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Vessels and Barges for Sale or Charter Worldwide

31 December 2012

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2012 Sales and Charters

Marcon International Inc. is pleased to have brokered 33 sales and eight charters to-date this year. Several additional sales and charters are pending. For the last sale on the last day of 2012, Marcon concluded the sale of a U.S. flag, 350 x 60 double hull, ocean tank barge to foreign buyers on a private and confidential basis. The 5,575ltdw, double raked, black oil barge has a capacity for 32,000bbl of petroleum in 10 coiled and epoxy cargo coated tanks. Barge was classed ABS +A1 Oil Barge and fitted with a segregated ballast system. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale and has represented sellers in multiple transactions over the years. Two 260.0 x 52.5 x 12.0 depth inland, sister hopper barges were sold by Stevens Towing Company of Edenton, North Carolina to Virginia buyers. The 3,100 long ton deadweight capacity hoppers SJ-208 and SJ-213 are superjumbo barges originally built in 1984 by Jeffboat, Inc. of Jeffersonville, Indiana, with a single bow rake and square stern for Seminole Electric to carry coal. Their single 224.5 x 39 open hold has a cubic capacity of about 127,660cft. Stevens regularly employed the barges in hauling coal, scrap metal, finished steel, woodchips and other similar bulk commodities, breakbulk and over-dimensional cargoes. Marcon acted as the sole broker in the sale. The two U.S. flag platform supply vessels "Jamie G" and "Dakotah Bill" were sold by Aries Marine Corporations subsidiary WFC Inc, to Mexican buyers on private terms. The 1,200dwt Jamie G was built in 1981 by Halter Marine in Calumet, Louisiana. The 166.0' x 38.0' x 13.0' depth vessel is powered by twin GM 16V149NAs developing total 1,800BHP and fitted with a 230HP bow thruster. Jamie G is capable of carrying 575 tons on her 106' x 30' clear deck, whilst below deck capacities include 38,868g fuel, 88,425g drill water, 1,917bbl liquid mud and 3,000ft3 dry bulk. "Jamie G" is classed ABS + A1 + AMS, with next Special Survey due in 2016. Accommodations are provided for 17 persons. The 950dwt Dakotah Bill (ex-Seabulk Georgia, Golden Wolf, PBR 305) was built by Mangone / Champion Swiftships of Houston, Texas originally for PBR Offshore in 1983. The 185.0' x 40.0' x 14.0' depth vessel operated for a couple of years for Golden Gulf Offshore. She was purchased, along with a sister vessel, from creditors in 1989 by Seabulk Offshore who completely refurbished and reclassed both vessels. In 2000, she suffered serious damage after colliding with an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico completely destroying the pilothouse. Aries acquired her in 2006. Dakotah Bill is powered by twin EMD 12-645CE2s totaling 3,000BHP. Free running speed is about 12knots. Auxiliary power is provided by twin 99kW generators and maneuverability assisted by a 300HP bow thruster. Cargo capacities include 650LT on a 114' x 31' clear deck, whilst below, tankage includes 81,000g fuel, 166,000g drill water, 1,780bbls liquid mud and 4,000ft3 dry bulk. The vessel was until recently fully classed with ABS and is U.S .Coast Guard inspected. Quarters are provided for 20 persons in 8 air conditioned cabins. Buyers will reflag both supply boats to Mexican registry and operate the pair on the East Coast of Mexico. Marcon represented buyers and Lee Felterman and Associates represented sellers in this transaction. These are the fifth and sixth vessels which Marcon has sold either to or from Aries Marine over the years.

