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Florida Marine Transporters recently put into service the mv. Falcon, the third of six identical 2,000 hp. towboats from Steiner Shipyard.

Florida Marine Transporters recently put into service the mv. Steven Sikes, the second of six identical 2,000 hp. towboats from Steiner Shipyard.

Steiner Shipyard delivered the 2,000 hp. towboat Eric Brumfield to Florida Marine Transporters; the namesake's father also has an FMT boat named after him.

April 30, 2021 By H. Nelson Spencer Florida Marine Transporters (FMT), Mandeville, La., one of the largest independent marine transporters of dry bulk and liquid products on the inland waterways, took delivery recently of a new towboat, the mv. Mo Chiasson. Designed by Sterling Marine and built by Steiner Shipyard at its facility on Bayou La Batre, Ala., the 2,520 hp. Mo Chiasson is a conventional twin-screw towboat that measures 8...

March 12, 2021 By Frank McCormack On a cold February evening—frigid by New Orleans’ standards—the mv. Jared Phillips, the newest vessel in Parker Towing Company’s fleet, motored through the Harvey Canal, down the Mississippi River past the city’s French Quarter, and through the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, bound for the Intracoastal Waterway. The 4,200 hp. towboat, built at FMT Shipyard on the Harvey Canal, made its way...