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Article: Heavy Hitters.(Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company)(Otto Candies Inc.)(Brief Article)
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- December 1, 2000
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Agile anchor-handlers are built to last a long, long time.
With 60 years of Gulf offshore tug experience, Otto Candies Inc. knows what the oil patch needs when it comes to rig moving and anchor-handling. And the Des Allemands, La.-based offshore service vessel operator believes it has produced what its customers want with a new line of heavily built 150'x50' tugs.
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Inc., Mobile, Ala., delivered the Sidney Candies, Kelly Candies, and Devin Candies in a space of just five months, aided by the shipyard's new high-tech cutting and forming machines and a precision-matching modular construction technique to streamline ...