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Towboat Belgian, powered by twin Detroit Diesel engines, has been delivered by

Hudson Shipbuilders of Pascagoula, Miss., to Spanier Marine of New Orleans.

HUDSHIP Reenters Towboat Market

With Delivery Of 'Belgian'

Wendle Huddleston of Morgan

City, La., announced that his Pas- cagoula, Miss., company, Hudson

Shipbuilders, Inc. (HUDSHIP), has marked its reentry into the towboat market with the recent delivery of the 70-foot towboat

Belgian to Spanier Marine of New

Orleans. Belgian was christened at the George Engine Company in Harvey, La., by Mrs. Nancy

Gisclair, wife of Capt. Larry Gis- clair.

The new vessel is HUDSHIP's standard 70-foot towboat design and represents the yard's contin- ued diversification in the ever- changing marine industry. Bel- gian is powered by twin GM De- troit Diesel 16V92NA engines each rated 600 bhp at 1,800 rpm, with Twin Disc 540, 7:1 gears.

Auxiliary power is provided by two 50-kw Delco generators pow- ered by GM Detroit Diesel 4-71 engines. The towboat is also equipped with two 40-ton Nabrico barge winches, Johnson Cutless bearings, Columbian Bronze pro- pellers, Barnes pumps, Kobelt en- gine controls, Skipper steering system, Ingersoll-Rand air com- pressors, Carisle & Finch search- lights, and Kahlenberg air horn.

The pilothouse has full all- around visibility and a 27y2-foot eye level. She houses an assort- ment of electronics equipment, including one Si-Tex Radar Model 22, two Modar 55-75 VHF radios, and one Lowrance Public Address

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Mississippi River and the inter- coastal waterways. She is the sec- ond vessel HUDSHIP has deliv- ered to Spanier Marine; the first vessel, the Clydesdale was deliv- ered in January 1979.

Mr. Huddleston, president of

HUDSHIP, is also chief executive officer for several companies in the Morgan City and Lafayette areas, including Port Hardware,

Inc., Oilfield Warehouse & Spe- cialities, Inc., Hudson Marine,

Inc., and Vic's Shipyard, Inc.

MarAd Approves Title XI

For Vessels Costing $12.4 Million

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an ap- plication by Parker Towing Co.,

Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a Title

XI guarantee to aid in financing 33 hopper barges, two double- skinned petroleum tank barges, one towboat, and the recondition- ing of two towboats and four used hopper barges.

Jeffboat Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is building the 35 new barges and reconditioning the four used barges. Mainstream Shipyard &

Supply, Inc., Greenville, Miss., built the new towboat Tim Parker and reconditioned one of the used towboats, the M/V Mobile. The remaining towboat, Lady Nica, was reconditioned by Hamilton

Machine Shop, Inc., Chickasaw,

Ala. Work on most of the vessels already has been completed; the remainder are expected to be de- livered by the end of the year.

Parker Towing plans to use the vessels in its general towing serv- ice, which hauls coal, petroleum, steel, manganese, grain and other cargoes along the rivers and coastal waterways of the U.S.

Gulf Coast.

The approved Title XI guaran- tee is for $10,655,000, approxi- mately 87y. percent of the ves- sels' $12,450,158 combined esti- mated depreciated actual cost.

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