Horizon Maritime Grows A Fleet

On April 20 this year, Horizon Maritime of Houston Texas took delivery of the first of a pair of sister ships as part of a fleet expansion program. The new 2000 HP boats will bring the company fleet to six towboats. Designed to each push a pair of 30,000-barrel 300x54x13-foot black oil/asphalt barges the new towboats are powered by twin Cummins KTA38 M1 diesels generating 1,000 HP each at 1800 RPM and turning 76x58-inch propellers. The boats will make up to the barges with face wires mounted on a pair of Patterson 40-ton electric deck winches.

The 76x33x9.6-foot towboats have accommodation for a crew of six. They have tankage for 30,000 gallons of fuel, 8,000 gallons of potable water, 4,700 gallons of wash water and 1,700 gallons of lube oil.

The hulls for both boats were built at Quality Shipyard in Houma Louisiana with the first boat, MV Gemini, finished out at Main Iron Works also in Houma. The second boat, MV Argo, is being finished out at Sneed Shipyard in Houston, Texas for a May 20 delivery. The boats were built to a Corning Townsend design.

For more information:

Steve Proehl
Horizon Maritime LLC
P.O. Box 15315
Houston, TX 77220
Phone: 713 673 8200
E-mail: sproehl@horizonmaritime.com

Qualtity Shipyard LLC
3201 Earhart Blvd.
Houma, LA 70363
Phone: 985 875 4846
Fax: 985 868 7339

Main Iron Works Inc.
148 Old Ferry Rd.
P.O. Box 1106
Houma LA 70361-1106
Phone: 985 876 6302

Clyde Sneed
President
Sneed Shipbuilding
17112 Market St.
Channelview, TX 77530

Jay Rowan
Cummins Mid-South Inc.
P.O. Box 1367
4750 Homestead Rd.
Houston TX 77251-1367
Phone: 281 812 0175
Mobile: 713 515 8978
E-mail: jay.w.rowan@cummins.com