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Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers the Nation's First Tier 4 Linehaul Towing Vessel with Caterpillar High-Speed Engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction

Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers the Nation's First Tier 4 Linehaul Towing Vessel with Caterpillar High-Speed Engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction

The M/V Gretchen V. Cooper, the nation’s first linehaul towing vessel powered by Tier 4 Caterpillar high-speed engines with selective catalytic reduction, was built by Blakeley BoatWorks and is now operated by Cooper Marine and Timberlands.

The U.S.' First New Vessel COI Issued to Plimsoll Marine's M/V Virginia

The U.S.' First New Vessel COI Issued to Plimsoll Marine's M/V Virginia

The M/V Virginia, the United States’ first new towing vessel to receive a Certificate of Inspection (COI) since the implementation of 46 CFR Subchapter M, is owned by Plimsoll Marine, was built by Blakeley BoatWorks, and will operate within the Cooper Consolidated fleeting footprint, the largest fleeting footprint on the Lower Mississippi River.