L. W. NELSON

  • General
    • Vessel Name : L. W. NELSON 0
    • Operator : PARKER TOWING CO., INC. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 432 0
    • Vessel Type : 35 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 800 0
  • Location
    • City : NORTHPORT 0
    • STATE : AL 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 150 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 56 257
    • Regular Breadth : 24 257
    • Overall Length : 56 257
    • Overall Breadt : 24 257
    • Load draft : 9.5 257
    • Light Draft : 8 257
    • Height : 37 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1981 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 637140 0

PARKER TOWING CO., INC.

  • Area of Operation : BLACK WARRIOR AND TOMBIGBEE; TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE; APALACHICOLA, OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS; AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY 0
  • Principal Commodity : COAL, STEEL, WOOD PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND GRAIN; IRON ORE AND DIRECT REDUCED IRON 0

PTC

  • Type : 41 0
  • Construction : A 0

ALICE PARKER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ALISON HAUN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BOBBY JOE JAMES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CATHY PARKER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CHARLES HAUN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CULLEN LANDOLT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CURTIS TAYLOR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GILBERT TAYLOR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GORGAS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HELOISE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MARY ETHEL

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS MARION

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS MORGAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

NAHEOLA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RANDY BAYGENTS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RHETT PARKER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAN D

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TEMPLE HUCKABEE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TERAH HUCKABEE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

THELMA PARKER II

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TIM PARKER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TOM HUCKABEE

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

TOUCHSTONE ENERGY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

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Washington State Ferries announced it has canceled the sale of two retired vessels after the buyer failed to meet its contractual obligations and left a tugboat crew abandoned in Puget Sound.Sold in August for $100,000 apiece, the decommissioned WSF ferries Elwha and Klahowya had been sold to Nelson Armas, who has gained approval from the U.S.

Noble Corporation Completes Diamond Offshore Acquisition

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Tanker and Tugboat Crews to Receive IMO Bravery Awards

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Two Washington State Ferries Vessels Sold for Scrap

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