Plimsoll Marine takes delivery of fourth pusher tug in series

New Orleans-based Plimsoll Marine, a subsidiary of the Cooper Group of Companies, has taken delivery of the fourth vessel in a series of pusher tugs built by local shipya ..

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Chesapeake Shipbuilding delivers 3,000-hp tug to Vane Brothers

Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000-hp 94’x32’x13′ Cape Fear, the 17th Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet.

Since 2008, 15 3,000-hp, model-bow tugs have been delivered to Vane by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md. Chesapeake has also constructed two 3,000-hp pushboats for Vane.

“The 3,000-horsepower tug is powerful, practical and a perfect fit for Vane’s harbor and coastwise towing operations,” Vane Brothers President C. Duff Hughes, said...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/chesapeake-shipbuilding-delivers-3000-hp-tug-to-vane-brothers/

Master Marine delivers 1,600-hp towboat to Plimsoll Marine

Master Marine Inc. (MMI), Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67’x28’ towboat Iron Lady to Plimsoll Marine. The 1,600-hp Iron Lady is the first of four vessels that MMI is scheduled to deliver to the company, which is based in the New Orleans area.

Plimsoll Marine, a Cooper Group Company, is a Lower Mississippi River towboat operator that performs fleeting and barge services from Baton Rouge, La., to the Head of Passes.

The four state-of-the-art vessels are designed by Entech Designs LLC,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/master-marine-delivers-1600-hp-towboat-to-plimsoll-marine/

Master Marine delivers new 67′ towboat to St. Louis

Master Marine Inc. (MMI) has delivered the Frank Mellor to Osage Marine Services, Inc., St. Louis. The new 67’x28′ vessel is designed by Entech Designs LLC., Kenner, La.

The towboat is powered by a pair of Laborde Products S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803 hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines operating at 1,400 rpm., coupled to Twin Disc 5321 gears.

Laborde Products also provided electrical power with two Northern Lights M65C13.2S 65-kW Tier 3 electronic controlled generators with RW Fernstrum keel coolers...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-new-67-towboat-to-st-louis/

Master Marine to build 1,600-hp towboat for Marine Chartering Associates

Marine Chartering Associates LLC has signed a contract with Master Marine Inc. to build a Sub. M compliant 67’x28′ 1,600-hp towboat along with a second boat option. The towboat design was provided by Entech Designs LLC.

“We are very happy to be teaming up with MCA to provide them and their customers the latest towboats and equipment available along with meeting all Subchapter M requirements,” said Steven Authement, Master Marine’s director of business development Inland & Gulf Region. “The first...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-to-build-1600-hp-towboat-for-marine-chartering-associates/

Master Marine delivers a fourth towboat to Waterfront Services

A new 67'x28' towboat for Waterfront Services. Master Marine photo

Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, Ala., announced that it has delivered the 67’x28′ towboat Rick Pemberton to Waterfront Services Co., the fourth of a four-boat contract. The boat was designed by Entech Designs, Kenner, La.

With a maximum 7’9″ working draft, the boat is powered by a pair of Laborde Products Inc. supplied S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803 hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines to be operated at 1,400 rpm coupled to Twin Disc MG-5321, 5:1 reduction ratio marine gears with E300 electronic controls...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-fourth-towboat-to-waterfront-services/

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