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31 December 2015

2015 Sales and Charters Marcon International is pleased to report thirty sales and charters concluded for the year. Several additional sales are pending. Five 5,000HP twin screw and ASD tugs; one 9,700HP AHTS; and one 5,150BHP, 2011 built AHTS continue to be fixed on previously arranged long-term charters in the U.S., Latin America and Southeast Asia. A Christmas present came early as a 250’ x 72’ x 16’, 5,250tdw ocean deck barge was sold on a private & confidential basis Christmas Eve. This is the seventh ocean deck barge sold this year bringing the total deadweight to 34,764 tons. Marcon has brokered a total of 222 ocean and inland deck barges totaling 1,028,186 deadweight tons over the last 34 years and looking forward to first quarter 2016. The 250.1’ x 72.1’ x 15.5’ depth ocean deck / chip barge “DT-250” (ex-ZB-250, Hull No. 138) was sold by Dunlap Towing of Everett, Washington to Island Tug & Barge Co. of Seattle, Washington. The 5,450dwt chip barge was built as a flat deck barge by West Gulf Marine Works in Galveston, Texas in 1988 and brought around to the West Coast by Zidell Marine of Portland, Oregon. The barge was constructed with ½” plate deck, hull and bottom plate with two longitudinal and six transverse bulkheads forming 21 watertight compartments. In the late 1990s, Sellers fitted the “DT-250” with a 237’ long x 65’ wide steel chip bin and installed a new wood wear deck in 2014. New Owners of the “ITB-253”, as the barge is being renamed, are planning to shorten the present 22’ high bin walls and remove the existing wood wear deck, replacing it with concrete and rebar which will also increase the barge’s existing 1,500psf deck load. The barge is classed ABS +A1 Barge, Unrestricted Service through February 2018 and carries an International Load Line Certificate. Dunlap Towing crews have been operating tugboats in the Puget Sound region since 1925 and in the waters of Alaska since 1978. Founded in 1925 by Gene Dunlap, Dunlap Towing originally hauled fish, grain, and straw from the Skagit River delta to the markets and flour mills of Seattle. The company expanded over the next 50 years into

log towing, gravel barging, and numerous other services around the Puget Sound. Dunlap Towing Company has expanded over the past nine decades from a small three-tug business towing grain scows and logs to a fleet of vessels operating along the Pacific Coast and throughout the Pacific Ocean. They regularly tow to Honolulu, Hawaii and have been navigating the waters of Western Alaska for over 35 years delivering barges to remote villages above the Arctic Circle. Island Tug and Barge hauls more bulk commodities such as crushed rock, dredge spoils, or gypsum than anyone on Puget Sound. The company is a family owned and operated company based in Seattle Washington with over 35 years of experience working the waters of Puget Sound, Alaska and beyond.

Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale and has represented Buyers in dozens of sales and purchases, plus worked with Dunlap for many years and sold their 3,000HP tug “Suiattle” earlier this year. Marcon International, Inc. has sold 6 ocean deck barges to-date this year totaling 29,514dwt and, including the “DT-250”, brokered 143 ocean deck barges (882,124dwt) in the last 34 years. Two 5,000HP tugs sold on private & confidential basis. One 88,000BBL ocean tank barge sold on private & confidential basis.

Marcon International, Inc. Sale & Charter Report – 2015

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Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of the purpose built survey vessel "New Horizon" from Scripps Institute of Oceanography to private interests. The 170' loa x 36' beam x 15' depth / 12.76' loaded draft "New Horizon" was specially built as a dedicated oceanographic research ship for Scripps, whose research vessels and research platform make up one of the largest academic fleets in the world. “New Horizon's” design originated in a study made in 1965 to develop specifications for a new class of research ships to replace the aging R/V “Horizon”, the 143’, 1944 built former Auxiliary Fleet Tug “ATA-180” and other converted ships used in oceanographic research. The plans included many innovative features such as use of a shallow-draft broad-beam workboat hull with house forward with modifications of form for better "sea-kindliness", careful design to keep admeasured tonnage below 300 tons, provision of standardized bolt-down fittings at 2-foot spacing on deck and within lab spaces, provision for "portability" of deck

