Thursday, December 20, 2007

Fourth 4000 Class PSV, 'GRAND SLAM' christened and delivered

Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), Billy Guice, announced the 'GRAND SLAM,' the fourth in the series of ten 4000 Class PVS was delivered by Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana.

Mrs. Karen Whitley, wife of RMC's Director of Technical Services, Jim Whitley, christened the hull of the vessel with the traditional bottle of champagne the day before the Rigdon 4000 Class PSVs was named a 'Significant Boat of 2007' at the WorkBoat Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 'GRAND SLAM,' is a 58-metre x 14-metre x 5.5-metre, diesel electric, DP-2 PSV, which features a capacity of 4,000 barrels of liquid mud in an oval, self cleaning, segregated tank system. The PSV will also include three x Z-Drives and two x large forward tunnel thrusters. The Rigdon 4000 Class PSVs are capable of serving a wide array of marine applications in all water depths. The remaining six Rigdon 4000 class PSVs will be delivered in approximate forty-five day intervals through the third quarter of 2008.
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