mobiletel.com

For more information on the Cummins KTA38 and other Cummins Marine engines:

Calvin Klotz
Cummins Mid-South
Kenner, LA 70062 U.S.A.
Phone: 504 465-3406
Email: Calvin.B.Klotz@Cummins.com

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