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20 December 2005

2005 Sales and Charters

In 2005, Marcon International, as shipbrokers, has to-date sold or chartered 62 vessels and barges plus have one

additional sale expected to close by the end of December. Three further sales are also scheduled to close by mid-

January 2006.

Cal Dive International Inc. sold the supply vessel ‘Mr. Sonny’ (ex-Sea Level 21, ex-Scott Theriot) to Columbia Star Inc. (a subsidiary of Ryan Marine Inc.) of Galveston, Texas. She was built in 1980 at Universal Iron Works in Houma, LA and designed as four-point dive support vessel with a 35 ton pedestal crane and 2700ft2 of clear deck. With accommodations for 28 people and an 30 day endurance, she has been used to support subsea projects including valve operations, hydrostatic testing, jetting, anode retrofits, pipeline crossings and debris removal. The vessel has been laid up for a couple of years and new owners immediately moved her into dry-dock for refurbishment. She will be swiftly reactivated into the U.S. Gulf to assist with any number of pending offshore construction and maintenance projects. Marcon International acted as sole broker for the transaction plus in January 2001 arranged her purchase by Professional Divers of New Orleans from the Estates of TransCoastal Marine Services of Houston, TX after Marcon was retained as exclusive broker by the Bankruptcy Trustee in June 2000 to assist in the disposal of the marine assets.

Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to report the sale of the 68.4m x 13.6m, North Sea class, dive support vessel “Stephaniturm” (ex-Seaway Stephaniturm, ex-DSND Stephaniturm, ex-Ocean Stephaniturm, ex-British Stephaniturm, ex-Stephaniturm) from Horizon Vessels, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, to Southeast Asian buyers. The dynamically positioned vessel is powered by two Deutz SBA8M528 total 2400BHP plus fitted with two 600HP retractable azimuthing and one 480HP tunnel bow thrusters, a 600HP retractable azimuthing stern and 480HP tunnel stern thruster interfaced with a Simrad ADP 702 DP system. Dive capabilities include a 3 man dive bell launched thru a moonpool with guide wires & cursor system,

12 man Draeger saturation dive system upgraded in 1994 rated for 300m with split-level capability for up to 6+4+4 divers in 3 living chambers, self-propelled hyperbaric rescue vessel and 400,000ft3 gas storage. Air conditioned accommodations are provided for 68 persons in 38 cabins. “Stephaniturm” was originally built for OSA Marine Ltd. of Germany by J.G. Hitzler Werft, also of Germany, in 1978 and passed through several hands before Horizon purchased her from Det Sondenfjelds-Norske Damskibsselskab ASA (DSND) of Norway in 1998. Horizon initially bought the vessel to modify her to lay coiled-line pipe and support their fleet of conventional pipelay vessels and barges. In addition to her work in the North Sea oilfields for companies such as Sonsub, Saipem and Total to name a few, “Stephaniturm” is probably best known for her successful salvage in October 1981, in spite of adverse weather conditions in the arctic of five and a half tons of Russian gold bullion from the wreck of the HMS “Edinburgh” in 245m of water. The gold bullion recovered, consisting of 431 out of 465 ingots packed in 93 wooden boxes, was valued in excess of £43,000,000 sterling.

Marcon International, Inc. Sales Report 2005

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HMS “Edinburgh” was a fast 187m cruiser launched in 1938 carrying a crew complement of 850 men. While escorting convoy QP11 on a return voyage from Murmansk, she was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1942 and eventually sunk in the icy Russian waters of the Barents Sea with the loss of 56 crew and two officers. At the time of her loss, she was carrying a consignment of gold bullion, part of Stalin’s payment for supplies that the Allies were sending to the USSR during World War II. An enjoyable narrative of the salvage can be found in the book “Goldfinder” by Keith Jessop and Neil Hanson. “Stephaniturm” was lying in the U.K. at the time of the purchase. This is the third sale Marcon has brokered for Horizon Offshore, Inc. in the last twelve months. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale.

Maryland based operators Potomac Constructors LLC have sold their

50’ x 13.4’ x 7.3’, U.S. flagged crewboat “Kat–1” (ex-Dolphin II) to U.S.

buyers on private terms. The aluminum-constructed boat was built in

1968 by SeaArk of Grafton, Illinois. Vessel is propelled by twin

GM8V71’s for a total of 460bhp. A single 20kW Onan generator

provides power. At the time of the sale “Kat-1” was based on the U.S.

East Coast. After purchase she is scheduled to make the trip

southwards to begin work on the US Gulf Coast. Marcon

International, Inc. represented the sellers in this purchase, whilst

Compass Maritime Services LLC of New York represented the buyers.

A.P. Moller / Maersk Supply Service of Denmark sold their 12,240BHP,

1,475dwt AHTS “Maersk Tackler” (ex-Tawaki, Federal Atlantic, Seaforth

Atlantic) to private interests. “Mærsk Tackler” has in her life supported the oil

and gas industry in most areas of the world, from the North Sea to West

Africa and from Brazil to the Far East, the latter being the region where the

vessel had been working prior to recently mobilizing to Israel to support

drilling operations. The vessel was delivered to the new Owners in Egypt.

