C&C Marine and Repair Delivers Bowling Green to Kirby Inland Marine

Belle Chasse, LA based C&C Marine and Repair has delivered to Kirby Inland Marine, L.P. the m/v  Bowling Green, the second in a three-boat series. The Bowling Green is being delivered just six months after the  first vessel in the series was delivered.  

The triple-screw 6,600-horsepower towboat measures 170’ x 50’ with the pilot house eyeline measuring at 39’- 3”. The m/v Bowling Green was designed by CT Marine, LLC, based in Portland, ME. The vessel’s design includes  three (3) Cummins QSK60-M main engines, provided by Cummins Mid-South, that are paired with three Reintjes  WAF 1173 H/V reduction gears, provided by Karl Senner, LLC. The service power is provided by three (3)  Cummins QSM11-DM, 275 kW generators, and the conventional steering system HPU was provided by EMI Marine. The towboat is outfitted with three 100” diameter stainless-steel fixed pitch propellers, provided by  Sound Propeller Systems, Inc, and features double steering rudder system. The accommodations include a total  of twelve beds (11 crew, plus 1 guest), and the vessel’s design includes a floating, spring mounted  superstructure for additional crew comfort.