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Foss Maritime of Seattle, Washington sold their U.S. flag ocean deck barge Foss 343 to Smith Maritime of Green Cove Springs, Florida. The barge has been renamed Marilyn Monroe. She is an ABS +A1 classed 343 x 76 x 18 depth / 13.4 max draft barge built in 1975 by Pacific Coast Engineering in Alameda, California as a roll-on/roll-off barge as part of Foss $10 million equipment expansion program at that time. The barge has a deadweight of 7,600ST, 335 x 70 clear open deck, one longitudinal and 6 transverse bulkheads. Marilyn Monroe is fitted with a breakwater forward, a slight spoon bow and raked stern with twin towing skegs aft. She worked previously on the U.S. West Coast as a crane barge with a 200 ton lift Lima 2400B crawler. As the Foss 343, the barge most recently was employed in service in Boston, Massachusetts. During Summer 2011, she made a rare 4,000nm round trip through the St. Lawrence Seaway across four of the Great Lakes to Milwaukee to pick up a giant mining shovel and deliver it to Baie-Comeau in Eastern Quebec Province. At just 76 wide, the barge was just two feet under maximum beam for the Seaways locks. New owner is making arrangements to tow the barge, with their own tug, to the U.S. Southeast and is looking for southbound cargo. This is just one of the many sales that Marcon has had the opportunity to work on with both Buyer and Seller. Marilyn Monroe joins the 302.9 x 90.0 x 22.0 ocean barge Elvis (ex-BB-110, ATC-781, Cindy F) built by Seatrain Shipbuilding in 1976 which Marcon sold to Smith Maritime in 2009. Marcon acted as sole broker in both transactions. The two U.S. flag, aluminum-hull crewboats Miss Angela (exDeSoto, Parrot) and Mr. Nicholas (ex-LaSalle, Robin) were sold by Cheramie Global Marine LLC of Golden Meadow, Louisiana to Consultoria Y Servicios Petroleros S.A. DE C.V. (CSP) of Mexico City on an en-bloc, as is, where is basis. The two vessels, 115 and 120 length overall respectively, are close sister designs with slightly different dimensions and tonnages, built by Camcraft Inc. in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana in 1979 and 1980. Miss Angela and Mr. Nicholas have quarters for four crew and the capability to transport up to 54 and 59 passengers respectively in air conditioned cabins. Both vessels are powered by two outer GM 12V71TI and one GM12V92TI center main engines developing a speed of abt. 20kn and fitted with enclosed stern controls. Deck cargo capacity is abt. 30 tons on a 58 60 clear deck aft. The new Owners intentions are to remove the vessels from U.S. registration and reflag for oilfield service in Mexican waters in the near future. Marcon acted as the sole broker between buyers and sellers in the transaction. Crowley Maritimes 5,750BHP twin screw tug Pathfinder was sold on a private and confidential basis. The 136.2 x 36.5 x 19.2 depth tug was originally built for Crowley in 1970 by McDermott Marine in Amelia, Louisiana. She is powered by a pair of EMD 16-645E5s developing a total of 5,750BHP with Falk 4.536 gears and 5-blade stainless props. Tug is fitted with a Markey TDSDW 36C double drum tow winch and hydraulic pins. The Pathfinder was laid up in Puget Sound at the time of sale. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction and has represented both buyer and seller in multiple sales and purchases over the past years.

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The twin screw tug King Philip has been sold to Latin American interests on a private basis. The 96.0 x 34.0 x 17.9 tug was the third tug built by its former Owner, family-run Seaboats, Inc., at their shipyard facility in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1996 for their in-house use. King Philip, designed by Jonathan Laiby of Woods Hole, is powered by a pair of CAT D399 turbo-charged diesels developing a total of 2,250BHP at 1,225RPM through Reintjes 5.976 gears to fixed pitch props. Towing gear consists of a single drum Almon Johnson, GM4-71 diesel powered winch with approximately 2,000 of 2 wire and a stern roller. The ABS loadlined tug is fitted with an upper pilot house and well suited for pushing in the notch, as well as coastal and ocean towing. Vessel is being reflagged to foreign registry. Marcon is pleased to report the sale of the U.S. flag research vessel, "Cape Flattery" from Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), an Alaska Native village corporation out of Anchorage, to U.S. Seafoods, a fishing and marketing company based in Seattle, Washington and operating off the coast of Alaska. Sale was on private terms. The 186' x 40'x 16' vessel was originally built in 1990 by McDermott Shipyards in Morgan City, Louisiana for the U.S. Navy as the torpedo trials vessel YTT-9 for reportedly around $38 million. The hull design came from an oil supply vessel with an ABS ice rated hull, and was therefore heavily built with 1/2" hull plate below the main deck and 3/8" above. YTT-9 was the first of four sisters and came equipped with two 21 inch and three 12.75 inch torpedo tubes. "Cape Flattery" was struck from the Naval Register in 1999 and subsequently sold to TDX who equipped the versatile vessel for diving and ROV operations, surveys, oil spill response, salvage and to generally operate as a research platform. Accommodations were provided to berth 40 crew and passengers. The vessel is classed with ABS and notated +A1, (E), +AMS. A five year Special Periodical Survey was passed in May of this year. "Cape Flattery" is powered by a single 12 cylinder diesel turbocharged Cummins KTA 50 main engine developing 1,250BHP, which drives a 90" x 74" fixed pitch propeller via a Reintjes 7.05:1 gear. For station keeping, the vessel is equipped with joy-stick control, 300HP electric Ulstein azimuthing drives aft on each side of the main propeller and a 400HP omni-directional thruster forward. Ships auxiliary power is provided three Cummins 650kW diesel generators, with back-up provided via a Cummins powered 100kW emergency generator. "Cape Flatterys" working area consisted of a 46' x 40 clear deck aft and 32' x 30' on the focstle deck in addition to enclosed work rooms. An 11 ton and 2 ton knuckle boom hydraulic self-contained Appleton pedestal mount crane, 10T FritzCulver heavy-lift capstan aft and 10T anchor windlass were fitted. Four point mooring was provided by four single drum 10 ton pull Fritz Culver traction winches with two 3,700lb Navy style anchors forward and two 5,000lb Navy anchors aft allowing the vessel to moor in water depths from 30 2,400. Tank capacities included 68,000g fuel oil, 15,000g potable water, augmented by a 5,000gpd water maker, and 102,000g ballast water. "Cape Flattery" was capable of operating for 42 days at sea with a range of about 4,000 nautical miles at an average operating speed of about 9-11 knots. The vessel, already renamed Seafreeze America, is being converted by U.S. Seafoods to fulfill her new role as a catcher/processor joining their fleet of four catcher-processors and two catcher vessels presently working in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska. A 60 mid-body section is being added which will increase her to approx. 246 overall length. 2,900BHP twin screw tug sold on private and confidential basis.