The 68.5m x 14.5m x 6.9m depth, anchor handling tug supply vessel was built

in 1983 by Hyundai Heavy Industries of Ulsan, South Korea for Seaforth

Maritime Ltd. and was later owned and operated at various times by Fednav

Offshore Inc. and Star Offshore Services Ltd. before being purchased by Maersk in 1990 along with three “T-Class”

sister-vessels. She is heavily ice strengthened and classed Lloyds +100A1, +LMC UMS “Offshore Tug/Supply

Vessel” Ice Class 1A Super and Canadian Arctic Class II. The vessel’s ice class means that she has been able to

work, where many other vessels could not. The vessel has a continuous bollard pull of abt. 113 tonnes, provided

by four Bergen / Normo KMBV-12 diesels of 3,060BHP each and two Ulstein controllable pitch propellers in kort

nozzles. Vessel is also fitted with two 800BHP tunnel bow thrusters, one 800BHP stern thruster and an Ulstein

joystick. Anchor handling tasks are carried out by the use of a Brattvaag triple drum waterfall winch with a

maximum pull of 260 tonnes and static brake of 400 tonnes. Deck gear also

includes a pennant wire reel, Triplex 300 tonne SWL Shark jaws, Triplex towing

pins, a 2.5m x 3.66mm stern roller and various hydraulic capstans and tuggers.

Two rig chain lockers total 204m3 and can hold abt. 7,000’ of 3” chain. The

vessel is also well equipped with stoppers, shackles, chaser, grapnel, etc. for

towing and anchor handling operations and is approved by Noble Denton and

Associates for any such operations. The 36.0m x 11.0m clear deck aft can carry

abt. 410mt deck cargo plus the vessel can provide significant tank capacities

below deck for both liquid cargoes and dry bulk. Accommodations are provided

for a total of 21 persons including crew in 15 cabins. Marcon International, Inc.

represented Buyers in the purchase, while Offshore Shipbrokers, Ltd. of Aberdeen, Scotland represented Sellers.


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Abdon Callais Offshore of Golden Meadow, LA has sold the 105’

x 22’ x 10’ all aluminum constructed crew boat ‘Mr. Tom’ to

Waterside Services Inc. of Kemah, Texas. The USCG certified

vessel was built in 1980 at Swiftships of Lafitte, LA to ABS

standards and then rebuilt again in 1990. She’s powered by 3

GM 12V71TI diesels, each turning a 36” x 36” 3-blade bronze

propeller on a 3.5” stainless shaft through a TD 514C marine

gear with 2.5: 1 reduction. She can carry 43 passengers and a

crew of 6 plus 23 Tons of deck cargo. The new Buyer is

delivering the vessel to the Houston, TX area where she will be

used for launch service. This is the second crew boat that Marcon sold for this Owner over the years. Marcon

acted as sole broker in the transaction.

JJM Construction of Delta, British Columbia has sold the 2000 cubic yard capacity

hopper dump barge ’Miller 310’ to Graymar Equipment Ltd. of New Westminster,

B.C. The ABS Classed 194’ x 42.3’ x 19.2’ welded steel barge was built in 1974 by

North Western Dredging Co Ltd of Vancouver, B.C. She is raked both for and aft

with two towing skegs and chined bilges comprising two longitudinal hulls hinged

on deck at her centerline. The hoppers themselves are lined with timber and fitted

with steel and timber coamings. A Lister 6 cylinder diesel engine drives two

hydraulic pumps which actuate the opening and closing of the hopper via remote

radio control. The barge will stay in the Vancouver area and be used in various

dredge and construction projects in South Western Canada. Marcon acted as sole

broker in this transaction. Horizon Vessels, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has sold their Vanuatu registered offshore work barge “Phoenix Horizon”, (ex-Item Mariner, ODS Mariner) to Southeast Asian buyers. Barge dimensions are 300’ x 92’ x 20' depth. “Phoenix Horizon” was originally built in 1977 by Odense Staalskibvaerft A/s of Denmark and converted to an offshore work barge in 1982. Barge is fitted with accommodations for 97 persons, helideck for a Bell 212 or equivalent, a Normar electric/hydraulic 200 ton capacity pedestal mount crane with a 200’ boom. Barge had 1,000m2 clear deck space with a 10 to 14 mt/m2 deck strength. New owners plan to recondition the barge and tow her from her current location in the Gulf of Mexico to Southeast Asia. Marcon represented both sellers and buyers in the transaction. This is the second large barge Marcon has sold for Horizon in the last 10-12 months and the second sale to these same Buyers.

Mexican charterers have taken the ship-docking, firefighting, coastal tug “Cuyutlan” on long-term bareboat charter from European Owners. The 103’ x 32.5’ x 17.1’ depth azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug was built in 1993 by Detlef Hegemann in Germany. She is powered by two MWM SBV8M628 diesels generating a total of 4,078 BHP. Main engines drive twin Schottel azimuthing propellers through ZF gears, generating 55mt maximum bollard pull. Free running speed is about 12.5 knots.

Tug is fitted with fore and aft towing winches and a 50mt tow hook. Vessel is classed RINA * 100 A 1.1 Mn Re SaIv. Nav. I.C. TPF 500 IAQ1 FFQ1 and just completed her Special Survey before commencement of the charter. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction.


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Fairfield Industries of Sugar Land, TX sold their U.S. flagged, seismic source /

recording vessel “Fairfield Explorer” to Singapore buyers. This purpose built

vessel was constructed by Modern Marine Shipyard of Houma, LA in 1980 as

the “Digicon Explorer”. Although the sale was without trading restrictions, all

seismic gear was removed prior to sale with the exception of the gun

compressors which are run off the main engines. Principal dimensions are 186’

x 40’ x 15’. Main engines are two Wichmann diesels producing 2700 bhp total

turning controllable pitch propellers in kort nozzles. Marcon brokered the sale

of this vessel to Fairfield Industries in November 2000 and acted as sole and

exclusive brokers on the sale from Fairfield.

