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For the inland sector, Vigor is notably building three 102- Eastern’s 2015 order book is full to bursting, and in- foot tugs for Tidewater Barge Lines, designed for Columbia cludes multi-service support vessels for Hornbeck Offshore

River service. Engines on these tugs are EPA Tier III com- and Harvey Gulf International; towboats for Florida Ma- pliant and meet upgraded standards for cleaner emissions rine Transporters; an ATB tug and an ATB dredge barge and a reduced environmental impact. These tugs have ergo- for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock; a hopper dredge for nomic accommodations and comforts to minimize fatigue Weeks Marine; Z-drive tugs for Suderman & Young Tow- and crew injuries. In recent years, Vigor’s subsidiary Kvichak ing, Bay Houston Towing, Bisso Marine and other clients; built two push boats for Seattle City Light, a publicly owned and inland towboats for IWL River, Inc. Its track record utility. They operate on Ross Lake and Diablo Lake in the includes high-tech construction that includes installation

Northern Cascades, removing large pieces of debris to allow of gas-turbine propulsions, Swath technology, ride-control continuous power generation through the dam. systems, dynamic positioning systems, diesel-electric sys-

Other recent workboat projects include the P/V Tecopa, tems and systems integration, Berthold said.

a 65-foot passenger catamaran for the Chemehuevi Tran- One of the top employers in Bay County, Fla., Eastern sit Authority in Lake Havasu, Calif. The vessel runs as a is committed to a safe, clean workplace for its 1,600 staff- ers, vendors, subcontractors and clients, Berthold said.

Eastern has two, new con- struction and repair facilities in Panama City. The 24-acre

Nelson Street Shipyard, with over 2,000 feet of water front- age leading to St. Andrew’s

Bay and out to the Gulf of

Mexico, is equipped with two 1,250-ton marine railways, a 700-foot steel bulk-headed side-launch facility, pipe and ferry on Lake Havasu, with ports of call in Arizona and mechanic shops, a warehouse, a paint building and a cor-

California. And in 2011, Kvichak delivered