Crowley boosts San Francisco fleet with powerful Apollo

摘要

Crowley is adding new muscle to its California ship-assist fleet with a new ASD tugboat delivering more than 90 tons of bollard pull.Diversified Marine in Portland, Ore., is on pace to deliver the 82-foot Apollo in June 2021. It will work in San Francisco Bay handling tankers and other large ships calling on the region. Apollo is a sister tug to Hercules, delivered last spring by Diversified. Crowley has chartered both tugboats from owner Brusco Tug & Barge of Longview, Wash. Both tugs share the same Robert Allan Ltd. RApport 2500 platform. But, the 6,300-hp Apolb has more powerful Caterpillar engines and larger z-drives, giving it an estimated 95 short tons of bollard pull. Hercules, with 6,008 horsepower, pulled 89 short tons during sea trials last year.