The 95,000bbl 350' x 70' x 28’ dirty oil tank barge “Energy 9501” (ex ST-

90; Domar 118, Peck Slip) was sold to U.S. buyers with South American

operations direct from Hornbeck Offshore Transportation of Covington,

LA. The 1972 SBA Shipyard built unit had been phased out from U.S.

trading due to OPA 90 in 2004. The 12,000dwt barge was classed ABS

+A1, Unmanned Oceans Loadline, Manned Special Service. Barge will

trade outside the U.S. and be reflagged foreign. Marcon acted as sole

broker for this transaction. This is the second large single skin tank barge

sold for these Owners and the seventh 12,000dwt plus, single skin tank

barge sold this year by Marcon.

The 125' x 26’ x 10’ utility boat "Dragon Fly" out of Morgan City, LA, has

been chartered to ATP Oil & Gas for a minimum of 4 weeks to assist with

general repairs and minor construction work in the wake of Hurricane Rita.

The vessel mobilized out of Morgan City, Louisiana and will be employed

as host to a small work crew who will shuttle between several platforms to

perform minor repairs to helipad skirtings and handrails to allow resumption

of normal services. With tight availability in the market, Marcon was lucky

to be able to source the vessel at short notice. “Dragon Fly” was originally

built in 1964 by Burton Shipyard of Port Arthur, TX as a fire boat and is now

working as a research/survey designated vessel.

Louisiana International, Inc. of New Orleans, LA sold their 250’ x 72’ x 16.2’

Ocean Deck Barge ‘Ocean Carrier II’ to Chartering Services Mexico, S.A. de

C.V. of Morales, Mexico. The ABS Class barge was built in 1981 at Moss

Point Marine in Moss Point, Mississippi. The 5000 ton deadweight barge

was built with two longitudinal and six transverse bulkheads providing a deck

load of 1500 lbs./ft2t. This was the last deck barge in the stable of the

Sellers and they found this an opportune time to sell. The new Owner will

immediately move the barge to the East Coast of Mexico and employ her in

pipeline construction. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction.


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The 139’ x 34’ x 17.2’ ocean-going twin screw tug “El Jaguar” was sold to U.S.

West Coast buyers direct from U.S. East Coast sellers. Tug was originally built

in 1976 by Burton Shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas and rebuilt at Bollingers in

Louisiana in 2000. She is powered by two EMD 16-645E6 main engines

generating a total of 4200BHP @ 900 rpm, driving two Reintjes WAV-2600

reverse reduction gears with 4.45:1 ratio coupled to open fixed pitch 115” x 88”

4-bladed stainless propellers on stainless steel shafts. Bollard pull is estimated

at 52.5 short tons ahead with a free running speed of about 10 to 12.5 knots.

She is fitted with an Intercon double drum 74077 towing winch with 200,000

pound linepull and 2,200’ x 2” wire capacity on each drum. Vessel is classed

ABS +A1, Towing Service, + AMS, Unrestricted Service and carries an ISM plan and ISPS certificate for

international voyages. Two 99kW gensets provide ship's power. The tug just completed special survey with ABS

before the sale. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction. This is the eighth tug sold by Marcon in 2005.

Two additional 5-8,000HP tugs are pending sale.

Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of the 65' crew boat “Hollie L” from New Jersey Owner / Operator Phoenix Marine to U.S. West Coast Owner / Operator Foss Maritime of Long Beach, CA. The vessel was built by Geo Shipyard in New Iberia, LA in 1998. She measures 65' x 18' with a 10' depth of hull. Power is provided by two GM12V71TA main engines producing about 1200BHP @ 2100rpm total. Twin 32” Nibral fixed pitch propellers are driven on 3" diameter shafts via Twin Disc MG514 2.5:1 reduction gears for speeds upwards of 20 knots. The vessel is all aluminum construction and has a USCG Certificate of Inspection for 29 passengers up to 100 nautical miles. offshore. She can carry about long ton of deck cargo on her aft clear deck measuring 25' x 16'. The vessel will be delivered to Long Beach, CA where she will enter service in the Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbor area in the new Owner's service.

Barge “Hawk II” (ex-Crowley deck barge “CMC 400-7”) has been sold by Smith Maritime, dba Red Dog Barge Lines , of Green Cove Springs, FL to Wayden Transportation Systems of Richmond BC, Canada. New owners are fitting the deck perimeter with 5’ steel and timber bin walls and, after mobilization around from Louisiana, will employ the barge in the limestone trade towing for Lafarge Cement in British Columbia. Barge will be renamed “Alma IV”. The 400’ x 100’ x 25’, 17650dwt ex-submersible barge was built by Matsukura Maritime Co. Ltd. of Japan in 1976. Marcon previously brokered the sale of this barge from Crowley to UK buyers in 2004.


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After the earlier sale of the U.S. flag, ocean single skin petroleum tank barges “B No. 120” and “B No. 130” from Bouchard Transportation of New York and the Marshal Islands flag “450-2” from Crowley Maritime of Seattle earlier in the year to overseas interests, Marcon is pleased to report the further sale of three additional large tank barges and three ocean-going tugs. All nine of the units are being purchased for coastwise oil transport and lighterage in West Africa. The project involved over six months of close coordination, late hours and hard work here at Marcon to put it all together – especially in working with multiple Sellers and equipment scattered across North and Central America and obtaining U.S. Maritime Administration approval for sales of the U.S. registered equipment abroad.

