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Dravo SteelShip Delivers The 'Bud Weber'
Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered a 65-foot by 26-foot by 9.5- foot towboat from their stock boat line to Dravo Mechling and on charter to Compass Marine. The Bud Weber (shown above) is powered by twin GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 hp each.
Avondale Boat Division Delivers New Tug To E.N. Bisso
The New Orleans-based harbor tug and long distance towing firm, E.N. Bisso and Son, Inc., has taken delivery of the 110-foot tug Capt. Bud Bisso from the Boat Division of Avondale Industries, Inc. The new vessel is equipped for both shiphandling and ocean towing.
National Marine Opens Dock-Side Diesel Shop In Harvey, Louisiana —Literature Offered
National Marine Service Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has opened its newly constructed engine shop located on shipyard waterfront property at the junction of the Harvey and Algiers Canals in Harvey, La. The facility services a variety of diesel engines,
Propulsion Systems, Inc. Expands Thruster Line
Propulsion Systems, Inc. of Kent, Wash., has entered the small thruster field with 16 and 24-inch-diameter tunnel thrusters. In these thrusters, the propeller shaft is driven directly by a hydraulic motor contained in the unit. Each of these