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The M/V Kim M. Bouchard & B. No. 270, underway in the Gulf of Mexico.

transportation industry unless you are safe. As a company

Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc.

It takes a tough man to run a tight enterprise. At least we still have one goal: Zero spills, zero injuries and zero that’s the way an unapologetic Morton S. Bouchard III damages. Nothing short, period,” says CEO Bouchard III. sees it. “I do not like being characterized a tough to work That linkage drives a no-excuses commitment to safety, early adoption of new technology and a willingness to em- for, but the results show.” Indeed they do. Bouchard Trans- portation Co., Inc., the nation’s largest independently brace new trends and requirements. Successful application owned, ocean-going petroleum barge company, dates back of these tenets fuels Bouchard’s success.

For example, in the early 90s, Bouchard was the ? rst to 1918, with President/CEO Bouchard III representing the fourth generation at the helm. It was the ? rst to adopt Jones Act company to build double-hull ocean-going

ATB barges with Intercon, and added hot oil systems to

ATB technology.

its barges to reduce downtime and product loss while in-

The company’s operations span all four U.S. coasts, op- erating a ? eet containing 26 barges ranging from 35,000 creasing ef? ciency. Bouchard recently completed a ? ve- barrels to 260,000 barrels and 25 tugs ranging from year modernization effort that produced four ? at-deck, double hull ATB tugs and two barges, all with clean wa- 3,000hp to 10,000hp. Its employee count ? uctuates be- ter ballast systems, bringing its ATB ? eet to 20. These tween 500 and 600.

Born out of heroic acts during a colossal safety incident, include two 6,000hp Twin Screw Articulated (ATB), In- tercon-equipped tugs, the M/V Frederick E. Bouchard when founder Capt. Fred Bouchard went to the aid of ves- sels involved in the Black Tom Explosion involving WWI and the M/V Morton S. Bouchard Jr., as well as two 150- munitions, it’s not surprising that safety is Bouchard’s ft, 10,000hp, Intercon-equipped double-hulled, Dual top priority. “You cannot be pro? table in the petroleum Mode ATB Units, the M/V Kim M. Bouchard and M/V 54 MN

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