McAllister Towing solidifies Charleston, Port Everglades fleets

摘要

For most tugboat companies, building one new azimuthing stem drive (ASD) tugboat would make for a pretty good year. McAllister Transportation and Towing added two within just eight months. The 6,772-hp Capt. Jim McAllister left Eastern Shipbuilding in late August 2019, arriving soon afterward in Charleston, S.C. The 100-foot vessel routinely escorts and assists post-Panamax contain-erships calling on the sprawling Wando Welch Terminal across the Cooper River in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Eileen McAllister, a 93-foot, 6,772-hp, ship docking and escort tugboat built at Washburn & Doughty, provides similar services in Port Everglades, Fla. McAllister paired Eileen with Tate McAllister, built six years ago with the same hull but different propulsion and winch packages.