As part of this package, the 143’, 3,280BHP twin screw tug “Mr. Dylan” (ex-A G Navajo, Navajo, ATA-211) was purchased from Moby Marine of Fort Pierce, Florida and after closing departed across the Atlantic with the 400’, 148,316bbl barge “450-2” previously purchased from Crowley Marine Services of Seattle. “Mr. Dylan” was originally built in 1945 as a single screw, military, raised foc’stle ATA tug by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Inc. of Port Arthur, Texas. She was converted to twin screw by Burton Shipyard of Port Arthur and repowered with twin EMD16-567C diesels and twin 96” x 54” fixed pitch props in 1964. The re-built tug was operated by Tidewater Marine and Twenty Grand Offshore of Morgan City, Louisiana for many years in the U.S. Gulf Coast “oil patch”. In 1996

she was sold to American Gulf who employed her towing a 17,000dwt dry bulk barge for a number of years. Moby Marine purchased tug in 2003 for Caribbean operations. At this same time of the “Mr. Dylan” sale, K-Sea Transportation Partners of New York sold their ABS +A1 classed petroleum barges, the 400’ x 66’ x 27’ “KTC-90” (ex-Ocean 90 and now renamed “Rhea”) and the “KTC-96” (ex-Ocean 96 and renamed “Mnemosyne”). Both single side, double bottom oil barges were built by Avondale Shipyard of Westwego, Louisiana in 1967 and 1969 respectively and retired in January 2005 due to OPA’90 regulations. While in U.S. trade, the 12,900dwt “KTC-90” carried 97,200bbl of black oil in 12 cargo tanks while the 14,500dwt “KTC-96” was in clean petroleum service with a capacity of abt. 95,581bbl.

Marcon fixed a tandem tow of the barges “KTC-90” and “KTC-96” in ballast, using the U.S. flag, 110’ x 41’ triple screw tug “Elsbeth II” both built in 1987 and owned by Capt. Latham Smith of Smith Maritime in Green Cove Springs, Florida. “Elsbeth II” is powered with three Wartsila 8R22 diesels with 96” x 95” props in kort nozzles developing 5,100BHP and 72 tons of bollard pull. “Elsbeth II” picked up both tank barges in New York and towed them to the Bahamas where they were transferred at sea for the trans-Atlantic segment of the voyage to another tug, the 5,750BHP “James Surveyor”, also purchased from Moby Marine through Marcon. “Elsbeth II” was also previously chartered through Marcon to deliver the 400’ x 100’

barge “Hestia” (formerly Crowley’s “450-2” from Jacksonville, Florida to Freeport, Bahamas where she was picked up by the tug “Mr. Dylan” for the trans-Atlantic tow.


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The massive 185’ x 77’ x 30’ (18.5’ max draft) “James Surveyor” (ex-Mac Tide 66, Jaramac 66, L.E. Stewart) was, after several years of design work, built in 1975 by McDermott Shipyards, Inc. in Morgan City, Louisiana for their own account as the first-ever ocean-going catamaran tug. At the time of her construction the individual hulls themselves were about four times larger than any tugs that were normally built at the yard. 24 separate modules were fabricated and welded together with the above-deck structure fabricated in Harvey, Louisiana and floated to Morgan City by barge to be placed on top of the hulls by one of McDermott’s derrick barges. Named in honor of the late L.E. (Lou) Stewart, a Vice President for McDermott, the Panamanian flagged, ice strengthened tug was transferred to Jackson Marine S.A. in 1993. Although she performed well on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic averaging 10.38kn with a tow, she did not become a trend-setter and has been the only catamaran tug that we know of ever built. In 2001 she was sold by Tidewater in

Singapore to Moby Marine Corp. and fitted with dynamic positioning for a specific contract that never materialized. The ABS +A1, Ice Class “C” tug is powered by a pair of EMD 16-645E7A’s totaling 5750BHP and producing a bollard pull of abt. 72.5 metric tonnes through two 126” controllable pitch props in kort nozzles. Tug is fitted with a 300,000lb line pull Victoria triple drum tow winch, two 450HP Schottel bow thrusters and dynamic positioning. After receiving the tow of the two ex-KTC petroleum barges, “James Surveyor”, now renamed “Coeus”, started on her long voyage across the Atlantic where we hope she will finally find her niche and perform valuable service for the new Owners in West Africa.

While all of this was happening on the East Coast and in the Caribbean, Marcon was also busy on the West Coast with yet another tug and petroleum barge. The 430’ x 80’ x 27’ “Barge 102” was purchased from Crowley Marine Services of Seattle, Washington and renamed “Demetra”. This ABS classed, 130,000bbl single skin, clean product barge was built in 1970 by Kelso Marine of Galveston, TX and had operated in Crowley’s fleet for all of it’s life. Due to OPA’90 regulations, she was placed on the surplus list and Marcon arranged for her sale. Now the only problem was to mobilize the barge the 9,230 plus nautical miles from Tacoma, Washington to West Africa.

