545 March 2009

Sleek New Crewboat from Horizon Shipbuilding

Photo courtesy of Horizon Shipbuilding.

The Nigerian firm Fymak Marine & Oil Services has recently taken delivery of a new crewboat designed and built by Horizon Shipbuilding of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama. The M/V Chinyelugo is 51.92-meters long with a 9.45-meter beam and 4.15-meter molded depth.

Propulsion on the aluminum vessel is provided by four Cummins KTA-50 M2 engines each delivering 1800 HP at 1800 RPM through Twin Disc MGX 6848 gears with 2.58:1 ratios to Hamilton HM811 water jets. The crewboat has a design speed of 30 knots. The vessel is fitted with a 230 HP Thrustmaster of Texas bow thruster. Cummins Mid-South LLC also provided 110 kW auxiliary engines.

Photo courtesy of Horizon Shipbuilding.

The boat will work with a crew of eight and is capable of carrying 60 passengers and 225 tons of deck cargo. Tankage includes 121,214 liters of fuel, 138,207 liters of water and 1304-liters of lube oil. A five-ton knuckle-boom crane from Morgan Crane is mounted forward on the main deck. Coastal Machinery supplied the anchor winch.

Photo courtesy of Horizon Shipbuilding.

The owners report that the Chinyelugo has been fixed in a two-year contract with Reservoir Exploration Technology (RXT) ASA, a seismic survey company whose headquarters are in Oslo, Norway, and which is engaged in seismic survey work in various locations around the world. The Chinyelugo is working for RXT offshore West Africa specifically on contracts that have been awarded to RXT by ExxonMobil and Total.

For further information:
Nancy M. Buckalew
Assistant to the President
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc.
13980 Shell Belt Road
Bayou La Batre, AL 36509
Phone: 251-824-1660 x 230
Fax: 251-824-1664
E-mail: nbuckalew@horizonshipbuilding.com
Web: www.horizonshipbuilding.com

Okechuwukwu Nwakwesi
Fymak Marine & Oil Services Nig. Ltd.
Plot 14Z Grace Anjous Drive
Off Road 14 Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
Phone: 011 2348 038 457735
Web: www.fymakmarine.com/profile.html

Larry Neff
Marine Territory Sales Manager
Cummins Mid South LLC
1924 East 1-65 Service Rd. North
Mobile AL36617
Phone: 251 456 2236
E-mail: larry.e.neff@cummins.com

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