Four new ASD tractors for New Orleans area

摘要

With lower Mississippi River ship arrivals and container volumes on the rise, the timing seems right for the recent introduction of four new ASD tractor tugs at the Port of New Orleans. At the rate things are going, all of the good old conventional tugs in New Orleans will soon be sold off or scrapped just to make way for the influx of new tractor-style tugs that has occurred in the past few years. Well, that won't really happen, but it's true that all four of the port's ship assist companies are now operating one or more tractors with more on the way. Newest in the port are a pair each for both E.N. Bisso & Son and Crescent Towing. A total of 13 ASD tractors are now active in the New Orleans area, with yet another tractor expected to be delivered to Bisso Towboat by the end of this year.