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ENDURA 12 side repairs and barge cleaning. There,

Now Available in a 2-Color Option and in sizes up to 4 inches in Diameter the ? rm also operates a robust ? eet of towboats and are members of the

Making It Easier to Identify Twist in Your Lines

AWO’s Responsible Carrier Program.

New Acquisition / Familiar Focus

In December 2014, TPG added to its growing portfolio of assets, Chica- go Dry Dock, Inc. Founded in 1979 and operating on the Calumet River,

See Twist easily it is notably the only facility of its kind so you can ?x it fast with to offer unencumbered access to both 2-Color Endura 12 !

the Great Lakes (via Lake Michigan) and the Inland River System (via the

No Twist

Calumet/Des Plaines/Illinois Rivers).

Today, its central and convenient lo- Twist cation may well be its strongest selling point. But, as its new owners continue to invest in the yard and its equip-

Identify Line Twist Fast With The New Endura 12 with 2-Color Option ment, its operators have their eyes set

When twist is eliminated from a braided rope, it is stronger and more durable. Even small amounts of twist can make a

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Founded as Kern Barge Cleaning and Repair, CDD purchased its ? rst

TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE CORPORATION • 508-730-4524 dry dock in 1995 and was renamed

COMMARINE@ TEUFELBERGER.COM • WWW.TEUFELBERGER.COM and incorporated as Chicago Dry

Dock in 1996. Operating from seven secured acres less than three river miles from Lake Michigan, it has 1200 feet of sheeted wall and two ? oating dry docks that can accommodate repairs to vessels 262 feet long, 54 feet wide and up to 1500 tons, including tug boats, tow boats, commercial tour and passenger vessels, pleasure boats and barges of all types. The facility also pro- vides comprehensive barge and boat cleaning and topside repairs for vessels in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. A third drydock, recently purchased and now undergoing refurbishment, will also be available, commencing in mid- summer, says TPG Chicago Drydock’s

General Manager Michael Hogan.

Bread & Butter: Barges

Although the shipyard operates in- dependently of TPG’s other locations, the ability to ? ow people from one location to another has already ben- 51 www.marinelink.com MN

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