First Of 4 MaK Diesels For Bulkfleet Marine

Above, J. Barry Snyder, president of Houston, Texas-based Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, and Mrs. Snyder stand proudly with Gunther Kuehl, director of North American sales for MaK engines at the MaK engine manufacturing plant in Kiel, West Germany, with the first of four specially built engines to be delivered to Bulkfleet.

Mr. Snyder said that four of these sixcylinder, 4,000-horsepower e n g i n e s would power two of his company's Deep Notch Tug Barge Units now under construction. The tugs are being built by McDermott Shipyards in Bayou Boef, La., to propel barges which are being constructed by General Dynamics in Quincy, Mass. The two new tug/barge units, expected to be completed in November 1980, will be operated by Bulkfleet under charter to Gulf Oil Corporation. Bulkfleet Marine Corporation is engaged in the design, construction and operation of tug/barge units f o r charter oil and chemical companies to move materials along the U.S. Gulf and East and West Coasts.

Other stories from April 1980 issue

Content

Maritime Reporter

First published in 1881 Maritime Reporter is the world's largest audited circulation publication serving the global maritime industry.