April 16, 2021 By Frank McCormack
Blakeley BoatWorks (BBW), the shipbuilding subsidiary of Cooper/T. Smith, has built and delivered an EPA Tier 4-compliant towing vessel to sister company Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT). The mv. Gretchen V. Cooper is the United States’ first linehaul towing vessel to be powered by Tier 4 Caterpillar high-speed engines with selective catalytic reduction.
Both Blakeley BoatWorks and Cooper Marine & Timberlands are headquartered within the Port of Mobile, Ala.
The mv. Gretchen V. Cooper measures 110 feet by 33 feet, with a maximum draft of 8.5 feet. The vessel offers 3,400 hp., courtesy of its two Caterpillar C3512E main engines from Thompson Caterpillar.
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