b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS Gladding-Hearn to BuildSecond Launch for Alabama PilotsT he Mobile Bar Pilots (Alabama Pilot Inc.)Mobile,Ala.,hasordereda secondChesapeake-classhigh-speed pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp, a PVA member. Delivery of the 53-footer is set for mid-2023. Delivery of its first Chesapeake-class launch for the Mobile Bar Pilots, Dixey, was in 2017.The53.6x17.8all-aluminumpilotboat will have a draft of 4.6 and features the Ray Hunt Design deep-V hull. It will be powered by twin Caterpillar C-18 diesel engines, each delivering 671 Bhp at 2,100 rpm, and will have a top speed of 25 knots. A Humphree inter-ceptor, with automatic trim optimization, will be installed at the transom. Diesel capacity is 800 gals., which should provide a range of atThe wheelhouse, flush-mounted to the deckand forecastle will be cooled by two 16,000-least 380 miles at a speed of 20 knots, Glad- amidshipsandwithforward-leaningfrontBtu air-conditioning units.ding-Hearn officials said. windows,willbeoutfittedwithsixLlebroc pilot seats, one at the centerline helm stationOutside of the wheelhouse are wide side decks, The engines will turn 5-bladed nibral propellersand the observers seat to port and four singleside and rear doors, and boarding platforms on via Twin Disc MGX-5136A quickshift gears.pilot seats, aft of the helm station. The forecas- the roof. At the transom are throttle and steering Thelaunchwillbeequippedwitha9-kWtle will include a reclining seat and upholsteredcontrols, and a winch-operated, rotating davit Northern Lights EPA Tier 3-compliant genset. settee,withstoragebelow.Thewheelhouseover a recessed platform for rescue operations.MEMBER NEWSGilbert Associates and BAE Systems to Collaborate on New Maine State FerryG ilbert Associates had designed a newin Rockland and follows its newly launchedpowerregeneration,andelectricboostfor passenger vessel for the Maine Statesistership on the Rockland-Vinalhaven line,high power performance when needed.RENDERING COURTESY OF GLADDING-HEARNFerry Service (MSFS).The 154-footthe Capt. Richard G. Spear. The ferries serve vesselwillfeatureaBAESystemselectricnearly500,000ridersand190,000vehiclesThe HybriGen Assist solution includes elec-hybrid propulsion solution that will delivereach year. tric motors, variable speed generators, a bat-reduced and zero-emission operations capabil- tery-based energy storage system, and vessel ity for the MSFS Rockland, Me., based ferryThevesselwillbeequippedwithBAEauxiliary power to create a clean, quiet form service. Both Gilbert Associates and BAE Sys- SystemsHybriGenAssistsystemontheof propulsion. The vessel will be equipped tems are PVA members.vessel using proven components that enhancewith Caterpillar propulsion engines and gen-system efficiency, and reduce emissions andsets, Reintjes gearboxes, and a Spear energy The first hybrid car ferry in Maine will ini- maintenancecosts.Theparallelhybridsys- storage system, integrated with BAE Systems tially provide service from the ferry terminaltem offers all-electric propulsion capabilities,electric motors and power electronics.FOGHORN 38'