Snow & Company Inc., Seattle, Wash., was awarded a contract to build two 50-foot aluminum pilot boats for the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association of New Orleans. Designed by UK-based Camarc Design, the all-aluminum vessels have a refined hull with enhanced fuel efficiencies and reduced slamming accelerations, which provide all-around seakeeping capabilities and a pilot specific shape to facilitate safe boarding operations. The vessels will be powered by twin Volvo D13-800 EPA Tier 3 marine diesel engines. “The Crescent River Port Pilots are very excited about contracting with Snow & Company to build two custom Camarc Design jet-powered pilot boats to safely service pilot transfers to deep-draft vessels on the Lower Mississippi River at Pilottown,” Capt. E. Michael Bopp, president of Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association, said in a statement. “Safety on the unpredictable Mississippi River is our top priority. We look forward to these boats to help us achieve our mission of safely guiding billions of dollars of precious cargo in and out of one of the largest river ports in the world.” The new boats will have 3-foot drafts, STIDD seating for two-person crews and eight pilots each. (Work Boat 03/08/23)
CRPPA is commissioned by the state to provide safe commerce and tourism. The extraordinary business of the river includes imports and exports from 90 different nations making Louisiana’s port system the busiest port complex in the world, according to its website.
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