equipment, and use of standard ISO vans for additional lab spaces, living spaces, explosives magazines, and deck equipment. The contract to build New Horizon was awarded to Atlantic Marine, Inc., of Fort George Island, Florida in 1977. The $4 million ship was completed in October 1978 in time to join the Scripps fleet during the year of the institution's 75th anniversary. Over the years, “New Horizon” worked in many regions of the ocean except the polar seas, but primarily in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. A large proportion of her cruises took place offshore of California and Baja California. She engaged in all fields of oceanographic research and is known for flexibility in design, ability to keep station precisely, and rapid turn-around capability.

"New Horizon" is classed ABS +A1, (E), +AMS. Capacities include 1,730ft2 clear deck, 1,265ft2 lab space, 41" diameter instrument well, 40,000g fuel oil and 8,736g potable water and 960gpd water maker. The vessel is fitted with a Nautilus 3300-065 4,000lbs. crane and 11,500lbs. A-frame over a 12' wide x 7' long x 3' deep sloped stern ramp. The vessel is powered with twin CAT D398B main engines developing 1,700BHP total at 1,225RPM, plus a 250kW bowthruster. Two Heimdal bronze CP propellers are driven through 3.9:1 gears, delivering a speed of up-to 13.5 knots. The vessel has long legs with range of 9,600nm and endurance of 40 days with accommodations for up to 12 crew and 19 scientists. “New Horizon” will continue to work under her new ownership as a U.S. flag research and survey vessel. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction, the third vessel Marcon has brokered to or from Scripps Institute of Oceanography as sole broker. In 1984, Marcon brokered the sale of the former 125’ x 32’ supply / geophysical survey vessel “Midnight Alaskan” (now the "Robert Gordon Sproul") from Louisiana sellers to the Institute as a replacement for the research vessel “Ellen B. Scripps”, a 96’ x 24’ vessel which Marcon sold to a small Southern California construction company. “Ellen B. Scripps” successfully served Scripps since 1965, when she was built by Halter Marine for the University of California. The “New Horizon”, subject to availability at time of commitment, may be developed for time charter through Marcon. Marcon arranged on a private & confidential basis the tow of an 11,000dwt ocean deck barge by a 3,800BHP tug.

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The Indonesian flag, twin screw, utility tug “SMS Frontier” and the Indonesian flag, 3,500mtdw, 230’ x 60’ x 14’ ocean deck barges “Labroy 172” and “Labroy 183” were sold to private interests for trade outside of Southeast Asia. The 82.2’ x 24.9’ x 11.5’ “SMS Frontier” was built in 2007 by PT. Mariana Bahagia in Palembang,

Indonesia and powered by twin 610kW Yanmar 6AYM-ETE diesels developing a total of 1,658BHP at 1,900RPM, with Reintjes WAF 364 4.92:1 gears driving fixed pitch props in kort nozzles. Maneuverability was enhanced by a 50kW bow thruster. Deck gear consisted of a 30T SWL tow hook, 900mm stern roller and a 1.8T deck cargo crane. External firefighting is provided by a 300m3/h pump. The two barges were built in 2000 and 2001 respectively by PT. Nanindah Mutiara Shipyard in Batam, originally to Germanischer Lloyds

class and later classed BKI +A11 (-) P Pontoon. Both barges are fitted with 6’ high sideboards and have 10mt/m2 deck loads with 12mm deck, bottom and side shell plate. Marcon International acted as sole broker in the sale. 250’ and 195’ deck barges sold to private interests.

