Global Provider specifications

Owner/operator: Maxum Petroleum, Rancho Dominguez, Calif./Rainier Petroleum Corp., Seattle, Wash.
Designer/builder: Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, Wash./Jesse Co., Tacoma, Wash.
Dimensions: L: 127’ B: 32’ D: 13’
Mission: Self-propelled bunker tanker
Crew size: Two to four

Hull:

  • Double-hull steel

Performance:

  • Service speed (fully loaded): 10 knots

Propulsion:

  • (2) Cummins QSK19 diesel engines, 660 hp each
  • Twin Disc MGX-5170DC gears, 3.12:1 ratio
  • (2) four-blade, 48-inch, stainless-steel fixed-pitch propellers
  • (2) Northern Lights generators, 65 kW each
  • (2) Deflector Marine high-lift rudders
  • AutoNav Marine Systems electrohydraulic tiller steering

Capacities:

  • Bunkering: 150,000 gallons
  • Lube oil: 24,000 gallons
  • Fuel: 8,900 gallons
  • Potable water: 500 gallons
  • Blackwater tank: 500 gallons
  • Trim tanks: 12,000 gallons

Navigation/communications:

  • Dual Furuno NavNet navigation system
  • FLIR M625CS thermal imaging camera
  • FLIR CCTV engine room and aft deck
  • Guard Power UPS-400 emergency power supply
  • Ritchie compass
  • Furuno satellite compass

Deck equipment:

  • Bergan Guard Level cargo monitoring system
  • Blackmer HXL6 hydraulically driven diesel pump, 750 gpm
  • Blackmer X4 hydrau-lically driven lube oil pump, 450 gpm
  • J.K. Fabrication 21-26C hydraulic anchor winch
  • Rapp Marine HP30 5F crane, 2,000-pound capacity
  • Stabicraft 14-foot aluminum tender

Additional equipment:

  • (2) ANSUL 4-inch fire pumps, 400 gpm each at 100 psi
  • (2) ANSUL foam fire monitors
  • (6) fire hose stations
  • 300-gallon foam solution tank
  • SHOXS helm chair

Accommodations:

  • Berthing, shower and galley for four crew

Classifications:

  • ABS Load Line under 100 gross tons; ABS Subchapter D for steel vessels under 90 meters
By Professional Mariner Staff