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Marcon has very recently brokered the sale of a U.S. flag, OPA 90 Certified, IMO II compliant double-hull tank barge on a private and confidential basis. The ABS +A1 oil barge, of recent construction, has a capacity of over 4,200m3 black oil in six cargo tanks. Please contact this office to discuss further opportunities to purchase modern tonnage along these lines, as Marcon is quite active in this market and will be announcing additional activity in this market during fourth quarter 2012. TradeWinds Towing of New Orleans has taken the twin screw tug Leslie Foss (ex-Caribe Pioneer, Leslie Foss) on bareboat charter from Foss Maritime of Seattle, Washington. The U.S. flag, 120 x 31 x 14.9 tug was built in 1970 as one of four similar tugs constructed at McDermott Shipyard in Amelia, Louisiana for Foss. During her 32 years working for Foss, she has worked not only in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, but as far afield as Talara, Peru; Attu, Adak and Shemya in the Aleutian Islands; the Caribbean; U.S. East Coast and the Great Lakes towing construction, derrick, accommodations, cement and oil barges. Leslie Foss is powered by a pair of EMD 12-645E2 diesel totaling 3,000BHP, turning 103 x 82 5-blade propellers which gives her 37.5 tons of bollard pull and a free running speed of 12kn. Ships power is supplied by two 99kW and one 75kW gensets, all powered by John Deere 6068 diesel engines. With 96,000 gallons of fuel capacity she has the long legs required for ocean towing. Towing gear consists of a Markey TDSD-32 double drum winch, stern roller and tow pins. Charterers plan to employ the tug on various coastwise and ocean towing projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and have already committed her on the first tow under their operation. This is the second sale that Marcon has been fortunate to work on with the Buyer. Marcon has been involved with about a dozen transactions with the seller over the years. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction. The 105 x 22.0 x 9.0 x 4.5 draft, U.S. flag crew boat Miss Alexis (exMr. Dino) was sold by Swan Marine Operators of Meraux, Louisiana to Mexican buyers. The all-aluminum vessel was built in 1979 at Camcraft Inc. in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. She is powered by three GM 12V71TI diesel engines total 1,530BHP, each turning a 32 x 30 4-blade propeller through Twin Disc 514 marine gears providing a top speed of about 20 knots. Ships power is provided by a pair of 40kW gen sets powered by a GM 3-71s. Miss Alexis was U.S. Coast Guard certified to carry 52 passengers up-to 100nm offshore, plus provides berthing for a crew of six in three air-conditioned staterooms. The vessels capacity also includes a maximum of 25LT deck cargo on a 42 x 16 open aft deck. Miss Alexis was dry-docked and refurbished at Superior Shipyard in Golden Meadow, Louisiana by new owners just prior to her delivery. She sailed on her own bottom to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico where she will work offshore in the oil fields. Upon arrival the vessel was renamed Aguila Marina. This is the third crew boat Marcon International has sold to this buyer and the first vessel purchased from owner. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction. Two-year old, 5,150BHP foreign flag AHTS fixed on six month charter on a private and confidential basis.

