George Engine
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- George Engine Reports Record Growth-Sales —Brochure Available Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1981 #56
George Engine Company, Inc., of Harvey, La., is an organization that started a little over 35 years ago with a $2,500 investment and has grown into one of the world's largest distributors of Detroit Diesel marine engines.
The company is named for its late founder, George S. Frierson Jr., who secured a franchise in 1945 from the General Motors Corporation through a combination of personality, business acumen, and old-fashioned luck. Mr.
Frierson's son, Louis, now serves as chairman, president and general manager.
The company's new Harvey headquarters facility encompasses a quarter of a million square feet, making GECO one of the biggest installations of its kind in the U.S. In addition, the company operates wholly owned branches in Lafayette, Morgan City, and Baton Rouge, and has acquired property for building additional branches in other key areas.
The company's franchised dealers, of whom there are more than 70, are located in nearly every important township and city throughout South Louisiana.
Sales to the maritime industry account for well over half of GECO's entire business, which will exceed gross sales of $140 million in 1981.
The original "Jimmy Diesels" sold by GECO were used for powering shrimp trawlers and oyster luggers. While commercial fishermen still account for a sizeable share of business, the company's major interest today lies with the offshore petroleum industry.
George Engine was part of the development of much of the equipment used for transporting machinery, supplies and personnel to offshore drilling and production sites. In the process, the company has supplied tens of thousands of marine engines and more than 1,500 complete boat "packages." The concept of selling and financing complete workboats originated with GECO and is widely accepted in the oil and towing industries.
GECO also furnished the engines used to power the world's first all-steel crewboat. Some years later, it did the same with the first all-aluminum crewboat that is still in service on Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo. The company also powered and financed the industry's first "bo-truck," then a radical new design for workboats, featuring a wheelhouse fully forward and a large afterdeck suited f o r carrying bulky oilfield cargo.
In January 1980, George Engine added ALCO Power Boss engines to its product line, giving the company the ability to power the biggest workboats including long-range towing/supply vessels, tugs, towboats, and other equipment used both offshore and on the inland waterways.
A sizeable portion of GECO's main plant is devoted to assembling generator sets for the marine industry.
In addition to its commercial work, GECO has furnished engines and generators for hundreds of patrol boats and a number of experimental vessels built for the military.
For a brochure on George Engine Co. capabilities, Write 12 on Reader Service Card
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- Gulf Mississippi Marine Signs For Three Vessels From George Engine Maritime Reporter, Apr 15, 1977 #52
Marine Corporation of New Orleans, La. Representing a cumulative investment of $6,400,000, the boats were acquired by Gulf Mississippi Marine from George Engine Company, Inc. of Harvey, La., who arranged for their design, construction, powering, outfitting, government certification, and interim financing
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- Louis L. Frierson Elected President George Engine Company Maritime Reporter, Dec 1978 #47
Louis L. Frierson has been elected president and chief executive officer of George Engine Company, Inc. (GECO). Mr. Frierson will continue as chairman of the board of GECO, a position he has held for the past two years. H.F. Colby, whom Mr. Frierson succeeds, recently resigned as president, but
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- Halter Marine Delivers Large Supply Boat To George Engine Co. Maritime Reporter, Sep 1977 #26
Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered a new 166-foot offshore supply vessel, Fay Hebert, to its owner, the George Engine Co. of Harvey, La. The ship's overall dimensions are 166 feet in length, with a 38-foot breadth, 13-foot depth, and a normal operating draft of 11 feet.
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- Launch First Five-Screw Crewboat At Gulf Craft; Diesel Plant Modified By George Engine Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1981 #7
George Engine Company of Harvey, La., among the world's largest distributors of marine diesel engines, has added another innovation to the offshore diesel power field. The first five-screw crew/utility boat, Joyce McCall II (shown above), was launched recently by Gulf Craft, Inc., Patterson, La.
