There's a lot new in Reinauer's boathouse

摘要

After a brief pause, Reinauer Transportation Co. is at it again. This time the New York based company has introduced the first of a new series of articulated tug-barge units, with both tugs and barges built by the company's own shipyard in Rhode Island.rnReinauer's last series of new tug-barge units was introduced in 2003 with completion of Meredith C. Reinauer and her dedicated barge. Since then, Reinauer has busied itself with double hulling somernof its barges and transformation of existing conventional tugs into articulated tug-barge combinations.rnBut now, Reinauer is enjoying the spotlight once again, with a new series of four 116-foot, 4,700-hp, ATB tugs, beginning with the recently delivered tug Ruth M. Reinauer. Each tug in the series will be coupled to a new dedicated barge, built at the same shipyard.