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Twenty Grand Marine Service, L.L.C. of New Orleans, Louisiana has sold their U.S. flag supply vessel Toby Tide to Ocean Marine Services, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington. The ABS +A1 (E) +AMS classed, 180 x 40 x 14 supply vessel was built in 1980 by Halter Marine in New Orleans. She is powered by a pair of CAT D399TA diesel engines producing a total of 2,250HP, turning 76 x 70 props through Reintjes WAV 1400 gears. This generates a max speed of 12kn and cruising speed of 10kn. Maneuverability is enhanced by a 300 HP Murray Tregurtha BT340 bow thruster. The 993.8dwt Toby Tides capacities include 94,300g fuel, 24,400g potable water, 180,400g drill water, 4,000ft3 dry bulk in 4 tanks, 1,230BBL liquid mud and 640 long tons of deck cargo on her 111' x 30' clear aft deck. Ships power is supplied by a pair of 125kW, 450vAC, 60Hz generators powered GM8V71 diesels. Air conditioned accommodations are provided for a crew of 20 in eight cabins with galley seating for 10 people. This is the twentieth vessel to date which Marcon has sold from Sellers, with 8 going to West coast operators. Over the years, Marcon has concluded sales of four OSVs and one 40,000bbl ocean tank barge to the buyers. Upon Toby Tides arrival from Port Hueneme to Seattle, she was promptly drydocked in preparation to start working in Alaska. The vessel is being renamed Sovereign, after the first 3,900BHP, 185 AHTS which Marcon sold to these owners from Offshore Logistics, Inc. twenty-two years ago. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction. Two 2011 / 2012 built, 4,900BHP ASD escort tugs have been chartered on a private and confidential basis for coastal and harbor towing in Central America. The 65 ton bollard pull azimuthing tugs, only recently placed into service, are fitted with 30T at 10m/min line pull bow and stern winches, stern roller, tugger winch, 2T knuckle boom crane and FiFi-1 with waterspray. Marcon represented the Owners in this transaction. The U.S. flag twin screw Sea Eagle (ex-Miss Barbara) was sold by Coastal Towing LLC of Galliano, Louisiana to Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading Company Inc. (NOSAT) of Saint Simons Island, Georgia. The 71.5 x 24 x 10 harbor/coastal tug was built in 1981 at Rayco Shipbuilding & Repair of Bourg, Louisiana. At the time of sale, she was powered by one GM16V92 and one CAT3412 main engine, totaling 1,400BHP. Sea Eagle is equipped with Twin Disc MG520 7:1 gears with 69 x 67 stainless steel props in Type 37 kort nozzles. Towing gear consists of a 75,000lbs line pull Smatco DPS -44 winch with 1,200 of 1.25 galvanized wire. Marcon was sole broker in the transaction. The U.S. flag single-hull, combo deck/tank barge 160-4 (ex PAC 160-4) has been sold by Crowley Marine Services, Inc. to private U.S. buyers. The 160.1 x 46.1 x 9.4 depth barge was built in 1970 by Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp. in Portland, Oregon. 160-4 was classed +A1 Oil Tank Barge, Unrestricted Service by American Bureau of Shipping. Cargo capacity is abt. 1,400st deadweight and 8,608bbl volumetric in six below deck tanks. The barge was most recently trading in Alaska transporting deck and petroleum cargoes to remote villages. New owners will use in deck service in Alaska. Marcon acted as sole broker. Marcon has handled four sales and charters for Buyers and probably over 100 by now for the Sellers.