The U.S. flagged, single screw tug boat “Suiattle” (ex-Mariner) has been sold by Dunlap Towing Company of Everett, Washington to Alaskan buyers. Tug was heavily built to ABS +A1 class in 1965 by Main Iron Works in Houma, Louisiana with a raised pilothouse for Interstate Oil Transport of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – later to become Southern National Resources (SONAT Marine) and then Maritrans Operating Partners, to work with their 350’ x 70’, 10,000dwt, petroleum barge “Interstate 70”. Dunlap purchased the tug from Maritrans around the

mid-90s during the phase out of single hull petroleum barges due to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90). The 122’ x 30’ x 17.3’ “Suiattle” is powered by a EMD 16-645E7B creating around 3,070BHP at 900RPM

through a Philadelphia 42VRMGH 4.613:1 gear driving a 120" x 120", stainless steel 4-blade propeller in a fixed kort nozzle. The tug is equipped with a Markey TYS32 single drum winch capable of spooling 2,250' of 2" wire and a three pin hydraulic tow pin system with hold down. Tug carries 87,000 gallons of fuel, giving her a range of abt. 3,450nm and endurance of abt. 24 days. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction. This is the third tug which Marcon has sold or chartered in 2015, and the 308

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brokered since we opened our doors.

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Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of the U.S. flag crew boat "South Fork" between private interests. The all-aluminum, deep-“vee” hull vessel was built in 1970 by Camcraft, Inc. of Crown Point, Louisiana. Camcraft, established in 1965, was a prolific builder of aluminum crewboats, pilot boats, tour boats and ferries. The shipyard was taken over in 1983 by Sal Guarino, the famous naval architect, and renamed Aluminum Boats. It was later acquired by Trinity Marine in 1988 but closed in 1995 after building around 377 vessels. The 80.0' loa x 73.7' lbp x 20.0'

beam x 8.4' depth x 5.00' loaded draft "South Fork" is capable of carrying a total of 30 persons on-board and 9,150lbs. on a 24' x 13' clear deck aft. Tankage consists of 1,000g of fuel, and 2,500g of water. "South Fork" is powered by twin GM 12V71TI diesels producing a total 1,050BHP driving fixed pitch propellers through Twin Disc MG 514 gears. Max speed is about 20 knots on 50gph. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction and has represented the Buyer in numerous sales and purchases over the years. This is the fifth crewboat sold so far this year and the 104

th crew or pilot boat sold over the last 34 years.

Rebonave’s 53mt bollard pull, twin screw deep-sea / anchor handling tug “Monte da Luz” successfully completed a 4,653nm trans-Atlantic tow of a 289’ x 90’ ocean work barge in ballast from Malta to the Caribbean. The 38.0m x 10.8m x 5.0m depth, Portuguese flagged tug is powered by a pair of 1,641kW Cummins QSK60-M diesels

developing a total of 4,400HP through Reintjes WAF 773 6.44:1 gears to fixed pitch props. Towing gear consists of a double drum tow winch with a capacity for two 750m 48mm wires, gob-eye, tugger, capstan, stern roller, guide pins and shark jaws. Tug was built in 2013 by Yong Choo Kui of Sibu, Malaysia and classed BV R1 +Hull, +Mach, Unrestricted, AUT-UMS. Marcon acted as sole broker in the fixing the tow.

Major Marine Tours of Seward, Alaska has sold its 133 passenger, U.S. Coast Guard Certified day passenger vessel “Emerald Sea” (ex-Candy Stripe) to private U.S. West coast Buyers. 100.0’ x 23.4’ x 6.1’ aluminum mono-hull was originally built in 1980 by Camcraft, Inc. of Crown Point, Louisiana for Candy Boats, Inc. of Morgan City. She worked for decades in the U.S. Gulf Coast offshore market as a 50 passenger oilfield crew boat before being sold to the West Coast. The vessel was converted for her new trade carrying day passengers for scenic and wildlife tours in Alaska, based out of Seward. The triple screw all welded aluminum mono-hull is powered with three GM12V71 diesels developing a total of 1,530BHP at 2,100RPM, Twin Disc MG514 2.0:1 gears and three stainless steel fixed pitch props. This gave her a cruising speed of 14kn, but her maximum speed is higher. The new Owner will remove the added enclosed passenger seating on her aft deck and will re-power the vessel to meet EPA standards for the California market where it will once again operate as an oilfield crew / supply boat. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale and has acted on behalf of the buyers in numbers sales and purchases over the last 25 years.

