Alexis to retrofit tow’s bearings

The Pierre Part, La.-based inland workboat operator Alexis Marine was awarded a supply contract from Canada’s Thordon Bearings for the retrofitting of 6-inch diameter RiverTough bearings to MV Kristin Alexis, a 60-foot twin-screw towboat built by Bollinger Shipyard in Louisiana in 1969. Both the vessel’s shafts will be withdrawn at the New Orleans yard of Bayou Fabricators and Machine Works where the original rubber bearings will be replaced with Thordon’s RiverTough tailshaft bearings. (Source: Marine Link 05/15/18)