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Trinity Acquires Nabrico, Making 19 Yards In TMG Trinity Industries, Inc. has ac- quired the two yards of the Nash- ville Bridge Co. (Nabrico), Nash- ville, Tenn., builders of a variety of barges, towboats, oceangoing ves- sels and a wide range of marine deck fittings. Terms of the acquisi- tion from Nabrico's owner, George M. Steinbrenner III, were not dis- closed. The announcement was made by John Dane III, president of the Trinity Marine Group, the shipbuild- ing segment of Trinity Industries, Inc. The shipyards are now the 18th and 19th in the Trinity Marine Group, and will be part of the group's inland waterways division, under the management of Robert E. Kenny, senior vice president, in- land operations. Mr. Dane said, "The acquisition of Nabrico is another indicator of Trinity's continuing commitment to VIKING FENDER CO. Division of VIKING MARINE PRODUCTS, INC. 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USA Tel: +1 (504) 466 9740 Fax: +1 (504) 466 9792 Kockum Sonics, Inc. Corporate headquarters: 441 Feiton Rd. Kockum Sonics AB. Malmo, Sweden North >&ncou\«r. B.C. Other subsidiaries: Canada V7G 1L9 Kockum Sonics (UK). Leighton Buzzard. UK Tel: +1 (604) 924 1519 Norselight A/S-Kockum Sonics. Halden, Norway Fax: +1 (604) 924 2435 Kockum Sonics AG. DGbendorf, Switzerland LEVELMASTER and LoadRite are registered trademarks of Kockum Sonics AB. Circle 250 on Reader Service Card Exclusive agents for MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS in Scandinavia AB STEPHAN R G ORN P.O. BOX 184 S-271 24 Ystad SWEDEN Tel: +46 411 184 00 Fax: +46 411 105 31 Please Contact Us About Maritime Reporter's May 1995 Issue: Scandinavian Marine Industries Established Consultants on International promotion for the Scandinavian Marine Industry for more than 25 years. waterways operators. Nabrico en- joys an excellent reputation as a high quality builder, and has a loyal customer base which we intend to build on. We have assumed all current con- tracts and are delighted to add Nabrico's extensive line of deck fit- tings to our business. These fittings complement our services to the in- dustry which extend from design, construction, repair and conversion, to cleaning and gasfreeing for just about any vessel on the waterways." Nashville Bridge Co. was founded in 1902. Its two shipyards on the Cumberland River are in downtown Nashville and in Ashland City, about 20 miles downstream from Nash- ville. The two facilities employ ap- proximately 265 people and have been retained by Trinity. The first Nabrico shipyard is lo- cated in downtown Nashville adja- cent to the Shelby Avenue Bridge, which Nabrico built on the Cumberland River in 1912. The bridge is just one of many steel struc- tures and bascule bridges (counter- weighted drawbridges) which the company built throughout the South and which are still in use today. Nabrico has built more than 4,000 barges, many tugs and towboats and some supply boats. During World Wars I and II, the company built submarine chasers, minesweepers and assault boats for the U.S. Navy, earning the Army-Navy "E" Award with four stars. The Ashland City facility was added in 1974 to build larger ocean- going vessels which could not be built in downtown Nashville. Also in 1974, Nabrico sold its structural steel division which built bridges to concentrate on barge construction. The Nabrico brand name has been retained by Trinity and the two ship- yards have been designated Trinity - Nashville and Trinity - Ashland City. For more information on Trinity Circle 100 on Reader Service Card RGF Debuts New Bilge Pro Models RGF Marine Environmental Technologies introduced the new Bilge Pro Models BP 20 & 50, advanced water processing sys- tems for barge or land based op- erations. The system is designed to eliminate problems associated with strict discharge regulations and avoid U.S. Coast Guard fines. The two models, BP-20 and BP-50, are capable of processing 20 and 50 gallons of water per minute, respectively. The sys- tem reportedly uses a new matrix filtration and coalescing system to remove oil, fuel and other pe- troleum hydrocarbons from bilge water. For more information from RGF Marine Environmental Technologies Circle 39 on Reader Service Card 80 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Circle 323 on Reader Service Card
