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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 ...
Weeks also owns three major subsidiaries, Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. McNally International, Inc, and North American Aggregates, Inc. Weeks manages a network of regional offices in Louisiana, Texas, Hawaii, Ontario and Nova Scotia. [2] The company currently has 5 yards, 13 tugboats, 18 dredges, 50 cranes and 294 barges.
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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.
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.
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 ...