Gladding-Hearn to deliver new Louisiana pilot boat to Associated Federal Pilots

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Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding will deliver a pilot boat in the second quarter of 2021 to its newest customer, the Associated Federal Pilots in Metairie, La. It's a 52.6'×16.8'3.10' Chesapeake-class pilot boat, of which the shipyard has built 21 for 12 pilot associations since the Somerset, Mass., company introduced the model in 2003. After its launching, the pilot boat will be stationed in Venice, La., along the Mississippi River. The offshore pilot boat will take pilots out to ships in the Gulf of Mexico. But it will also be doing coastal work with ATBs, putting pilots on tugs or barges, which will be the vessel's main objective, said Peter Duclos, president of Gladding-Hearn.