Rapid response boat to Gulf of Mexico
With some 210,000 gallons of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster still spilling into the Gulf of Mexico daily, Seattle USA based Kvichak Marine Industries has delivered a 30 Rapid Response Skimmer to Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) in Houma, Louisiana.
This new skimmer will join their existing fleet of Kvichak skimmers currently involved in the oil spill clean up effort in the Gulf of Mexico.
The rapid response, shallow water vessel is ideally suited for use on oil spills in waterways, bays, and harbors. The all aluminum skimmer is 30’ 3” long, with a beam of 8′, and a draft of 2’ 6″, and is easily trailerable.
Adaptable to a variety of marine spill scenarios, this highly specialized vessel works well in many recovery configurations, from free skimming through towed boom applications, and is able to recover a very wide range of spills from light sheens to very viscous weathered oil products. The skimmer’s oil recovery system includes a KVICHAK/MARCO Cl-1 Filterbelt oil skimming module, a KVICHAK/MARCO U-040 Capsulpump offload system with 50’ hose, and a recovered oil capacity of 1,000 gallons.
The recovered oil tank configuration allows segregation of small volume spills to simplify post spill decontamination. Onboard hydraulic power is supplied by an under deck diesel HPU.
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