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- A Review OUTSTANDING U.S. SHALLOW DRAFT VESSELS OF 1980 Maritime Reporter, Jan 1981 #14
. The utility vessel is powered by two General Motors Detroit Diesel 16V-92N engines with a total output of 1,200 bhp at 1,800 rpm, supplied by George Engine Company, driving Twin Disc 5:1 reduction gears for a speed of 12 knots. Electric power is provided by two Detroit Diesel engines driving 50-kw
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- HUDSHIP Delivers 112-Foot Lamnalco Merlin Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1980 #10
GM Detroit Diesel 16V92NA engines, each rated 600 bhp at 1,800 rpm, with Twin Disc MG527 reduction gears. The power package was supplied by George Engine of Harvey, La. Engine controls are by Kobelt. On sea trials the vessel exceeded 10 knots in a loaded condition and logged 13 knots lightly
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- HUDSHIP Reenters Towboat Market With Delivery Of 'Belgian' Maritime Reporter, Nov 15, 1980 #51
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 Gisclair. The new vessel is HUDSHIP's standard 70-foot towboat design and
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- Bayou Black Delivers Sundance Sunset Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1981 #14
long with a 13-foot beam, and 6.5-foot depth midship. The main propulsion is supplied by two G.M. Detroit Diesel Allison 6-71 engines provided by George Engine Co. of Morgan City. Propellers furnished by Toups Propellers of Abbeville, La., are 28-inch by 30-inch Columbian bronze hydrosonic. Shafts are
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- Detroit-Powered Towboat Delivered To FOSTI By Orange Shipbuilding Maritime Reporter, Jun 1981 #86
10 feet, and normal operating draft of 8 feet. Two Delco 40-kw generators are driven by Detroit 4-71 diesels. All of the engines were supplied by George Engine Company of Harvey, La. Engine monitoring equipment was furnished by the builder, and all electronic gear was owner-furnished. The main engines
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- Schottel Gets Contracts For Six Tractor Tugs Maritime Reporter, Sep 1980 #76
, including a nozzle of 52 inches ID for higher thrust efficiency. They will be driven by General Motors Detroit Diesel Engines 16V-92, supplied by George Engine Company of Harvey, La. Each will produce 600 hp per shaft, running at 1,800 rpm. The total reduction ratio within the Rudder-Propeller
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- Crew/Supply Vessel Delivered By Progressive Shipbuilders Maritime Reporter, Jun 1980 #60
service speed is 28 mph. Main propulsion is provided by four General Motors 12V71 diesel engines, each with an output of 570 bhp, supplied by George Engine Company. Twin Disc Inc. manufactured the four reduction gears, model MG 514, with 2Vo:l ratio. Controls were supplied by WABCO. Fuel capacity
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43“The industry is an ecosystem which includes owners, managers, mariners, shipyards, equipment makers, designers, research institutes and class societies: all of them are crucial,” – Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports All images courtesy ABB Marine and Ports provi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 18MARKETS & gas activity returns, we anticipate that supply of the vessels The Question of Emissions to offshore wind projects will reduce, driving demand for ad- Given that SOVs and CSOVs operate in a segment target- ditional CSOVs. ing reduced emissions, and many operate in the North Eu- Outside of China
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 40Vessels General Arnold Chasse, La. The 32-inch CSD will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The project will bene? cially reuse 100% of the dredged material removed from the channel deepening and widening. The General Arnold is the newest,
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 36Feature Electric Tugs the construction of which has fallen behind schedule. “When you’re out on the leading edge of these technolo- gies, everything has to catch up,” Manzi said. “Permitting has to catch up, regulation has to catch up, standards have to catch up. And we’ve faced all three of those challenge
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 32Feature Electric Tugs All images courtesy Eric Haun On Board the eWolf: F - V B ULL ELECTRIC ESSEL RINGS EW ECHNOLOGY TO THE N T U.S. By Eric Haun rowley Maritime Corporation has owned and ing options to reduce their emissions. A growing num- operated a lot of vessels since its founding in ber
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship With plans to have a full-scale test engine running on am- age it'll be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and monia in early 2024, the company said it expects to hold its de- their progress, Brindley is diplomatic in saying that there is no livery timeline
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 3915,000 TEU AMMONIA CONTAINERSHIP 000 TEU Containership the problematic area of adding carbon like you have with other alternative fu- “Safety has been at the els. When you start to add components center of the design, and into that, carbon is one of the most dif- it will continue to be so ? cult ones
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 33EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES STACKING not forget any oil leak, big or small, can be catastrophic to the marine environment and marine life, with some EALs found to THE DECKS be only slightly less damaging than the phased-out traditional WITH BEST-IN-CLASS MARINE oils,” said VP of Business Development