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Eymard Marine Construction & Repair Inc. recently completed the 78-foot mv. Isabella Juliette for Lydia Ann Channel Fleet.

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In December 2021 Blakeley BoatWorks completed construction of Green Wave, a fully compliant, state-of-the-art Subchapter M inland push boat.

The new mv. Keith Doss is the first retractable-pilothouse towboat in the Hines Furlong Fleet, and the first retractable built by Intracoastal Iron Works.

Maritime Partners, a Metairie, La.-based owner of more than 550 boats and barges on long-term charter, held a christening for the mv. Kyle Smith August 19.

April 16, 2021 By Frank McCormack Blakeley BoatWorks (BBW), the shipbuilding subsidiary of Cooper/T. Smith, has built and delivered an EPA Tier 4-compliant towing vessel to sister company Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT). The mv. Gretchen V. Cooper is the United States’ first linehaul towing vessel to be powered by Tier 4 Caterpillar high-speed engines with selective catalytic reduction. Both Blakeley BoatWorks and Cooper Marine...

January 15, 2021 By H. Nelson Spencer Eymard Marine Construction & Repair Inc. recently completed a 1,500 hp. towboat that was a long time in the making. Named the mv. Caleb J. Eymard, it was constructed for the firm’s sister company, Eymard Brothers Towing Company Inc. What is notable is the fact that the Harvey, La., shipyard did not complete the towboat until a full five years after starting to work on it, which goes to show j...