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Coastwise barge tow arranged on private and confidential basis. The 105 x 22.0 x 9.0 crew boat Miss Carolyn was sold by U.S. owners to Mexican buyers. The all-aluminum vessel was built in 1979 by Camcraft Inc. in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. She is powered by three GM 12V71TI main engines totaling 1,530BHP, each turning a 32 x 30 4-blade propeller through a Twin Disc 514 marine gear with 2:1 reduction. Her top speed is about 20 knots. Ships power is provided by a pair of 40kW gensets powered by GM 3-71s. Miss Carolyn is certified to carry 57 passengers in addition to berthing for her crew of six. Maximum deck cargo capacity is 25LT on a 45 x 16 clear aft deck. The vessel recently came off dry-dock and was in good working condition at the time of the sale. New owners are mobilizing the vessel on her own bottom to the Bay of Campeche to work in the Mexican oilfields. This is the second crewboat Marcon has sold to this buyer and first sale from seller. Marcon acted as sole broker. The U.S. flag twin screw tug "Spartan Service" (ex-Spartan, Domar Captain) was sold by Covington, Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Transportation, LLC to Marinoil Servicios Maritimos S.A de C.V. of Mexico. The 3,000BHP tug was built in 1978 at Leevac-Zigler Shipyard in Jennings, Louisiana for Sheridan Transportation and based out of Morgan City, Louisiana worked with the 12,350dwt petroleum barge Domar 118. The tug came into Hornbecks fleet in 2001 when they acquired nine ocean-going tugs and nine ocean-going barges from the Spentonbush / Red Star Group, affiliates of Amerada Hess Corporation. Spartan Services principal dimensions are 110.0' loa / 101.2' lbp x 34.0' beam x 17.5' depth with a 16.00' loaded draft. Powered by twin EMD 12-645E6 main engines; 24 metric tons of bollard pull is generated via twin fixed pitch propellers in kort nozzles through Lufkin 6.11.1 gears. For auxiliary power, the vessel is equipped with two 75kW generators driven by GM8V71 diesels. On deck, there is a single drum Markey TDS 32 tow winch holding 2,000ft of 2 wire. Below deck tank capacity is rated at 82,000g fuel, 22,000g potable water and 19,000g ballast. Tug is classed with ABS with the notation +A1, Towing Service, +AMS, but in active lay-up status. Buyers intend to renew certification. The vessel can cruise at 8.5kn and top out at 10kn free running with an average fuel consumption of around 90gph. Spartan Service is fitted with an upper pilothouse for barge operations whilst the lower wheelhouse is fitted with a full suite of communication and navigation aids. The vessel can accommodate 10 persons in 5 air conditioned cabins. Marcon International has represented both the seller and the buyer on several separate occasions prior to this, but this is first time that Marcon has brokered a sale between these two parties. The vessel, renamed Champayan, will be reflagged under Mexican registry. 210 new barge sold on private and confidential basis. Marcon is pleased to announce the sale of the ex-ocean deck barge Lucca from foreign Seller to a Canadian Buyer on private and confidential terms. The 210 x 54 x 14 depth barge Lucca was originally built as the ABS+A1 ocean deck barge Foss 290 in 1966 by Albina Eng. & Mach., Portland, OR. She was rated for 2,600LT at an 11.5 loaded draft and traded in ocean deck service for years for her original Owner and later as General Constructions barge GC204. After the ABS Loadline lapsed, the barge traded in gravel service in Puget Sound as the Katie II and ITB-211, and then in the San Francisco Bay area where she was located at the time of her current sale. The barge will continue in service in British Columbia when she is relocated there later this summer. This is the second time Marcon has sold this barge.

