Nichols completes 1, 700-hp ATB tug for lsland Tug

摘要

In mid-May, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, Wash., completed the Island Regent, a new ATB tug, for Island Tug and Barge, Burnaby, British Columbia. Island Tug is a subsidiary of Tidewater Canada. Nichols didn't build the hull and house originally, that was done at Island Tug's Annacis Island facility on the Fraser River, south of Vancouver. The vessel was towed south to the Nichols Brothers shipyard on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound last year. The Island Regent is a sister vessel to the Island Raider, which was also built and completed by Island Tug in B.C. The vessel was designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia With a blunt bow square to the flat, vertical sides, the Island Regent (and Island Raider) is essentially a rectangular steel box that measures 82'x41'x12'. There is neither curved sheer nor camber to the decks, which simplified construction. The bottom isn't completely flat, but close to it. Justin Nichols, the project manager and owner's rep, said the bottom has about 8" of deadrise. The house has four decks and a height-of-eye of 40'.