420 May 2007

Launch Day in Bourg Louisiana

Back easy....

Joey Portier, yard manager at Intercoastal Iron Works, recently sent me these great photos of the splashy launch that they had for Lebeouf Brothers Towing's latest push boat. (see Hotips#395 ). As in others built to the Frank Basile design, this 72x32-foot push boat is powered by twin  Cummins KTA38 M1 main engines rated at 1000 hp each.

Upset....

At Intracoastal Ironworks Joey Portier manages the yard for owner Raymond Viguerie. The yard delivered one of the Basile-designed 72-footers, the Katie Gronsulin, to Lebeouf Brothers Towing in the fall of 2006. They launched this one in early May and will deliver shortly. In line behind the Richard Gonsoulin II are orders for at least one more for Lebeouf and then two for Higman Marine. At the same time the busy yard is finishing up a 136-foot utility boat and continuing with their barge repair business.

The big splash...

Now all it needs is the top house.

All photos are courtesy of Joey Portier.

For further information:

Frank J. Basile P.E.
Entech & Assoc., Inc.
P.O. Box 1470
Houma, LA 70361
Phone: 985 868 5524
Fax: 985 857 9032
E-mail: frankb@entech-associates.com

Raymond Viguerie
President
Intracoastal Iron Works, Inc.
149 Bourg-Larose Hwy.
Bourg, LA 70343
Phone: 985 594 9678
Fax: 985 594 3005
E-mail: joeyou47@aol.com

Jon Gonsoulin
Executive Vice President
Lebeouf Bros. Towing, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 9036
Houma, LA 70361 USA
Phone: 985 594 6691
Fax: 985 594 0240
E-mail: jong@lebeouftowing.com

Joe Gregory
Territory Sales Manager
Cummins Mid-South
110 E.Airline Highway
Kenner, LA 70062
Phone: 504 468 3535
Moblie: 504 343 8369
Fax: 504 465 3408
Toll Free:1 800 359 4830
Email: joe.gregory@cummins.com

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