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L&L Marine Transportation’s newest towboat Amelia

Ray has built by Rodrigues

Shipbuilding in Alabama.

reduction gears. Two 60kW Cummins generators provide power to, among other consumers, a Hydra Force elec- tric-over-hydraulic steering system.

With tank capacity to transport 15,000 gallons of petrochemicals, 4,100 gallons of potable water, 500 gallons of lube oil and 400 gallons of dirty oil, L&L Marine’s new vessel is

Thordon Bearings

Subchapter M compliant and able move barges carrying oil or hazardous materials in no discharge areas from St.

Marks, Fla. to Rio Grande, Texas on the Intracoastal Waterway and rivers not more than three miles from shore.

L&L Marine Transportation was founded by LeBoeuf’s father, Carl, in 1978, and has served the industry along the Harvey Canal for 42 years.

The company’s newest vessel Ame- lia Ray, named after the current own- er’s four-year-old granddaughter, was set to work without a full-? edged christening due to the coronavirus pandemic and is currently transport- ing petrochemical products along the

Mississippi between Houston, Texas and Baton Rouge, La.

L&L Marine has an option for an additional vessel from Rodriquez

Shipbuilding, but LeBoeuf is waiting for some of the market uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus to clear before choosing whether or not to go through with the order. “We will wait to see how COVID-19 plays out be- fore making the decision,” he said.

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