Article: Get some Z's.(TUGS&BARGES)

One of the busiest ports in the U.S, the Port of Houston handled a record number of containers, 1.79 million TEU, and its most steel ever in 2008. It is also home to a $15 billion petrochemical complex, the largest in the nation and second largest in the world.

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A good deal of recent growth was eased by the deepening and widening of the Houston Ship Channel, which is now 45 feet deep and 530 feet wide. Larger containerships, breakbulk, bulk and liquid bulk carriers now call at the port, generating a demand for more powerful more maneuverable harbor tugs. Suderman and Young Towing Company (S&Y), Houston, Tex, recently upgraded its ...

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