546 April 2009

M/V Alliance Towing On the Inland Waterways

The Alliance on the Tennessee River.
Photo by Jeff L. Yates, courtesy of Cummins Marine.

Late in 2008 Higman Barge Lines Inc. took delivery of another in their series of 72x30-foot 2000-HP push boats. As with a number of other vessels this one, the M/V Alliance, was built at Hope Services Inc. in Dulac Louisiana as their Hull Number 165. This was followed by the Erik Salen a sister vessel In January 2009. A third towboat, the Kal A. Shaw being built to the same design, will deliver to Higman Barge Lines in mid-April. With a hull depth of 10 feet and a somewhat smaller draft the 144 Gross Ton these vessels are well suited to working America’s Inland Waterways.

The Alliance, the Erik Salen and the Kal A. Shaw are powered by Cummins KTA38 M0 main engines each delivering 1000 HP at 1800 RPM.

The photos show the M/V Alliance pushing a liquids barge on the inland waterways on March 18, 2009.

The Alliance on the Ohio River at Paducah Kentucky.
Photo by Jeff L. Yates, courtesy of Cummins Marine.

For more information:

Dickie Henderson
Hope Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 957
Houma, LA 70361 U.S.A.
Phone: 985 563-7801
Fax: 985 563-4660
E-mail: hopeservices@direcway.com

For more information on Cummins Mid-South:
Calvin Klotz
Cummins Mid-South
Kenner, LA 70062 U.S.A.
Phone: 504 465-3406
Email: Calvin.B.Klotz@Cummins.com

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