LOOKS BACK MAY 1961
• Francis J. Barry, president of Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts Inc., has been selected New York’s Waterfront Man of the Year, 1960. A recent example of the type of service Barry rendered for the port was the primary role he played in averting a major strike of some 3,500 tugboat, tanker, and barge crewmembers in New York and other East Coast ports last January.
• Twelve new covered hopper barges for transportation of dry bulk commodities are being added to the fleet of Rose Barge Line Inc., Marseilles, Ill. Built by Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, the 195'×35'×11' barges will carry approximately 1,450 tons of cargo with an 8'6" draft. • Barbour Metal Boat Works, St. Louis, delivered a new 54'×20' twinscrew towMAY 1971 boat, • The oceangoing tug Arthur Foss has moved one of largest tows undertaken by a single tug. The tug moved the 796', 38,500-ton Phillippine Sea from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash., where it was scrapped. The 1,244-mile tow was the largest move ever by a single tug in the 82-year history of the Foss Launch and Tug Co. • Ensign Marine Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is in full MAY 1981 produc-
• Mardi Gras came early this year for some 12,000 people from across the U.S. and nearly 100 foreign countries, who converged on New Orleans for a busman’s holiday at the third annual WorkBoat Show. Already work has begun on the 1982 WorkBoat Show, scheduled for Jan. 8-10 at the Rivergate International Exposition Center on the 48
the Jay Gene, recently to Eugene Luhr and Company Inc., Columbus, Ill. The 670-hp pushboat is equipped with two Detriot Diesel GM diesels driving Michigan props. tion on a 36' power boat. The original hull, designed by the U.S. Navy as a gun boat and landing craft, has been in operation for several years. Many are currently in use in Vietnam.
banks of the Lower Mississippi River. • Marine Builders Inc., Clarksville, Ind., plans to build a new $5 million boatyard which will double the production capabilities of the towboat and barge building company. • A quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share has been announced by Twin Cities Barge, St. Paul, Minn. www.workboat.com • MAY 2021 • WorkBoat
