Saturday, July 16, 2011

"Java Sea" Nutten Hook,New York

"Built in 1981, by Main Iron Works of Houma, Louisiana (hull #360) as the Patriot by for Interstate Oil Transportation.

At the time, Interstate Oil Transportation maintained two fleets. Their Northeast Fleet or "Green Fleet" that operated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a Southern Fleet or "White fleet" that operated out of Tampa, Florida.

In the years that followed many changes came to Interstate Oil Transportation. A company called Southern National Resources purchased Interstate Oil Transportation (also known for a time as SONAT Marine) and SONAT eventually sold out to Maritrans Operating Partners LLP.

In 1998, Maritrans's northeast fleet was thinned. Many of the vessels where acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partners of New York, Reinauer Transportation (also of New York) and Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland.

The Patriot was acquired by K-Sea Transportation where she was renamed as the Java Sea.

The tug was later outfitted with a JAK coupler system, she services K-Sea's JAK equipped 100,000 bbl barges. She is a twin screw tug rated at 4,800 horsepower."

From http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=221&fs









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