Atlantic Condor at Pier 9
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Seperated after birth: Jim Kilabuk and Atlantic Tern
The Jim Kilabuk arrived over the weekend and tied up at Pier9. Built as Canmar Supplier IV in 1975 at the Yarrows yard in Esquimalt, She was intended to be used for Oil Exploration in the Beaufort Sea by Dome Petroleum. After that venture ended, she was sold to Northern Transportation, and took her current name in 1995.
UPDATE: Jim Kilabuk Moved to Jetty NA at Shearwater this morning. this suggests she’s doing work for the Navy. She shows Harbour Grace NL as her destination.
Sister Vessel Canmar Supplier II is a Halifax regular, now working for Atlantic Towing as Atlantic Tern. Though She has been modified, you can still see her original lines.
Atlantic Towing gets Slice of Hiberina Work
Atlantic Towing Limited announced today that it has secured a new ten (10)-year firm contract, plus a total of 15 years of options at the Charterers’ discretion, with ExxonMobil Canada Properties and Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) for four new state-of-the art Platform Supply Vessels operating out of St John’s, NL. The first ships for the contract will be delivered in 2016 and will join Atlantic Towing’s current fleet of eight offshore support vessels in Atlantic Canada. The new contract means 100 new jobs at Atlantic Towing’s offshore fleet home port of St. John’s, NL.
The new ships, to be designed and built by Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands, will deliver a number of environmental benefits including Clean Design designation with a diesel electric power plant, the latest environmental control equipment, wave piercing bow design, and enhanced crew comfort.
Secunda also won a Piece of this work, and will be adding an additional vessel.
John 1 Tugs at Rest.
The team that escorted the John 1 is on standby pending a decision on her state, and where she should be repaired. (Above) Ryan Leet (Aft) and Atlantic Fir (Forward) Pier side. (Below) CCGS Earl Grey at the front of the group.
Atlantic Towings New AHTS Delivered.
Jaya Holdings Limited, has delivered its second new build ice class anchor handling tug supply vessel to Atlantic Towing Limited. The 16,000 BHP vessel was delivered on 7 February 2014 in
Singapore and was christened the “Atlantic Merlin” at a naming ceremony held earlier
today. She was previously known as “Jaya Sovereign” until her delivery to Atlantic
Towing. Atlantic Merlin is a sister ship of “Atlantic Kestrel”, which was delivered to
Atlantic Towing in November 2012.
The Purchase was announced in June 2013 but was indicated earlier in march. Atlantic Towing Previously purchased Sister vessel Atlantic Kestrel.
Atlantic Hawk Makes an Appearance
Atlantic Towing’s Anchor Handleing tug Atlantic Hawk recently arrived in Halifax. No word on a reason for her visit, as she is normally stationed in St Johns NF.
She was built at Halifax Shipyards in 2000.
UPDATE: I have received word that she is on the return trip after towing the GSF Grand Banks to Mississippi for refit. Word is that Halifax Shipyard was in the bidding for the work, but the winter would interfere with the ability to re-paint the rig.
Atlantic Towing Buys a second vessel from Jaya
Atlantic Towing, Limited has purchased a second Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from JAYA, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the first quarter of 2014. She will be known as the Atlantic Merlin.
This vessel is a Wartsila designed VS 4622 CD anchor handling offshore supply vessel and is the sister ship to the recently acquired Atlantic Kestrel which is currently serving off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Atlantic Merlin has 16300 brake horsepower from its main engines and the new ship is also Ice Class 1A giving it the ability to navigate in moderate level ice conditions and northern regions. The ship has been designed to Norwegian Maritime Directorate standards (highest in world for offshore vessels) and carries the Clean Design (CD) designation from Det Norske Veritas (DNV classification society).
The state-of-the art ship has been constructed with a variety of features incorporating the latest offshore technology available. These features include:
• 400 tonne anchor handling/ towing winch
• Anchor handling tools (centering devices, rail cranes)
• Oil recovery capability
• DP2 dynamic positioning system
The new vessel is designed specifically for offshore support and is capable of oil rig towing, oil rig positioning and anchor handling, offshore oilfield supply, stand-by rescue, and iceberg towing/ ice management. It is capable of carrying large quantities of cargo to offshore installations with a large deck area and deck strength as well as a high volume of cargo tank space.
(JD Irving Photo)
Atlantic Towing Buys Atlantic Kestrals Sister
last summer, Atlantic towing Announced they had purchased the Jaya Supreme, To be come Atlantic Kesteral. An Article in the March issue of Tug and OSV Magazine lets slip at the End that Atlantic Towing has also purchased her sister ship Jaya Soverign. No ATL Bird name has yet been assigned.
You can read the Article here (PDF).
In A seperate Article (PDF), In the Jan/Feb issue of Offshore Support Journal, ATL explains that the vessel was purchased to meet the tender requirements for supporting the Drill Rig West Aquarious working off Newfoundland. Given the Tight timelines, the Purchase of an available vessel makes sence rather then building a new one from scratch. They expect both vessels to find work as the Hebron field is developed.
Docking Zim Costsanza
Lyubov Orlova Under control
Huskey Energy is reporting that one of its boats has taken the Lyubov Orlova Under tow.
Huskey is the Operator of the Hiberina platform off Newfoundland, and contracted Atlantic Towing to provide platform support vessels.
As the Lyubov Orlova was adrift without crew, this would count as salvage, meaning Atlantic Towing could file a claim against the vessel to cover its costs for recovery. Given the vessel was sold for scrap, and is likely uninsured, it likely means it is now Atlantic Towings’ to scrap to recover thier costs.
Update via the Telegram
As of 4 p.m. today, the towed MV Lyubov Orlova was 100 kilometres north of Husky Energy’s SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform, according to a spokeswoman for the operator.
An offshore supply vessel, the Atlantic Hawk, began towing the previously adrift vessel at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, it was 70 kilometres north of the FPSO platform.
