A 500TH FOR EQUITABLE — Equitable Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans-based shipbuilder, recently launched at its Madisonville, La., Shipyard the 500th rake type river hopper barge in a period of 23 months since the launching of its first barge built at this facility. Additionally, this facility is now consistently turning out 10 barges per week.
A 500th For Equitable
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Equitable Shipyards launched the 500th rake type river hopper barge at its Madisonville, La., yard in 23 months, and is now turning out 10 barges per week there.
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- Equitable Shipyards, Inc. New Orleans-based shipbuilder
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- Madisonville, La. shipyard location
Transcribed from the July 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.