Tuesday, February 26, 2008

'Touchdown' christened and delivered by Rigdon Marine Corporation

Billy Guice, Vice President of Marketing and Sales of Rigdon Marine Corporation announced the christening and delivery of the 'Touchdown' in Lockport, Louisiana.

Mrs. Laura Rabalais, wife of JR Rabalais, RMC Maintenance and Repair Superintendent, christened the sixth of ten Rigdon 4000 Class vessel with the traditional champagne against the bow. The 'Touchdown' was immediately deployed on a term charter in support of a deepwater drilling program in the GOM. The 'Touchdown' 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 Z-Drives and two 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 four Rigdon 4000 class PSVs will be delivered in approximate forty day intervals during through the third quarter of 2008.

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