The new articulated tug-barge unit Evening Breeze/B. No. 252 has been delivered to Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., Melville, N.Y. It was built by VT Halter Marine Inc. and Bollinger Shipyards.
The 112’x35’x17’, 4,000-hp tug Evening Breeze left VT Halter’s Pascagoula, Miss., facility on March 12 to pair up with the 317’6”x70’x28’, 55,000-bbl. B. No. 252 built at Bollinger, Lockport, La. The vessels, linked by an Intercon coupler system, got underway to join Bouchard’s fleet service in New York.
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