481 March 2008
Handy Supply Vessel for Gulf of Mexico
Robert Perez, owner of Romeo Pappa L.L.C. has recently put into service the newly build supply vessel M/V Port Eads. Designed by Frank Basile’s Entech & Associates, Inc. firm of Houma LA the boat was built by St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida. www.stjohnsshipbuilding.com
At 166 by 40-feet the boat carries a little more beam than some giving it a 100 by 32-foot clear aft cargo deck. The beam, together with a 14-foot depth, give the boat some big capacities including 97,093 gallons of cargo water, 50,000 gallons of fuel, and 1,200 barrels of drilling fluids. Additional tankage is provided for 5,356 gallons of potable water. A 152 cubic foot walk in cooler is also built in. Light draft is 5.8 feet while maximum draft on the 837 long ton deadweight vessel is 12 feet.
Propulsion is provided by a pair of Cummins KTA38 main engines delivering a combined 2500 HP to Twin Disc 5.96:1 gears and 72x72 stainless steel four-blade propellers. The boat also has a 300 hp bow thruster and two 99 kW gen-sets. Transfer rates for both fuel and cargo water are 500 gallons per minute at 160 feet. Drilling fluids can be pumped to 200 feet at 450 gpm.
The ABS Loadline classed vessel is certified to carry up to 26 people with two six-man, two four-man and three two-person staterooms. Galley seating is for 16 people and all accommodation areas of air-conditioned. Performance speeds are 13 knots at 70 gallons per hour and 11 knots at 50 gallons per hour.
The M/V Port Eads is Home Ported in New Orleans and is 99 GRT and 67 NRT.
Photos courtesy of St. Johns Shipbuilding/Romeo Pappa LLC.
For more information:
Robert Perez
Romeo Papa L.L.C.
313 Safety Road,
Houma,
Louisiana USA 70363
Phone: (985) 857 9275
Fax: (985) 857 9257
E-mail Donna at: hsweetie@bellsouth.net
St. Johns Ship Building
Post Office Box 281
560 Stokes Landing Road
Palatka, Florida 32177
Phone: (386) 328 6054
Fax: (360) 328 6046
E-mail: info@stjohnsshipbuilding.com
Joe Gregory
Marine Sales
Cummins Mid-South Inc.
110 E. Airline Highway
Kenner, LA 70062
Phone: 504 468 3535
Mobile: 985 397 2252
Fax: 504 465 3408
E-mail: joe.Gregory@cummins.com
Frank J. Basile P.E.
Entech & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 1470,
Houma, LA 70361
Phone: 985 868 5534
Fax: 985 857 9032
E-mail: frankb@entech-associates.com
Web: www.entech-associates.com
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