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原文传递 Metal Shark completes third inland towboat for Florida Marine

题名：	Metal Shark completes third inland towboat for Florida Marine
正文语种：	eng
作者：	M. Crowley
摘要：	Metal Shark Boats delivered the 4,000-hp Gianna Hull to Florida Marine Transporters, Mandeville,La., in June. The new steel towboat is the third of a three-boat contract from the company's Metal Shark Alabama facility (previously Horizon Shipbuilding). Metal Shark, known as a builder of aluminum boats since 1986, acquired Horizon, located in Bayou La Batre, Ala., in 2018. With the purchase, Metal Shark assumed ownership of a fully developed Alabama shipyard and began its expansion into steel shipbuilding, refit and repair.The Gianna Hull, like its sisterships, was designed by John W. Gilbert Associates, Hingham, Mass. The first vessel in the contract, the Stephanie Pasentine, was the first newbuild delivered by Metal Shark Alabama. "We're proud to conclude this three-vessel production run with the delivery of the Gianna Hull" Doug Barrow, vice president, Metal Shark Alabama, said. "The pandemic posed some challenges, but we were able to keep our projects moving forward by working together and looking out for each other. I believe that deep mutual respect and understanding were forged between our team and FMT's representatives through our close coopera- tion, and through continual process improvement we were able to show an increase in efficiency with each consecutive build. I know these vessels will serve the FMT fleet well, and we would gladly build with FMT again."
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	78
期：	8