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原文传递 Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations

题名：	Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	Back in 2009, Verret Shipyard built a 55- by 20-foot, 1,000 hp. tow-boat with a spider deck called the mv. Donnie, named after Verret Shipyard President Ted Verret's late brother. Verret never intended on the Donnie leaving the vicinity of Plaquemine, La. He built the boat for T&B Towing, the small towing company that he and Boyd Verret own together."At the time it was being built, I said, 'This will be my retirement,'" Verret recalled.But the mv. Donnie was destined for other harbors.Blessey Marine bought the vessel in the summer of 2011, renamed it the mv. Rick Pumphrey and eventually sent it to work in the Houston harbor.Fast forward to the summer of 2021, when New Orleans-based Turn Services acquired a fleeting location and 25 acres of land in La Porte, Texas, just west of the Houston Ship Channel. In short order, Turn Services bought some deck barges in Pittsburgh, retrofitted them for spuds and moved them to the La Porte fleet. The fleet currently has a capacity for 40 to 50 30,000-barrel tank barges. If permitting is approved to dredge the fleeting area, that capacity could swell to more than 170.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	29
页码：	5,32-33