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North American Fabricators, (NAF), in Houma, Louisiana, founded in 1996 (now part of LaShip) Estaleiro NavShip , in Navegantes , Brazil at Superporto do Açu on the Itajaí-Açu river founded in 2005 26°52′41″S 48°41′20″W / 26.878°S 48.689°W / -26.878; -48.
A news release said that the new ships will replace ones that Bollinger built more than 30 years previously. [11] The 154-foot (47 m) 240-ton vessels are staffed by a mixed-sex crew of 22, and are armed with a remote-operated Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm autocannon and four .50 caliber crew-served Browning M2 machine guns. These vessels can stern launch ...
ARTCO Stevedoring provides bulk transfer and crane services on near New Orleans, Louisiana on the Lower Mississippi River [3] [4] As of 2005, ARTCO owned 2,000 barges, and some towboats and harbor tugboats. [5] As of 2016, ARTCO operated a fleet of 20 fleeting boats, a shipyard with five dry docks and a barge wash and repair facility.
A Belgium-based company wants to harvest water hyacinths, the bane of south Louisiana boaters, to create fibers for products ranging from insulation to cat litter.
American Queen is a Louisiana-built river steamship said to be the largest river steamboat ever built. [3] Although the American Queen's stern paddlewheel is indeed powered by a steam engine, her secondary propulsion, in case of an emergency and for maneuverability around tight areas where the paddle wheel can not navigate, comes from a set of diesel-electric propellers known as Z-drives on ...
A preliminary investigation revealed that Nichols was operating a mud boat near a natural gas pipeline. "Mr. Nichols was a contractor for Petroleum Co-Ordinators Inc," Louisiana State Police told ...
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.
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