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Pacific Maritime Freight, Inc., of San Diego, California sold the U.S. flag 63.0 ’x 14.3’ x 7.2’ depth, aluminum hull, crew boat “Gracie G” (ex-Gray T., Robbie Briley, Dolores) to Anchorage Launch Service of Portland, Oregon. The vessel was originally built for oil field service in 1965 by Breaux’s Bay Craft of Loreauville, Louisiana and extensively rebuilt and re-powered in 2006 by her former Owner. “Gracie G” is now powered by twin Tier 2 rated Detroit Diesel Series 60 DDEC engines developing a total of 950BHP at 1,800RPM. This gives the vessel a maximum speed of abt. 25kn and an economic range of abt.

350nm. She is USCG Certified for a total of 34 persons on board, and can accommodate deck cargo aft on her steel 11.75’ x 11’ clear deck. The new Owner will use the vessel, renamed “Triumph”, in their Columbia River water taxi and launch service business. Vessel was reportedly in very good condition at the time of the sale and will be delivered by the Buyer on her own bottom - up the West Coast from Southern California to Astoria, Oregon. Marcon acted as the sole broker in the sale and has represented both buyer and seller in previous transactions. Tidewater Marine International Inc. has sold their 44.2m x 8.1m x 3.6m depth / 1.7m maximum draft, 168mtdw, high-speed, aluminum crew / supply vessel “Merlin Tide” to private European operators. Built by Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC of Morgan City, Louisiana for Tidewater as Hull 524 in 1999, the vessel is powered by five 956kW Cummins KTA 38M2 diesels developing a total of 6,600BHP at 1,900RPM, driving four 4-blade bronze 46” x 46” fixed pitch props plus a centerline aft hydro-jet for additional

maximum thrust. This propulsion package develops speeds from ranging from about 18kn economical to 27kn maximum with fuel consumptions from 150 – 304gph respectively and a range of about 1,925nm at economical speed. Maneuverability of the vessel is enhanced by a bow thruster. The Vanuatu-flagged “Merlin Tide” has deck cargo capacity of 111.8 tons on a clear deck space aft of 21.9m x 6.4m and tankage for 70.5mt drill water and 52.4mt fuel and certified to carry a total of 159 persons on board in air conditioned accommodations. The vessel is classed by ABS with

notations +A1, HSC, Restricted Service, AMS. “Merlin Tide” had been working West Africa for Sonatide Marine Services Ltd. of Angola and was lying in Walvis Bay, Namibia at the time of sale. Marcon International acted as sole broker in the transaction. Marcon has handled over 20 sales for Tidewater since the sale of the 136’ first generation supply boat “Low Tide” in 1983, plus represented Buyers in purchases of over a half dozen crewboats during the last fifteen years.

Ecuanave SA of Guayaquil, Ecuador sold their bunkering tanker “Salango” (ex-Stepafell) to private interests. The 1979, J.G Hitzler Schiffswerft & Masch. GmbH & Co KG of Lauenburg built, double hull tanker was working in MDO bunkering up to the time of her sale. Vessel was originally built to Germanischer Lloyd and then classed under Lloyd’s Register until 2014 when changed to with IRS – International Register of Shipping. Capable of carrying two separate

products, the 247’ x 44.5’ x 16.4’ depth tank vessel carries about 2,627m3 capacity in ten epoxy coated cargo, two 77.2m3 slop tanks, two segregated cargo systems and fitted with segregated ballast tanks. She is also heated with stainless steel coils for max of 130 deg. C. temperatures. Pumps consist of two 300m3/h cargo and one 125kW stripping. Main propulsion consists of a single Deutz SBV6M540 diesel developing 3,100HP at 600RPM with a single CP wheel giving her a speed of abt. 13.5kn. Fitted with a bow thruster, the vessel is well suited to shallow water ports and also fitted with Yokohama fenders for lying alongside during bunkering operations. Vessel will continue similar employment for new Owners.

