Posted on 12/15/2015
Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., has started construction on the Chandra B, a steel 79'×23' double-hull, fuel-bunkering tanker for American Petroleum & Transport, Lake Grove, N.Y. The vessel was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects, Newcastle, Maine, and Fairhaven, Mass.
The Chandra B will operate out of New York Harbor servicing dinner cruise boats, construction barges and other small bunkering jobs, according to American Petroleum’s Steve Bragoli.
Prior to signing the contract to build the Chandra B, American Petroleum had been operating a small single-hull tanker, the Capt. Log.
“If you are supplying fuel or carrying an oil cargo...