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The OSU projects are pushing
the capabilities of our marine team to new levels.
– Barrett Carpenter, Peterson marine sales rep.
(L-R) Barrett Carpenter and Tyler Raymond/project manager in front of one of the Cat L32 gen-sets for OSU research vessel in 2019
In 2019, OSU was awarded the construction man- agement contract for three of those new research vessels. In return, OSU will get the first vessel in the series, which they have named TAANI, mean- ing “offshore” to the local Siletz tribe of Siletz, OR. Peterson won all three contracts for the Cat C32 diesel-electric propulsion gen-sets, which are un- der construction in Louisiana. Government fund- ing for the vessels comes from the National Sci- ence Foundation, to modernize their fleet known as UNOLS —or University National Oceano- graphic Laboratory System. The three vessels will be delivered between 2021 and 2024.
“The OSU projects have been some of the most complicated marine contracts Peterson has ever taken on,” says Carpenter. “These projects are pushing the capabilities of our marine team to new levels.” In 2019, Peterson was awarded two more diesel-electric propulsion repowers for the famous research vessels Roger Revelle and Atlantis, plus
two 3516 and two C32 custom gen-sets for each ship, capable of six megawatts of electrical pow- er per vessel. The two research vessels are owned by the US Navy and operated by the SCRIPPS and Woods Hole oceanographic institutes. The Atlantis is home to the famous Alvin submers- ible human-occupied vehicle, well known for its exploration of the Titanic in 1986. “Our marine group is proud to be working on these vessels,” says Carpenter. “It’s really pushed us to actively pursue more of these types of contracts.”
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