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Brusco Tug & Barge of Longview, Washington has sold their 302 x 72 x 19 depth ABS ocean log barge Ocean Bear to Canadian Buyers. The barge was purpose-built as the Silver Bay for Crowley Silver Bay Barge Co. in 1975 at Todd Shipyards, Galveston, Texas to transport logs to the Alaska Lumber & Pulp mill in Sitka and to Wrangell for the Wrangell Lumber mill also owned by ALP. As the Ocean Bear, she was trading as a dedicated ocean log barge for Brusco Tug and Barge just prior to the sale. The barge, now reflagged to Canadian registry, will continue in the same log trade for the new Principal in British Columbia. Ocean Bear is fitted with a Manitowoc 4600 crane and a log grapple mounted on tracks running longitudinally on the barge, allowing the crane a certified capacity of 44st @ 80 boom radius, with higher capacities allowed, depending on boom angle and overall radius. The barge was delivered to Vancouver Island during July 2012 and almost immediately went to work on arrival. The U.S. flag twin screw tug St. Michael (ex-Seaco, Jenny Foss) and singlehull tank barge 180-2 have been sold by Crowley Marine Services, Inc. and Vessel Management Services, Inc. (a Crowley company), respectively, to private U.S. buyers. The tug St. Michael was built in 1965 by Martinolich Shipyard in Tacoma, Washington. Measuring 65.0 length overall x 21.5 beam x 7.3m depth, she is powered by twin Lugger 6 cylinder diesels producing a total of 1,000BHP driving 52 props in kort nozzles. The tug is equipped with a single drum hydraulic towing winch and stern roller. Originally powered with a pair of 600HP CATs as the Jenny Foss, she was the second of three J class tugs built to replace Foss veteran wood boats and started working her first season in Cook Inlet tending oil rigs until 1973 when ice conditions permitted after which she returned to Puget Sound to tow chip barges, log rafts and perform general line-haul work. The 180 x 54 x 12.5 depth barge 180-2 was built in 1978 by Oil Field Barges in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. She was originally built as a deck barge and converted to oil service in the mid-1980s. 180-2 is classed +A1 Oil Tank Barge, Unrestricted Service by American Bureau of Shipping. Cargo capacity is abt. 2,025lt deadweight and 16,700bbl volumetric. New owners plan to return the barge to deck service with an ABS ocean loadline. Both tug and barge will remain in Alaska. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction. Manke Tug & Barge Co., Inc. of Shelton, Washington has sold the 250 x 50 x 18.5 inland deck barge Sea Spray (ex-Pennwalt Tyee) to Island Tug & Barge Co., of Seattle. This is the third time in the last 11 years that Marcon has been involved as the sole broker in the sale of this barge. Sea Spray was originally designed and built for Pennwalt Corporation in 1966 by Gunderson Bros. Engineering of Portland, Oregon as an ABS +A1, ocean chemical barge for carrying caustic soda and sodium chlorate in below deck tanks and four pressurized chlorine tanks on the main deck mounted in saddles. The double-hull barge traded on the US West Coast in this capacity for Elf Autochem North America until sold to US Shipping en-bloc with the barge Pennwalt Totem via Marcon in 2001. Sea Spray remained relatively idle under that Ownership for the next few years until sold to Manke Tug & Barge for conversion to deck service in 2004. In her current configuration Sea Spray packs about 4,000 short tons of deck cargo. Barge now has a 6 high steel fence installed and the deck cleared to flat steel for dedicated service in the bulk inland gravel and materials trade. She will continue in this service for new Owner in the Puget Sound.

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Marcon International, Inc. sold the St. Vincent flagged LPG tanker "Arrow". She was built in 1976 at Svendborg Skibsvaerft in Svendborg, Denmark and was originally called "Danish Arrow". She traded in Europe most of her life before being sold into the Caribbean market around 2007. The vessel measures 66.5m length overall x 10.7m x 5.16m depth. She carries a deadweight of 759mt on a 3.28m draft. The vessel is powered by a single Alpha 8V23L-VO producing 1,240BHP driving a controllable pitch propeller. "Arrow" is fitted with four LPG cargo tanks with two segregations. Total LPG capacity is 922m3. The vessel will be repositioned to Central America to work for her new owners. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction. Gulf Contractors LLC of Louisiana has sold their small U.S. flagged crewboat "Lionel B" to Ecuadorean buyers on private terms. Built in 1998 at Stephen Boat Works, the aluminum hulled vessel measures 55.0' loa x 16.5' beam x 7.2' depth and has a 3.00' light draft. She is powered by twin CAT 3406E main engines developing a total of 1,400BHP driving fixed pitch 34 x 34 props via ZF 2:1 gears. The vessel is capable of a 30kn maximum speed and cruises at around 24-27kn on 34-37gph. She can carry 32 passengers and 2 crew, whilst the 25' x 10' clear deck aft has a capacity for about 8 tons of cargo. New owner has commenced shipping the "Lionel B" to Ecuador. Marcon acted as sole broker. A 300 x 90 x 20 ex-ocean deck barge has been sold by private sellers to private buyers in the Pacific Northwest. This is the third time in a row that this barge has been brokered by Marcon in the last fifteen years. The 10,000dwt barge was originally built in The Netherlands in 1976 as a typical ocean-going North Sea construction barge with a raked bow and square stern. She was heavily built with three longitudinal and four transverse bulkheads comprising a total of 20 watertight compartments giving her a uniform deck load of 10mt/m2. Marcon first sold the barge, then located in Scotland, from Danish Sellers to Buyers in Eastern Canada in early 1997. The new Canadian Owners chartered her out on the spot market in Northern Europe while awaiting a tow and then mobilized her across the Atlantic to Marystown, Newfoundland where they intended to use her in their own service. A few months later that same year, while not being officially on the market, it was a case of being the right barge in the right place at the right time. Marcon sold her to private interests for conversion into a 100mW floating power generation plant. The barges 27,000ft deck was fitted with four gas turbine generators housed in metal structures and the barge was subsequently down-graded from ABS Oceans to River Service. After working 10 years as a power barge she was mobilized to the Pacific Northwest under a dry-tow, her power generation equipment removed and she was placed on the market for sale once again. New owners are shortly relocating the barge within the Pacific Northwest for their intended service as a floating dock. Marcon has worked with both buyers and sellers on other transactions and acted as direct and sole broker in all three sales of the barge.

