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Trinity Acquires Nabrico, Making 19 Yards In TMG

Trinity Industries, Inc. has ac- quired the two yards of the Nash- ville Bridge Co. (Nabrico), Nash- ville, Tenn., builders of a variety of barges, towboats, oceangoing ves- sels and a wide range of marine deck fittings. Terms of the acquisi- tion from Nabrico's owner, George

M. Steinbrenner III, were not dis- closed.

The announcement was made by

John Dane III, president of the

Trinity Marine Group, the shipbuild- ing segment of Trinity Industries,

Inc. The shipyards are now the 18th and 19th in the Trinity Marine

Group, and will be part of the group's inland waterways division, under the management of Robert E.

Kenny, senior vice president, in- land operations.

Mr. Dane said, "The acquisition of Nabrico is another indicator of

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Scandinavian Marine Industry for more than 25 years. waterways operators. Nabrico en- joys an excellent reputation as a high quality builder, and has a loyal customer base which we intend to build on.

We have assumed all current con- tracts and are delighted to add

Nabrico's extensive line of deck fit- tings to our business. These fittings complement our services to the in- dustry which extend from design, construction, repair and conversion, to cleaning and gasfreeing for just about any vessel on the waterways."

Nashville Bridge Co. was founded in 1902. Its two shipyards on the

Cumberland River are in downtown

Nashville and in Ashland City, about 20 miles downstream from Nash- ville. The two facilities employ ap- proximately 265 people and have been retained by Trinity.

The first Nabrico shipyard is lo- cated in downtown Nashville adja- cent to the Shelby Avenue Bridge, which Nabrico built on the

Cumberland River in 1912. The bridge is just one of many steel struc- tures and bascule bridges (counter- weighted drawbridges) which the company built throughout the South and which are still in use today.

Nabrico has built more than 4,000 barges, many tugs and towboats and some supply boats. During World

Wars I and II, the company built submarine chasers, minesweepers and assault boats for the U.S. Navy, earning the Army-Navy "E" Award with four stars.

The Ashland City facility was added in 1974 to build larger ocean- going vessels which could not be built in downtown Nashville. Also in 1974, Nabrico sold its structural steel division which built bridges to concentrate on barge construction.

The Nabrico brand name has been retained by Trinity and the two ship- yards have been designated Trinity - Nashville and Trinity - Ashland

City.

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