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Crowley Marine Services, Inc. of Seattle sold a second sister-tug of the “Point Class” to Island Tug & Barge Co., of Seattle, Washington. The sale of the ABS +A1, Towing, +AMS, 2,100BHP shallow draft ocean towing / push tug “Pt. Oliktok” mirrors the transaction which Marcon brokered in 2013 of the sister vessel Pt. Barrow”. Three “Point Class” sister-tugs were specifically designed and built to work in the Arctic, where Crowley needed vessels designed to perform ocean and coastal tows and push their 200’ x 60’ deck barges in shallow waters around Prudhoe Bay. Tug measures 90’ x 32’ with a depth of 11.2’ and light draft of 6.0’. Normal operating

draft is about 8.5’ when loaded with about 60,000g fuel, which gives her a decent towing range for coastal work. The triple deck tugs were built in 1982 by Dakota Creek Industries of Anacortes, Washington. While the hull is welded steel construction, her superstructure is aluminum. “Pt. Oliktok” is powered by a pair of CAT3512 diesels which provide 2,110BHP to fixed pitch 4-blade stainless steel props in kort nozzles through Twin Disc 6.18:1 gears. Tug is also fitted with shaft brakes

and was previously fitted with steering and flanking rudders but the flanking rudders were removed by shortly after construction. New Owner is considering reinstalling flanking rudders for added maneuverability while pushing ahead. Bollard pull is 23.5 short tons. Towing gear consists of a single drum Smatco winch with a capacity of 1,900’ 1.75” wire, hydraulic tow pin assembly aft and two hydraulic barge winches forward just aft of the vertical push knees. Marcon acted as sole broker in the transaction and has handled dozens of sales and purchases for Buyer and over 100 for the Seller.

The 28.0m x 7.6m x 2.0m depth / 1.6m draft landing craft “Islander” (ex-Hajar QL 22) was sold by Sea Eagles Marine Services to private U.A.E. buyers. The Bahrain registered, 132mtdw vessel was built to ABS class in 1980 by Mickon Marine Industries Pte Ltd. in Singapore and powered by a pair of GM12V71TIs developing a total of 1,080BHP through Twin Disc gears to fixed pitch propellers. Ship’s power is provided by a pair of 12kW auxiliary generators. “Islander” can carry abt. 90 metric tons of cargo on a 16m x 16m clear deck and fitted with a bow ramp. Tankage includes 93.7mt fuel oil cargo, 11.8mt ship’s fuel, and 51.0mt fresh water. Air conditioned accommodations are provided for a crew of six persons. Vessel was classed Bureau Veritas I +Hull, +Mach, General Cargo Ship, Unrestricted Service and was in lay-up status at the time of sale. In the transaction Marcon represented the Sellers, whom we have represented previously in purchase of two newbuilding ASD tugs.

Riverview Equipment, LLC of Petaluma, California has sold its inland pusher tug "Cassie Lind" to private interests for re-powering and refurbishment to be further employed in the new Owner’s inland service. The ex-"Anna Foss", ex-"American River" was originally built by Colberg Boat Works of Stockton, California in 1961 and measures 65’ length overall x 26’ beam x 8’ depth of hull. The vessel is a combination pusher / towing vessel which is designed with a model bow, flat bottom, and straight sides. She was designed for towing and pushing with push knees forward and a three level deck house which allows for a good height of eye in the pushing mode. She is also fitted with a Nautican fixed kort nozzle system, installed by a former Owner in 2012, with 64” x 62” wheels, and triple rudders for excellent focus

of thrust, and good maneuverability in tight quarters. Previously powered with twin CAT main engines totaling 1,700BHP, she was sold as a straight hull without any machinery, and towed to her new home by her new Owner for refitting / refurbishment. Marcon acted as sole broker in the sale and has handled a number of sales and purchases for both Buyer and Seller in the past.