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The tow of the mega-yacht Santa Rita I from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Jacksonville, Florida has just been successfully completed. The 212 yacht will have additional outfitting and finishing work completed at BAE Shipyard in Jacksonville, Florida after her conversion in Brazil from a former Irish Naval Frigate to a luxury mega-yacht. The tow was concluded by 4,080HP tug Ocean Tower (ex-Gulf Falcon) covering about 4,700nm in about 25 days. The U.S. flag, 115 x 32 x 16 Ocean Tower is ABS classed, and was built in 1978 by Quality Shipyards in Houma, Louisiana. She was re-powered by current Owner in 2011 from EMDs with new MTU 16V4000 M53 R Tier 2 EPA Certified main engines which drive Reintjes 7.429:1 gears and a pair of fixed pitch 108 propellers in kort nozzles. A 96,000 gallon fuel capacity gives her an 8,660nm range. Ocean Tower is fitted with an Intercon DD2000 double drum tow winch with 200,000lbs of line pull and a capacity of 2,500 of 2 wire on each drum. The tow was completed without incident, averaging a speed of about 8 knots. The tow of the Santa Rita I was a back-haul, as Ocean Tower just completed towing the 10,000dwt, ocean deck barge DRC/Blake 1 from the U.S. Gulf to Montevideo, Uruguay. The 328 x 9.85 x 24.6 Vanuatu-flagged barge was sold in November 2011 through Marcon from U.S. sellers to South American buyers. Owners of the Ocean Tower were therefore able to take good advantage of her geographic location to competitively quote on the delivery of the mega-yacht. This is the second long distance mega-yacht tow which Marcon has arranged in the past year and a half, the earlier tow being a 6,700nm voyage from Iquique, Chile to Auckland, New Zealand. Crowley Maritime of Seattle, Washington sold their twin screw Seneca Class tug Sioux to Island Tug & Barge also of Seattle. Although the primary function that the two model-bow tugs of this Class were built for was towing of barges between Puget Sound and the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, they combine the shallow draft and maneuverability of river towboats, with the stability and endurance of ocean-going vessels. They have seen service from the Sacramento River in California to the Arctic Ocean and as far west as Hawaii. The dimensions of these highly functional, dual-purpose vessels are 110 / 106 x 34 x 10.5 depth with a 10.5 light and 13 laden draft. Sioux is powered by a pair of EMD 8-645E5 diesels developing a total of 2,900BHP at 900RPM driving twin 87 x 86 five blade stainless steel propellers in fixed kort nozzles. Bollard pull is estimated at abt. 30 tons ahead. Fuel capacity is about 59,600 gallons, which gives the tug a decent towing range. She has crew accommodations for about 6-8 persons in five cabins. Sioux was designed by Larry Glosten at Glosten & Associates and built in 1970 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding in Tacoma, WA as Hull No. 183 to ABS +A1 Towing Class standards. In 1973, Sioux and Seneca returned to Tacoma for modifications to fit them for river barge handling. Modifications included installation of aluminum pilothouses raising the height of eye to 42 above the waterline. The conventional lower pilothouses were retained for saltwater towing. She was also fitted with push knees forward which has since been removed and replaced with heavy bow fendering. Towing gear consists of a single drum hydraulic Swann winch with 2,400 x 1.25 wire capacity, hydraulic tow pins, deck fairleads port and starboard and a vertical capstan aft. Sioux, to be renamed Island Venture, is presently being painted to new owners aqua and white colors. Crowley has since built several new shallow draft replacement tugs for Alaska service. Marcon acted as sole broker and has handled over a hundred sales and purchases for both parties over the years.

