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New Gulf escort class takes shape with first H500-series tug

Saturn (left), the first in a new H500 series of RApport 3000 escort tugs built by Master Boat Builders for Suderman & Young, brings more than 90 metric tons of bollard pull and 7,000 hp to a new class of high-performance Gulf Coast ship-assist vessels.
Saturn (left), the first in a new H500 series of RApport 3000 escort tugs built by Master Boat Build
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Kentucky, a 92-by-38-foot, 6,000-hp escort tug built by Blakeley BoatWorks for Crescent Towing, is part of company’s growing class of Lower Mississippi ship-assist vessels.Previous PostSecond 6,000-hp escort tug joins lower Mississippi fleet
The final tug in a six-vessel RApport 2800 series, the LNG terminal escort tug Jill was built by Master Boat Builders for Gulf LNG Tugs, a multicompany partnership serving facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Jill has more than 85 metric tons of bollard pull and ABS FFV1 firefighting capability.Next PostFinal vessel in six-boat series rounds out LNG terminal fleet

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