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Article: April 2008 6,000-HP towboat: Quality Shipyards.
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- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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AEP Marlner
The AEP Mariner is the first of five sister vessels for Mississippi River barge operator MEMCO Barge Line (AEP River Operations) from Houma, La.-based Quality Shipyards, a wholly owned subsidiary of offshore service vessel operator Tidewater Inc. The AEP Mariner was designed in-house by MEMCO and based on a Corning Townsend/CT Marine design. The 166x48', 6,000-hp towboat combines a robust, traditional propulsion system with near-luxury living quarters that follow the company's longstanding philosophy about the key to reliable service being a stable and happy work force. Following a January delivery, the new towboat began working in MEMCO's St. Louis ...
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