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Marcon International is pleased to announce the long term bareboat charter of the AHTS “Bremen Hunter” (ex-Normand Hunter, A.H. Camogli, Edda Star) from her German owner/operators to Latin American charterers. Built in 1982 by Tonderverftet AS in Hommelvik, Norway as the “Edda Star” and completely rebuilt / reconditioned in 2008, the vessel measures 216’ x 44’ x 22’ depth. Powered by twin 3,604kW MAK 12M453AK main engines with Liaaen CP props in

fixed kort nozzles, it produces close to 10,000BHP at 600RPM and 110mt of bollard pull. Maneuverability is enhanced by a 600kW bow and 442kW stern thruster. Vessel is fitted with a 2.2m x 4.0m stern roller, 300 ton double drum anchor handling / tow winch with a 150 tonne line-pull, a 1,500m 61mm capacity storage reel, two 150T hydraulic Karm tow pins, two

hydraulic 500T Karm Shark jaws for wire & chain up to 100mm, two 69m3 rig chain lockers, two 100T SWL grapnels for chain and a 100T SWL forged “J” chaser. The "Bremen Hunter" is classed with Germanischer Lloyd with a +100A5 E notation and flies the Antigua and Barbuda flag; which it will continue to fly under the charter. Marcon was the sole broker in this transaction.

This has been a good month for sales of crewboats and deck barges in the U.S. Marcon International, Inc. is pleased to report that Foss Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington has sold its U.S. flag crewboat “Dorothy L. Sylvester” (ex-Bayou Bus, Keewaydin, Kee-Way-Din II, MC 9076) to U.S. Water Taxi Inc. of San Pedro, California. Built in 1963 by Breaux Bay Craft, Loreauville Louisiana, the steel hull / aluminum house vessel measures 55.0' loa x 14.0' beam x 7.5' depth with a 7.00' light and 7.50' loaded draft. The “Dorothy” was rebuilt in 1998 and

repowered in late 2002 with a pair of new John Deere 6125-12.5L main engines developing a total of 900BHP. She carries about 30 to a maximum of 42 passengers up to speeds of 20kn with a range of about 800 nautical miles. The boat can also carry about 8,600 pounds of cargo on her 12.8’ x 7.9’ aft deck. New owners intend to repower the vessel to meet California’s more recent air quality controls and to continue to trade the vessel in and around Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors. Marcon was the sole broker in this transaction and has handled numerous sales for Foss Maritime over the years.

After completion of a multi-year charter supporting bridge re-construction work of the Oakland - San Francisco Bay Bridge which was damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Riverview Equipment Co. of Petaluma, California sold their U.S. flag crew boat “Stella Lind” to Westar Marine Services / Taurus Marine Inc. of San Francisco. The 55’ x 16’ x 7.3’ depth, aluminum hull vessel was built in 2002 by Chesapeake Yachts in Virginia and fitted with 30 inside passenger seats and a clear aft deck of 20’ x 12.7’ capable of carrying 7 short tons of cargo. In 2008, the vessel

was repowered with a pair of EPA Tier II compliant CAT C12TA diesels developing a total of 1,140BHP at 2,300RPM. The vessel’s speed is abt. 22 – 28kn with her main engines presently de-tuned for better fuel economy, but the boat is reportedly capable of speeds in excess of 30kn. “Stella Lind” is certified by the U.S. Coast Guard as an inspected passenger vessel capable of carrying a total of 49 persons up to 20nm offshore. New owners have renamed the vessel “Falcon”. In addition to six other 41’ – 65’ launches, Westar also operates a fleet of tugs and barges operating on the U.S. West Coast. Marcon has sold several crewboats of “Stella Lind’s” design / class crewboat to domestic and overseas buyers over the last couple of years, plus handling a number of sales, purchases and charters for both Buyer and Seller. Marcon acted as sole broker in this transaction.

