Eymard Delivers Mv. Sun Valley To Hines Furlong
Hines Furlong Line Inc., with corporate offices in Nashville, Tenn., and an operations base in Paducah, Ky., has taken delivery of a new towboat it has in turn bareboat chartered to Southern Devall. Eymard Marine Construction & Repair Inc., located on the Harvey Canal in the New Orleans area, built the 1,600 hp. vessel, which is named mv. Sun Valley. Eymard delivered the boat to Southern Devall, which is a transporter of chemicals and liquid fertilizer, July 10.
Built on a design by Entech, the Sun Valley measures 67 feet, 6 inches by 28 feet, with a depth of 9 feet, 6 inches and a design draft of 7 feet, 9 inches. The pilothouse provides an eye level of 29 feet, 10 inches.
The Sun Valley gets its 1,600 hp. from a pair of Mitsubishi S6R2 Tier 3 diesel engines supplied by Laborde Products. On Christie & Grey resilient mounts, the engines turn 72- by 64-inch Hung Shen propellers on 7-inch cold rolled shafts with Wartsila seals and bearings. The Reintjes WF570 marine gears (6:1) are from Karl Senner LLC. Two Mitsubishi generators provide the Sun Valley’s 65 kw. of auxiliary power.
Inside the hull is tankage for 18,400 gallons of fuel, 4,360 gallons of water, 435 gallons of lube oil and 277 gallons of gear oil. The grid coolers are from Fernstrum.
United Automation Solutions provided the 48-point alarm and monitoring system, as well as the fire detection system, general alarm system, pilothouse alerter, main engine UPS system and an auto transfer switchboard and phone system. For wastewater treatment, there is a Seahorse six-man unit.
The deckhouse, which features color-flaked poured floors, Marlite paneling, FRP and drop ceiling tiles, contains four bunkrooms with double bunks and two heads, a fully equipped galley and three 3-ton air conditioning units. For sound and vibration damping, there is Mascoat coating on all exterior walls. On deck are two 40-ton Patterson winches from Donovan Marine, in addition to a full complement of life preservers, ring buoys, fire extinguishers and fire axes.
Because it is intended for service in the Gulf Coast tank barge trade and in fleeting operations, the Sun Valley has numerous stainless-steel features to assure durability and longevity.
The boat’s communication and navigation equipment package includes two Furuno River Radars with a Nauticamp 19-inch display, a Sounder depth gauge, AIS, loud hailer, Ultrasonic weather station and satellite compass, all supplied by Wheelhouse Electronics. Fendering is by Schuyler. International paint is from Lee Engineering.
The new boat is the first of six that Eymard is building for Hines Furlong.
“My family and I enjoy visiting Sun Valley, Idaho,” Hines Furlong owner Kent Furlong said, “thus the name.”
The next boat, Sawtooth, which will be named for a mountain range in Idaho, is an identical 1,600 hp. boat due out in October.
“It will also be available for bareboat charter,” Furlong said.
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Featured photo caption: The mv. Sun Valley on sea trials on the Harvey Canal in Harvey, La.
(Photos courtesy of Hines Furlong)