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Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of the U.S. flag oilfield supply boat Orion Pioneer (ex-Orion Star, Acoustic Pioneer, September Morn) from WesternGeco Overseas Inc. to private buyers. The vessel was originally built in 1981 by Halter Marine, Inc. as a standard design 180 x 40 x 14 depth supply vessel for Levy-Mellon Marine of Patterson, Louisiana to use in the Gulf of Mexico market. She was later modified for specialized acoustic work for the U.S. Government Naval Sea Systems Command with conversion of port and starboard No. 2 tanks to 13 x 15 enclosed storage spaces and liquid mud and drybulk tanks converted to carry additional ballast and fuel. "Orion Pioneer" was originally classed by ABS, but later only carried an ABS loadline. Vessel currently has tankage for 79,000g fuel, 9,800g fresh water, and 160,000g ballast water providing an endurance of 30 days. She is powered by twin EMD 12-567BC main engines developing a total of 2,500BHP. New buyers plan to register the vessel in Panama and operate her in the Caribbean. Marcon acted as sole broker for the transaction. This is the 15th vessel Marcon has sold for WesternGeco. After successfully passing her sea-trials, the U.S. flag, fast crew/supply boat Ashley Alyse McCall was sold by McCalls Boat Rentals of Houma, Louisiana to private U.S. buyers for use out of the oil-patch. Built by Gulf Craft, Inc. in 1992, the aluminum hull vessel measures 160' loa x 30' beam x 10.5' depth and is certified by the U.S. Coast Guard under CFR Subchapter T. Ashley Alyse McCall has clear deck space of 90' x 23' with an on deck cargo capacity of 175 long tons. The vessel is powered by six Cummins KTA19 main engines total 4,080BHP, driving six 39 x 36 fixed pitch propellers through Twin Disc 518 2.5:1 gears. Ashley Alyse McCall has an economic speed of 20 knots on 112gph, and is capable of 22 to 24 knots on 153-222gph. Vessel is fitted with accommodations for 6 persons in 4 cabins and passenger seating for 85. She will be converted by new owners to passenger ferry service and remain under the U.S. flag. Marcon represented the buyers and Lee Felterman and Associates represented sellers in the transaction. Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to announce the time charter of the new 5,364BHP ASD tug Tyr. The 32.0m x 11.6m x 5.4m tug was built in 2012 by Yuexin Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. as their Hull 3132 in Guangzhou, China. Tug is classed Lloyds Register + 100A1 Tug LMC, FiFi 1 and powered by a pair of CAT 3516Bs driving twin stern mounted Schottel SRP1515FP azimuth propellers. The tug is capable of 75 metric tons bollard pull and a free running speed of about 13 knots. Tyr was fixed for about a 2 month time charter, plus options to extend, docking ships in Latin America. Marcon acted as sole broker in arranging this charter. A new generation U.S. flag 150 x 36 x 12 utility / mini-supply boat was sold by U.S. sellers to foreign buyers on private and confidential terms. Built at a U.S. yard in 2001, she has worked in the Gulf of Mexico since new. Vessel is powered by twin CAT3508 DITA diesels producing about 1,930BHP. She has high fuel, water and liquid mud capacities for her size and a clear deck of 2,400ft2. Accommodations are provided for 13 persons in 5 cabins. Vessel was removed from U.S. registry and will be redeployed in oil field service overseas by new owners. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction. One 4,500BHP twin screw tug was sold on a private & confidential basis.

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Harbor Tug & Barge of San Diego, CA completed the tow of the 225' x 55' ocean deck barge Manson 71 from Los Angeles, California to Manzanillo, Mexico on behalf of Dragamex SA de CV. Tug provided was the 2,100BHP, 80, single screw line-haul tug Katha C (ex-Martha Foss). Martha Foss was originally built in 1968 by Martinolich Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington as one of four M class tugs for Foss Maritime of Seattle. She was completely rebuilt and repowered by present Owners in 2010 with a EPA Tier 2 certified CAT 3516C diesel driving a 4-blade steerable prop in a kort nozzle. The 21 ton bollard pull tug completed the approximate 1,200 nautical mile southerly tow without incident, arriving on 18th January. Marcon represented tug owners, while Romas Marine of Monaco represented charterers.

In 2011, Marcon booked 34 sales and one charter. Looking back over the past 31 years, we have averaged about 43 sales/charters per year. Since our first sale in 1983, Marcon has brokered a total of 1,293 vessels and barges sold or chartered. A full list is available on request.

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