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Private U.S. West Coast buyers have purchased the former “Google” barge “JMC 262” (ex-BAL0001, CIB 721) from Cashman Equipment Corp. The 260’ x 72’ x 16’ ocean deck barge was built in 2010 by C & C Marine & Repair of Belle Chasse, Louisiana and best known as one of the four proposed four-story “mystery” barges owned by By and Large LLC, a company affiliated with Google. The barges were reportedly being outfitted as floating “studios” and “temporary technology exhibit spaces” providing an interactive experience where people could learn about the tech company’s newest technology and products. After various questions arose regarding building permits and U.S. Coast Guard safety concerns, the project was put on hold and conversion halted. The double-

raked, ABS +A1 Ocean Deck barge can carry abt. 5,107 long tons on a 12.58’ draft and has a 9/16” plate deck with a uniform deck load of 5,000PSF. The ½” plate hull is divided by six transverse watertight, two longitudinal watertight and one centerline mid-body non-watertight bulkheads forming 15 epoxy coated watertight compartments. Marcon International acted as sole broker in the sale. In 2014 Marcon brokered six ocean and inland deck barges totaling 25,658dwt capacity. Over the past 34 years Marcon International has sold or chartered a total of 216 ocean and inland deck barges with an aggregate deadweight capacity of over 1 million tons.

Harbor Enterprises, Inc. of Seward, Alaska has sold their ABS +A1 Ocean combo deck/tank barge “PM 230” (ex-NPI-230, FNT 230, Alaska Spirit) to private U.S. Northwest Buyers for conversion to ABS +A1 Ocean deck service. Built in 1983 as the “Alaska Spirit” (Hull 635), the barge is one of several units produced in the early 1980s by Zidell Marine Group of Portland, Oregon that served as a combination barge for carrying deck cargo and petroleum cargo in commercial trade. The units all measured 230’ x 60’ x 15.5’ depth, and have fast towing spoon bows, and twin towing skegs aft. All of this class have since been retired from petroleum service, and were sold into dedicated ABS Ocean deck service. This combination carriage was effectively legislated out of existence with the OPA ’90 laws, and Owners were forced to dedicate the tonnage to either liquid service or deck. This barge entered dedicated petroleum service in 1988 and served in the Alaska trade up until her mandatory retirement date December 31, 2014. Her internals being effectively “pickled” with the carriage of

petroleum since 1988 – the steel condition was well maintained over the years while trading as a tank barge. The barge was delivered to her new Owner at a Pacific Northwest shipyard the very first week of 2015. All of the pumps and petroleum service equipment will be removed, and the “PM 230” will be fitted with a 250 ton crawler crane and converted to dedicated deck and in crane service working in Alaska. Her deadweight as a deck barge will be about 3,300T. The barge previously carried about 25,000 BBL of petroleum product in below deck, integral tanks as well as some clean fuel product in on-deck tanks. Marcon acted as the sole and exclusive broker for the sale of this barge.

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Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut have sold their U.S. flag, ocean deck barge “Norfolk” (ex-Columbia Norfolk, Ponce Trader, UMTB 331, MLC-331) to private buyers on the U.S. East Coast who specialize in the transport of aggregates. The 331.3’ x 78.0’ x 20.3’ depth, double raked, single hull, flat deck barge was built in 1982 as Hull 350 by Marine Power and Equipment of Seattle,

Washington for their affiliated companies Marine Leasing Company and Marine Logistics Corporation to operate in the Puget Sound / Alaskan trade. The ABS +A1, Unrestricted Service classed barge was fitted with 14.5ft. high steel bin walls by Moran Towing in 2006 giving it a cubic capacity of abt. 288,601ft3 and a deadweight capacity of 8,688 long tons on a 15.8’ draft. This is

the second sale Marcon International brokered for Moran Towing Corporation within the last six months and the first transaction with this buyer. Marcon acted as sole broker in this sale. In 2014, Marcon booked 37 sales and charters. Looking back over the past 34 years, we have averaged over 40 sales/charters per year. Since our first sale, Marcon has brokered a total of 1,391 vessels and barges sold or chartered. A full list is available on request.