Horizon Shipbuilding springing back

It’s been a busy 2018 for Bayou La Batre, Ala.-based Horizon Shipbuilding after announcing plans to reorganize last fall amid insufficient revenues. So far in 2018, it’s been a steady stream of new construction and repair work. The yard’s new construction projects include delivery of an 88-foot bunker boat and 25-foot truckable towboat. Horizon is also building another truckable towboat and 38-foot towboat for Marine Inland Fabricators of Panama City, Fla. Horizon’s most significant projects include a comprehensive repair to the towboat Red Wagner for the Tennessee Valley Authority; and ongoing repairs to towboats L.W. Nelson for Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and F/V Miss Peggy of Bon Secour (Ala.) Fisheries. (Source: Marine Link 04/06/18)