ESG delivers another McAllister tug

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) of Panama City, Fla., announced June 6 that it had delivered the Escort/Rescue Z-Drive Tug Ava M. McAllister (ESG Hull #222) to McAllister Towing Inc. on May 31. The Z-drive tug’s design is provided by Jensen Maritime Consultants and was issued a Coast Guard Sub-M Certificate of Inspection. ESG began work on the tug in 2018. The tug’s design is the same provided by Jensen Maritime Services’ Rosemary McAllister (ESG Hull #224) and the upcoming Capt. Jim McAllister (ESG Hull #223) tugs constructed at ESG. The Rosemary McAllister was honored as one of the Significant Boats of 2018 by WorkBoat Magazine during the 2018 International Workboat Show in New Orleans. The lead vessel of this four-vessel series is Capt. Brian McAllister, which was delivered in the summer of 2017 and built at Horizon Shipbuilding in Bayou La Batre, Ala. – about 30 miles south of Mobile. (Source: Eastern Shipbuilding 06/06/19)