Although they still had work for the boat, Marcon managed to talk Owners, Island Tug and Barge, also of Seattle, out of the 3,600BHP tug “Norman S” (ex-Chilkat Chief, Natoma, Ellen Foss, LT-57). The 123’ single screw tug was built in 1943 by Calumet Shipyard in Chicago, Illinois as a 1,225HP LT class tug for the Army Transport Service for coastwise and ocean towing. At the conclusion of her Army service she was placed in the reserve fleet before being purchased in 1962 by Foss Maritime of Seattle. Foss employed the tug, making year-round regular trips between the U.S. West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii plus a 14,000nm run with two ferry boats from Balboa, Panama to Vung Tau, South Vietnam in 1967. Initially scheduled during the Vietnam war to help out towing coastwise in the

South China Sea for Alaska Barge and Transport, she was released after the AB&T fleet of Miki and other World War II tugs completed their overhaul in Hong Kong and returned to service. In 1968 Foss repowered the “Ellen Foss”, replacing the old Fairbanks Morse diesel with her present EMD 20-645E5 which now produces 3,600BHP and about 80,000lbs. of bollard pull through a 4.5:1 reduction gear and five-blade stainless steel, 120” open wheel. After her sale from Foss in 1986, the ABS loadlined tug was operated by several West Coast companies and fitted with a bow thruster before being purchased by Island Tug and Barge and renamed “Norman S” in 1996 to tow along the U.S. West Coast and between Seattle and Alaska. Tug was in very good condition at the time of purchase and we believe that she has many thousands of miles of towing left in her long life.


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Gulf Copper Manufacturing Corporation (Texas) employed the services of Crowley Maritime Corp. to tow their newly purchased Drydock "AFDP-9" from the U.S. Northeast to their Galveston, Texas facility. The drydock was towed in two sections, each measuring about 350' long by 229' wide with a 21’ depth of hull and 61’ height to the top of the wingwalls. The sections were each towed separately by several Invader Class “9000 Series” 136’, 7200BHP tugs with 150,000lbs. bollard pull at various times during the tow. Marcon acted as sole broker for the charter.

Marcon is pleased to announce the sale of the U.S. flag double skin - OPA

'90 Certified - ocean tank barge "Global I" to US Northeast based Buyers

on private terms. The barge, abt. 10,000 BBL. capacity, was originally built

as an ABS +A1 ocean water barge by Alabama Shipyard in 1995 with

coated tanks, etc. for fresh water. The delivery was never arranged and

she was subsequently sold into petroleum service in the Puerto Rico trade

in the late 1990's. The barge, which measures 182’ x 46.7’ x 12.7’ depth,

then traded for her former Owner in the Caribbean petroleum trade for

several years until her recent sale. Her main service was in clean service

hauling gasoline, diesel, etc. She will now be used by her new Owner in

conjunction with their tank cleaning services in the U.S. Northeast.

McKeil Marine Ltd. of Hamilton, Ontario has sold its 250' x 72' x 17' depth ocean

deck barge "Newfoundland Spirit I" to Colombia based Buyers Intertug SA. The

5,000DWT ABS classed ocean barge was built by Pacific Coast Engineering in

Alameda, CA in 1967. She was acquired by McKeil in early 2004 and underwent

an extensive upgrade / renewal of her steel internals and plate, blasting /

painting, as well as issuance of a new 5 yr. ABS Loadline certificate. The barge

worked on several projects for the former Owner before being made available to

the Buyer for purchase. The barge is currently underway to the Caribbean

region and will work in Owner's service in the Western Caribbean region.

Callaway Barge Lines, LLC has sold its 250' x 72' x 14.5' depth ocean

deck barge "Rebekah" to a Caribbean based Owner / Operators on

private and confidential terms. The 5,000st barge is currently set up for

hauling containers on stanchions and is already working in their new

Owner's trade. The barge was built in 1981 by Misener Marine, in

Tampa, FL. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale and had previously

sold the barge to the present Owners.

Rederi AB Nestor (a subsidiary of Marine Carrier AB) of Pitea, Sweden

purchased the 8400 BHP, ocean twin screw tug, ‘Panagiotakis Star’ (ex-

Anglian Duke, Endurance, Azzurro Primo, Maersk Blower) from Megalohari

Offshore Actividades Maritimas Lda of Madeira, Portugal. The Lloyds

+100A1 classed, 154’ x 40’ x 19.’6 tug, had been on charter to a third party

in the Mediterranean until just before the hand-over in Italy. Current

Owners have renamed the tug ‘Herkules’. Tug was built in the Odense

Shipyard in Denmark in 1977. New Owners will take advantage of her Ice

Class 3 rating and employ her in the towing of deck barges in the Baltic

region. This is the first tug sold to this Buyer, who has purchased 300’ x 90’

and a 400’ x 100’ deck barges through Marcon in the last two years. In this transaction, Marcon represented the

Buyers and Marina Vernicos of Byron Vernicos Ltd. represented the Sellers.


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Marcon is happy to announce the charter, with lease purchase option, of the

U.S. flag Ocean Deck Barge “JMC 48” from Cashman Equipment

Corporation to Servicios Multiples Marinos, S.A. de C.V. (an affiliate of

Provibuques, S.A. de C.V.) of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Mexico. The 220’ x

60’ x 14’ ABS Class barge was built in 1998 at Corn Island Shipyard in

Grandview, Indiana. Constructed with three (3) longitudinal and five (5)

transverse bulkheads provides a deck load capacity of 2500lb./ft2. The

barge is being employed in the Mexican Gulf in the transportation of pipe for

offshore installations.

Bouchard Transportation of New York sold their 376’ x 78’ x 32’ 120,000bbl “B

No. 120” and the 406’ x 78’ x 32’, 135,000bbl “B. No. 130” to a Panamanian

company, who plan to use the oil barges in coastwise oil transport in West

Africa. Both barges were single skin barges built by Todd Shipyards, Texas in

1975 and 1980 respectively and classed by ABS for ocean service. Barges

were retired from U.S. coastwise trade due to OPA’90 regulations and delivered

by Bouchard’s tugs offshore the Port of New York to Buyer’s designated tug.

