Douglas B. Mackie and Ellis Island

摘要

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., delivered an articulated tug-barge trailing suction hopper dredge, made up of the 433'x92'x36' hopper dredge Ellis Island and the 158'4"x52'x32'9" tug Douglas B. Mackie, to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD), Oak Brook, Ill. Ship Architects Inc., Daphne, Ala., handled the detailed tug design and Bay Engineering Inc. worked on the detailed dredge design. Both designs are based on an Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering ATB concept design.