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Bisso Towboat takes delivery of new ASD tug Mr. Brian

Luling, La.-based Bisso Towboat Co. Inc. has taken delivery of its newest low emission ship-assist tug, the Mr. Brian.

Named in honor of the company’s long-time VP Operations, Brian Cyprowski, the 5,000 BHP vessel is the sixth ASD tractor tug built for Bisso in the past nine years by Main Iron Works LLC, Houma, La.

The 100 x 38 x 13.5 foot, Mr. Brian is powered by twin Caterpillar 3516E Tier 4F main engines, each generating 2,500 BHP at 1600 RPM, and driving two Kongsberg US205S Z-Drives. The...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/bisso-towboat-takes-delivery-of-new-asd-tug-mr-brian/

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/