Marcon previously sold another 16,200dwt ocean tank barge to the same

Buyers plus we have several further sales pending.

Marcon is pleased to announce the sale of the newbuilding multi-purpose

terminal assist escort tug “Garibaldo” to European Buyers direct from a

Southeast Chinese Shipyard. Hand-over recently took place in Hong Kong.

The vessel will proceed to the European Continent to begin her service after

carrying out various delivery tows arranged by the new Owner. The

azimuthing tug has main dimensions of 124.64' x 36.08' x 16.40' depth with a

12.50' working draft. She is powered by two CAT3516B's generating a total of

4960BHP @ 1600 rpm. This machinery

is coupled to twin Schottel SRP 1215

fixed pitch prop azimuthing propulsion

units which provide the tug with about 60mt of bollard pull ahead and 52mt

pull astern. “Garibaldo” is also fitted with a 3mt thrust bow thruster to

increase her maneuverability. The vessel is classed LR +100A1 Tug, +

Escort + LMC + Fire Fighting "1",

Unrestricted Towing Service. Three

150kW gensets provide ship's power.

She is also equipped for FiFi Class "1" via

two remote controlled 1,550cum/hr, 100m throw water / foam fire monitors on

top of the wheelhouse with a foam capacity of 18m3. Pollution control is

effected with a recovered oil capacity of 200m3, two 6m long dispersant booms

and a dispersant capacity of 5m3. Tug has a double drum tow winch, 70mt tow

hook and stern roller for towing and escort work and is also fitted with a 30mt

hydraulic crane. Tug’s endurance is reportedly 20 days. Marcon acted as sole

broker in this transaction for both Seller and Buyer, and has also acted on behalf

of these parties separately on previous business.


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Moby Marine of Fort Pierce, Fl has bought the ABS +A1 Ocean tank barge 390’

x 68’ x 29.2’ “Energy 9801” (ex-Hygrade 95) from Hornbeck Offshore

Transportation LLC of Covington, LA. The 13,785ltdw, 95,000bbl coiled tank

barge was built in 1967 by Avondale Shipyards and had single sides with a

double bottom. Hornbeck acquired the barge in 2001 from the Spentonbush /

Red Star Group, affiliates of Amerada Hess Corporation as part of a nine barge

/ nine tug fleet. Barge was retired when her OPA’90 phase-out occurred the

end of 2004. New owners plan to operate the barge, renamed “Connor”, to

haul non-petroleum liquid and bulk cargoes.

Haylock Shipping S. de R.L. of Guanaja, Honduras has sold the 140’ x 34’ x

10.3’ ex-supply Vessel ‘Sea Search’ to Elite Freight Services of Tortola,

British Virgin Islands. The vessel was built in 1965 at Zigler Marine of

Jennings, Louisiana, but had undergone a complete conversion in 2004 to a

general cargo/inter island trade vessel. The extensive refurbishment work

included a new stern and side ramp, rebuilt main engines and generators;

new galley and room appliances, extensive steel plate replacement, new

cargo & diesel piping, custom carpentry, upgraded wiring, additional FiFi

and lifesaving equipment, new electronics and Devoe brand paint and

coatings. After negotiations concluded, the Seller delivered the vessel to the

Buyers himself. New Owners will employ the vessel in the Caribbean for general cargo transportation.

Sause Bros. Inc., of Portland, OR, have sold their ocean deck barge

‘Siuslaw’ to American Workboats, Inc. of Honolulu, HI. The 242’ x 60’ x

13’ U.S. flag flat deck barge was built in 1977 by Zidell Marine Group of

Portland, OR to ABS specifications. The 4,300 ton deadweight barge,

which has been fixed on charter for the last several years, was towed

South to Los Angeles to load cargo by her new Owners before heading to

Wake Island, via Hawaii. This is the third barge of this class brokered by

Marcon from these same Sellers in the last few years. Marcon acted as

sole broker in the sale.

American Construction Co. of Everett, WA sold the 300’ x 90’ x 18.5’ Deck

Barge, ‘Denali’ (ex- ZB 304) to Magone Marine Services of Dutch Harbor,

AK. The U.S. Flag, ex-ABS Ocean deck barge was “heavy-built” in 1982

at Bergeron Industries with a spoon bow and stern rake integrating three

longitudinal and seven transverse bulkheads and using ½” sides and

bottom plate and 5/8” deck plate. The barge was lost under tow in 1997,

washed up on the beach near Yakutat, Alaska and was declared a total

loss. She was purchased by new Owners who received a trip permit to

bring her to the Puget Sound area where she has sat ever since. New

Owners will redeliver her back to the Dutch Harbor, AK area where she

will serve out her life as a floating dock. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale.


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Jettco Marine of Morgan City, LA sold its 105' crew boat “Matt Jett” to foreign

interests for employment in the Mediterranean. The vessel was built in 1978 by

CamCraft of Louisiana. She measures 105' x 21.5' x 6.5' draft and was certified

by U.S. Coast Guard for the carriage of 60 passengers. Her deck space is 45'

x 16' with a maximum deck load capacity of 25T. Power is provided by three

GM 12V71TI with 1530BHP for a maximum speed of roughly 20 knots. The

machinery was recently installed in 2004 with new clutches. The vessel was

working the spot market in the U.S. Gulf at the time of the sale. Upon

conclusion of the sale, the vessel was deleted from the U.S. Registry and

loaded onto a ocean cargo vessel for transport to the Med. Vessel will be

classed by an IACS class society once she arrives at her destination and then placed with the new Owner's fleet for

immediate operations. This is the fifth crewboat Marcon has sold this buyer over the years. Marcon acted as sole

broker in the sale.

