VTHM launches Q-Ocean Services tug

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – More than a month after its barge was launched, the 128-foot-long Q-Ocean Services tug was launched here from the docks at VT Halter Marine. The 5,100-hp tug is powered by two GE 6L250 MDC EPA Tier 4 main engines with Wartsila Z-drives. VTHM launched the Q-LNG 4000 barge in October. The pair makes up America’s first offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Articulated Tug and Barge (LNG ATB) bunkering unit. The Q-LNG 4000 barge is designed to carry 4,000 cubic meters of LNG. Delivery of the ATB unit is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020. VTHM was awarded the contract in November 2017, which was announced as part of a long-term contract with Shell Trading (U.S.) Company, to deliver LNG as a fuel source to various ports in Florida and the Caribbean. It will bunker Carnival Cruise Line’s two new dual-fuel ships and two dual-fuel Siem Car Carrier pure car truck carriers chartered by the Volkswagen Group to transport vehicles from Europe to North America. (Source: VT Halter Marine 12/10/19) https://vthm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/VT-Halter-Marine-launches-QOcean-Services-tug.pdf