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ON THE COVER
Pictured on this month's cover are Trinity
Marine-built barges loaded aboard a semi-submersible ship, prior to their transport to South America for use in the inland waterways system there. Look in this month's issue for stories on the coming NWC and AWO conferences, which will cover the inland waterway systems issues in the U.S.
INSIDE:
Bayou La Batre, Alabama:
Channel Deepening Gives
Local Yards Boost 28
Special Supplement:
Gaming Vessel Review 35
Preview: AWO Fall
Convention 51
Preview: NWC Annual
Meeting 52
Focus: Safety At Sea -
The End Of The
Grandfather Clause? 58
Review: Small- & Medium-
Sized Yards 62
MarAd: $167 Million Doled
Out To 14 Companies 65
Seatrade Tanker Industry 68
Tampa Shipyard To Build
Tug For St. Philip Towing
Tampa Shipyards, Inc. is building a 110-foot towing tug for Bay Transpor- tation Corp. d/b/a St. Philip Towing.
The tug will be powered by a pair of
Wartsila Vasa 6R32E main engines and two Aquamaster azimuthing propulsion units. The tug will be delivered in June 1994, and the two companies have also agreed on five option vessels. The tug will be built at Tampa Shipyards' fully- covered Westshore facility.
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