Bollinger delivers first spec boat

In late October, Bollinger Shipyard announced that they had sold two 59 metre offshore-supply vessels to Odyssea Marine. The first boat, Mary Martin, has already entered service while the second is to be delivered in December. In accordance with the original plan the boats were sold to the successful bidder after the completion of the first vessel. This was Bollinger?s way of dealing with the prices of materials that were still escalating at an unpredictable rate making effective advance bidding virtually impossible.

The DP1 Gulf of Mexico-class boats, one of two designs that Bollinger has under construction, have a 12.30 metre beam and 4.60 metre moulded depth. They will be powered by a pair of Tier 2 Cummins QSK50-M main engines turning 78×66-inch propellers through Twin Disc MGX5600 gears with 5.76:1 ratios. A Tier 2, Cummins QSK19 engine powers the single 600 hp Schottel bow thruster. Two Tier 2 Cummins QSM11 engines power a pair of 250 kW generators.