POINT COMFORT

  • General
    • Vessel Name : POINT COMFORT 0
    • Operator : HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 432 0
    • Vessel Type : 35 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 2000 0
  • Location
    • City : HOUSTON 0
    • STATE : TX 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 142 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 78 257
    • Regular Breadth : 34 257
    • Overall Length : 78 257
    • Overall Breadt : 34 257
    • Load draft : 10 257
    • Light Draft : 10 257
    • Height : 31 257
  • Other
    • Year : 2013 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 1242166 0

HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC.

  • Area of Operation : HOUSTON, GIWW, NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER 0
  • Principal Commodity : LUBE OIL AND PETRO CHEMICALS 0

HTCO

  • Type : 71 0
  • Construction : A 0

LOGICON

  • Type : 71 0
  • Construction : A 0

MMI

  • Type : 71 0
  • Construction : A 0

ABERDEEN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ALLIANCE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ANNAPOLIS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ANTIETAM

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ARANSAS PASS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ARUNDEL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BAFFIN BAY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BALTIMORE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BELLE CHASSE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BETHESDA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BOLIVAR POINT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CALCASIEU

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CAPT. JACK HIGMAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CECIL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CHESAPEAKE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CLIFFORD L. CARRAWAY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

COLT CLARY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

COVE POINT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CUMBERLAND

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DECATUR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DRUM POINT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

EMPIRE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ERIK SALEN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

FREEPORT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GEORGE H. THOMAS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GORDON A. KEENAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GRETCHEN C

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GUADALUPE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HIGH ISLAND

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HIGMAN LEADER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HIGMAN LEGACY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HORN ISLAND

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

INGLESIDE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

JESSE B. GUNSTREAM, JR.

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

JOHN T MCMAHAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

KARL G. ANDREN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

KYLE A SHAW

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

LAVACA BAY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

LOUISIANAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MARK E. FLYNN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MARRERO

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MATAGORDA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS CYNTHIA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS MARIANNE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS SARAH

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ORANGE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PALACIOS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PEDERNALES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PELICAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PIMLICO

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

POINT ISABEL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

POINT MALLARD

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PORT NECHES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

POTOMAC

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

PRESTON N. SHUFORD

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RED FISH

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RED RIVER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RIO GRANDE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ROCKFISH

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SABINE PASS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAINT CHARLES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAN ANTONIO

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAN BERNARD

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAN MARCOS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SAN SABA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SANDY POINT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SEVERN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SKIPJACK

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SPINDLETOP

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ST ROSE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SWEENEY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TEXIAN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

THREE RIVERS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TRINITY BAY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

EBL

  • Type : 74 0
  • Construction : A 0

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Vard, Inkfish Sign Shipbuilding Contract for New Research Vessel

Vard, Inkfish Sign Shipbuilding Contract for New Research Vessel

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TUI Cruises Launches Fincantieri-Built Dual-Fuel Cruise Ship

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One Year Ago Today: U.S. Maritime Industry Delivers in Wake of FSK Bridge Collapse

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SCA’s Paxton Testifies to Congress on Bolstering U.S. Shipbuilding Base

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Louis Dreyfus Picks Chinese Shipyard to Build Three New SOVs for Vattenfall

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Sails on an OPV? Vessel Design, with French Flair

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Greener Fuels, Cleaner Fuels?

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ACBL Christens ‘Most Powerful’ Towboat Ever to Sail on Mississippi River

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Crafting Dependability: The Island Vessel Built for Any Challenge

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US Port Strike Throws Spotlight on Big Union Foe: Automation

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