Avondale Boat Division

  • Avondale Industries, Inc. recently announced that its Boat Division has been appointed the U.S. licensee for the API-88 amphibious hovercraft.

    The API-88 is a high-speed passenger hovercraft and freightcarrying air-cushioned vehicle designed by the British Hovercraft Corporation. The vessel has previously performed effectively in regular passenger service and operation in the U.K., Canada, Scandinavia and Australia. Variants are also in service for the U.S. Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard.

    The craft is designed for high reliability, with a rugged welded hull structure, a simple transmission and air-cooled diesel engines.

    Albert L. Bossier Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Avondale, said, "The signing of this agreement is in line with our strategy to expand our resources and expertise in marine fabrication into additional commercial applications." British Hovercraft Corporation Limited is a Westland Aerospace Company and a member of Westland Group Pic Avondale Industries, Inc., headquartered in metro New Orleans, is one of the nation's leading marine fabricators.

    For free literature detailing Avondale's vessel construction services, Circle 57 on Reader Service Card

  • Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., was recently awarded a contract by E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc., to design and construct a new 3,900- hp versatile tug which will be capable of river and harbor work, as well as full ocean service. The tug will be constructed primarily for handling and docking s

  • Commuter Boat To Operate Between Kennedy Airport And Manhattan The Avondale Boat Division, New Orleans, La., of Avondale Industries, Inc., has received an order for a high-speed 400-passenger Surface- Effect-Ship (SES) catamaran that will be operated by Tri-State Marine Transport, Inc., in New

  • harbor tug and long distance towing firm, E.N. Bisso and Son, Inc., has taken delivery of the 110-foot tug Capt. Bud Bisso from the Boat Division of Avondale Industries, Inc. The new vessel is equipped for both shiphandling and ocean towing. The 4,400-hp tug is certified by the U.S. Coast Guard and

  • over by John P. O'Toole, president of Viking Maritec, Inc. Other principals in attendance included: Barry Heaps, vice president and manager at Avondale Boat Division; Dominic Verona, president of National Marine, Inc., Joseph J. Keppel, president and chief executive officer of the Ventura Group; Comdr

  • John P. O'Toole, p r e s i d e n t of Viking Maritec, Inc., Oakdale, Pa., whose firm designed the boat, Barry Heaps, vice president/manager of Avondale Boat Division, Capt. David L. Stokes, Stokes Towing Company, Inc., and Dominic J. Verona, president of National Marine, Inc. The principal speaker at the

  • construction work to builders Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., and Textron Marine Systems and Avondale Industries, Inc., both of New Orleans. Newport News Shipbuilding is involved in the Navy's aircraft carrier and attack submarine programs, Avondale

  • the $9-billion backlog at the end of 1987. Table 1. shows the final FY 1989 appropriation data. One of the beneficiaries of the Navy work is Avondale Indust r i e s ' Shipyards Division, Avondale, La. Avondale recently received a $319-million contract to construct three T-AO-187 Class fleet

  • a 4,000-long-ton capacity and one with a 1,500-long-ton capacity, 1,500 feet of wet berths with up to 35 feet in depth and complete shop facilities. AVONDALE BOAT Circle 134 on Reader Service Card Avondale's Boat Division was established to meet growing demands for all types of smaller craft by the

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