Crowley Marine Services, Inc. of Oakland, CA sold their

Marshall Is. flag 400’ x 100’ x 25’ single skin ocean tank

barge ‘450-2’ to a Panamanian company, who plan to

utilize her in coastwise oil transport service in West Africa.

The same buyers are negotiating the purchase of several

additional large oil barges from other U.S. barge owners

through Marcon. The ‘450-2’ was built in 1976 by

Bethlehem Steel Corp. The 16,200dwt ABS classed tank

barge has a 148,316bbl capacity in 20 coiled and heated

cargo tanks and fitted with a 12 million BTU/h boiler type

retort hot oil heater. Last cargo was crude oil. Barge was lying in Jacksonville, Florida at the time of the sale.

Smith Maritime of Green Cove Springs, FL chartered their 250' x 72' x 14.5'

depth ocean deck / container barge “Rebekah” (ex-Norfolk Trader, ex-G.I. 252)

to South American clients on private and confidential terms. Marcon previously

brokered the sale of this barge to Smith in early 2004. The ABS +A1 classed

“Rebekah” was built in 1981 by Misener Industries, Inc. of Tampa, FL . She

completed her ABS 5 year Special Survey in December 2004. Charterers took

delivery of the ocean barge in Green Cove Springs, Florida with their tug which

was mobilized up from Colombia. Marcon acted as sole broker on both the

previous purchase and current charter of the barge. Marcon has also acted on

behalf of Charterers in previous negotiations. Block One Marine, LLC of Louisiana purchased the twin screw tug “Jupiter” from Crowley Marine Services of Seattle, WA. The 87' x 28' x 13.25' tug was built in 1967 by Mangone Shipbuilding in Houston, TX. She is powered by a pair of CATD398B's total 1700BHP driving fixed pitch propellers via CAT3192 (5.3:1) reduction gears. The vessel is outfitted with a double drum Skagit RP-90 towing winch. “Jupiter” previously worked for many years within Puerto Rico and the Caribbean prior to being laid up for sale in Lake Charles, Louisiana early 2004. Marcon acted sole broker in the transaction and has sold 76 vessels and barges for Crowley Maritime over the last 10 years.


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Western Towboat Company of Seattle, WA has sold their single screw, 92.5’ x 24.3’ x 12.8’ tug ‘Marauder’ (ex-Carol Foss) to Channel Construction Inc. of Juneau, AK. The 1600 BHP tug’s steel hull and deckhouse was built by Todd Shipyard in 1957 and the interior and equipment completed by Foss’ Seattle yard before joining her sister-tug “Shannon Foss” on the Seattle waterfront performing ship-assist work in 1958. Originally powered with a big old Nordberg diesel, she was repowered and refurbished in 1978. After sold by Foss about eight years ago, the tug had been working steady on small towing jobs and assisting in ship docking in the Seattle / Puget Sound area for Western Towboat.

Although almost 50 years old, tug was very-well maintained and in beautiful condition at the time of the sale. “Marauder” is powered by an EMD12-645E6 driving a steerable kort nozzle through a Lufkin 4.718:1 gear. New Owner, Channel Construction, is delivering the tug on her own bottom to her new home port in Juneau where she will be used on an existing contract in Southeastern Alaska. She will be replacing the 1600HP, 116’ “Lumberman” (ex-Pachena, ex-Andrew Foss, ex-Dauntless #15 built in 1941 by Jacobson Shipyard in Oyster Bay, New York) which Marcon also sold from Western Towboat to Channel Construction / Inside Passage Marine in 1997 and now has a blown main engine. Marcon acted as the sole broker in the sale.

Miller Divers, Inc. of Alabama has sold their 42' crew boat "Miller Diver I" (ex-Gulf Quest, ex-Little David) to Shamrock Marine, LLC of St. Amant, Louisiana. The aluminum crew boat / dive support vessel was built in 1967 by Breaux’s Bay-Craft of Loreauville, LA and recently overhauled and refurbished after an extended period of employment in dive support related service in Boston, MA. She measures 42' x 13.5' x 4.5' depth, and has a 16' x 12' clear deck aft. Her running speed is about 18 knots, and she is powered by a pair of GM6-71 diesels. Renamed “Deuce”, her new Owner will employ her on the Mississippi River in crew related service.

Toisa Limited, a Bermuda corporation, has sold their Panamanian flag, Lloyd’s +100A1, +LMC classed, 61.6m x 11.84m x 4.68m, “Toisa Panther” (ex-TNT Panther), an offshore supply vessel built in 1984 by Richard Dunston; Hessle, UK. The 3,500BHP, 1,137mtdw PSV is powered with twin Yanmar GZ-ST diesels driving fixed pitch props and fitted with a 650BHP bow thruster, Becker rudders and a GEC Gem80 joy stick. She was working the “spot” market in Southeast Asia at the time of the purchase. Renamed “Ahmed IV”, new Owners relocated the vessel to the Arabian Gulf to work the “spot” charter market for Saudi Aramco. Marcon represented the buyers in the purchase.


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The following fishing vessels have also been sold this year through Marcon’s exclusive efforts on behalf of certain lending institutions or other secured creditors. The trawlers have either been sold at auction by the U.S. Marshal or, in some cases on a negotiated basis after the vessels’ titles have been cleared. Marcon assisted the owner / principals by marketing the vessels for sale, arranging inspections, providing buyers with vessel information and price guidance, and negotiating the actual sales between creditors and buyers.

• “Miss Sylvia” was sold to local a Gulf of Mexico buyer in December 2005. The vessel was built in 1995 by Laforce Shipyard; Bayou LaBatre, AL. Main power is provided by twin CAT 3406 diesels. Registered dimensions are 83’ x 24’ 12’.

• Fishing Vessel “Anthony H” bought back at Marshal sale by the bank then re-sold on negotiated basis to

local Gulf of Mexico fisherman. The trawler was blt. By Laforce s/y in 2001. Dimensions are 86’ x 25’ x 12’.

She is powered by twin CAT 3412-540 diesels.

• “St. Gabriel”, shop built in Dulac, LA. In 1986 - “rode hard and put away wet” was sold post Marshal Sale

to a Texas truck driver and restaurateur who will use the boat to supply his wife’s restaurant with fresh

shrimp. Fitted w/ single CAT3412 main engine, the boats dimensions are 78/23/11 ft.

• “Last Chance” 1997 J&J Marine boat was sold post Marshal Sale to Honolulu fisherman, who also

purchased the “Princess Jasmine”. Both boats will be modified for long-liner fishery in the Hawaiian

Islands. The boat is powered by a single CAT 3412. Principal dimensions are 83/24/13 ft.

• The 1996 Jemison Const. built trawler, “Princess Jasmine” was sold in March at Marshal Sale to a

Honolulu long liner fisherman. The vessel registered dims. are 83.8’ x 24’. The trawler is powered by a

single CAT3412 diesel.

• The 79.2’ “Harvest King” was sold at Marshal Sale in March to an Alabama fisherman for service in the Gulf

of Mexico shrimp fishery. The 1998 J-Built, Inc. trawler is powered by a single CAT3412 710 HP diesel.

• “Franklin B.A.”’ was sold at Marshal Sale to local Gulf of Mexico buyers for the shrimp fishery. The 2002

B&B Boat Builders trawler measures 88.4’ (registered) and is powered by a two CAT3412 diesels

producing abt 910 BHP.

• “Miss Jayda” was sold at Marshal Sale to local Gulf of Mexico buyers for shrimping. The 2001 LaForce

Shipyard built trawler measures 85.9’ (registered) and is powered by two CAT3412 diesel producing abt

1080 BHP.

• The 85’ x 25’ x 12’ “Little Kimmie II” built in 2001 by TM Jemison Construction of Alabama was sold to local

buyers. Vessel was powered by a single CAT 3508 producing 850HP.

• “Miss Kaitlin” was sold by creditors on a negotiated basis to local Gulf of Mexico buyers for use as a

shrimper. The 1996 J&J Marine, Inc. built trawler measures 85.6’ (registered) and is powered by a single

CAT3412 diesel producing 671HP.

• “Freedom” was sold by creditors on a negotiated basis to Honduran buyers for use in their fishery. The

1997 J&J Marine, Inc. built trawler measures 82.6’ (registered) and is powered by a single CAT3412

diesel producing 540HP.

• “Capt. Nghia” was sold on a negotiated basis to local Gulf of Mexico buyers. The 1995 B&B Boat Builders

trawler measures 86.5’ (registered) and is powered by two CAT3412 diesels total 1000 BHP.

• “Miss Melynda’ was sold by creditors on a negotiated basis to local Gulf of Mexico buyers. The 1995

Rodriguez Boat Builders trawler measures 85.9’ (registered) and is powered by two CAT3412 diesel

producing abt 1080 BHP.

• At the beginning of January, the 82’ x 25’ x 13’ shrimp trawler “Rocky Tran II” was sold at auction to a North

Carolina fishing company. The vessel was built in 2001 and was powered with a single CAT 3412 main

engine producing 720HP and fitted with two 65kW/CAT3506 generators and a freezer hold.

• “Sea Angel” was sold at Marshal Sale in Mobile, Alabama to Honduran buyers. The 1980-built twin-screw

boat had hull & keel damage resulting one of the Gulf’s hurricanes this past summer. The trawler was re-

engined in 2002 with two CAT 3412’s. Registered length is 89.1’.


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• “Black Dragon” was sold at Marshal Sale in Gulfport, Mississippi to local Gulf of Mexico buyers. The 2002

B&B built trawler measures 88.4’ (registered) and is powered by two CAT3412 diesels producing 670HP.

This was one of the nicer shrimp boats we have sold to date.

• “Christina” was sold at Marshal Sale in Gulfport, Mississippi to local Gulf of Mexico buyers. The 1995 J&J

built trawler measures 83.3’ (registered) and is powered by a single CAT3412 430Hp engine.

• “Than Nga” was sold on a negotiated basis to Honduran buyers for use in their fishery. The 1996 Ocean

Marine, Inc., built trawler measures 81.0’ (registered) and is powered by a single CAT3412 diesel

producing 610HP.

• “Dragon King” was sold on a negotiated basis to North Carolina buyers for conversion to another fishery.

The 1996 Laforce built boat is driven by a single CAT 3412 producing 670HP. Registered dimensions are

82’ x 24’ with a 95’ overall length.

In 2004, Marcon sold or chartered 56 vessels and barges.

Since 1990, we have brokered a total of 728 vessels and barges for sale or charter, an average of over 45 per year.

Full list available on request. We regretfully did not keep close track of those sold before 1990.

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