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Built 2016 at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, Louisiana. Powered by Cummins diesel engines she is a twin screw towboat rated at 2,000 horsepower. Measuring Length : 78.00 feet by Beam : 34.00 feet with a Depth of : 10.00 feet. Spotted light boating down the Houston Ship Channel from Deer Park past Channelview. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2017 at HSG Sungdong in TONGYEONG, Korea. Classification Society LLOYD'S REGISTER; Registered Owner SEA 100 LEASING CO LTD; Manager MANSEL LTD. Measuring Length Overall (m) 277 by Beam (m) 48 with a Deep Draft of (m) 17.2 and a Capacity of 1,102,878 Barrels. Spotted coming and going passing Morgan's Point arriving and departing the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 1999 at Main Iron Works in Houma, Louisiana. Powered by EMD diesel engines with flanking rudders she is a twin screw tug rated at 3,900 horsepower. Measuring Length : 91.90 feet by Beam : 34.00 feet she has a Depth of : 18.50 feet. Spotted moving down the Houston Ship Channel passing Morgan's Point. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Just over half a hundred pictures of better than 1,500,000 DWT of sea going vessels and towboats, pushboats, work boats and harbor tugs moving in between and around them on one of the busiest waterways in the world - the Houston Ship Channel. Most were spotted in the early morning light coming and going past Morgan's Point - a small town where Galveston Bay reaches its furthest inland point.

Built 2022 at Chengxi Shipyard in Yangzhou, China. Classification Society BUREAU VERITAS; Registered Owner XIANG H43 INTERNATIONAL SHIP; Manager AEGEAN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT SA. Measuring Length Overall (m) 249 by Beam (m) 44 with a Deep Draft of 14.67 and a Capacity of 800,233 Barrels. Spotted passing Morgan's Point inbound at the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 1980 at Gulfgate Shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas. Repowered 2003 with Volvo diesel engines she is a twin screw towboat rated at 1,200 horsepower. Measuring Length : 55.80 feet by Beam : 22.00 feet with a Depth of : 8.00 feet. Spotted light boating down the Houston Ship Channel past Morgan's Point. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2017 at SPP SHIPBUILDING in TONGYOUNG, Korea. Classification Society DNV GL; Registered Owner OCEAN DELICACY SHIPPING LTD; Manager CHEMIKALIEN SEETRANSPORT GMBH. Measuring Length Overall (m) 183 by Beam (m) 32 with a Deep Draft of (m) 13.28 and a Capacity of 349,993 Barrels. Spotted passing Morgan's Point outbound from the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2012 By John Bludworth Shipyard at Corpus Christi, Texas. Powered by Caterpillar diesels she is a twin screw towboat rated at 3,000 horsepower. Measuring Length : 80.60 feet by Beam : 32.00 feet she has a Depth of : 11.00 feet. Spotted pushing a loaded tank barge down the Houston Ship Channel from Jacintoport past Channelview. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2009 at HYUNDAI HEAVY IND. CO.,LTD. Mipo Bay in Ulsan, Korea. Classification Society DNV GL; Registered Owner STARBOARD NAVIGATION CORP; Manager PANTHEON TANKERS MANAGEMENT. Measuring Length Overall (m) 274 by Beam (m) 48 with a Deep Draft of (m) 17.17 and a Capacity of 1,080,170 Barrels. Spotted passing Morgan's Point inbound for the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2017 at Conrad Shipyard in Amelia Louisiana. Powered by Caterpillar diesel engines she is a twin screw towboat rated at 3,000 horsepower. Measuring Length : 96.00 feet by Beam : 34.00 feet she has a Depth of : 10.80 feet. Spotted pushing a string of tank barges down the Houston Ship Channel past Morgan's Point. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2011 at YANGFAN GROUP CO.,LTD. in ZHOUSHAN, China. Classification Society BUREAU VERITAS; Registered Owner RFTANKERS IV TOPCO AS; Manager MIKLAGARD S GEMI ISLETMECILIGI. Measuring Length Overall (m) 162 by Beam (m) 23 with a Deep Draft of (m) 9 and a Capacity of 113,215 Barrels. Spotted passing Morgan's Point departing the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 1997 at Halter Marine in Lockport, Louisiana. Powered by Mitsubishi diesel engines she is a twin screw towboat rated at 1,800 horsepower. Measuring Overall Length : 70.00 Feet by Beam : 28.00 Feet she has a Loaded Draft of : 10.00 Feet and a Height of : 47.50 Feet. Spotted pushing a string of tank barges down the Houston Ship Channel past Morgan's Point. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2019 at STX OFFSHORE & SB in JINHAE, Korea. Classification Society DNV GL; Registered Owner TIBERIUS MARINE CO; Manager PANTHEON TANKERS MANAGEMENT. Measuring Length Overall (m) 183 by Beam (m) 32 with a Deep Draft of (m) 12.3 and a Capacity of 348,747 Barrels. Spotted passing Morgan's Point inbound for the Port of Houston, Texas. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

Built 2008 at Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Florida. Powered by Cummins diesels she is a twin screw towboat rated at 2,600 horsepower. Measuring Overall Length : 85.80 Feet by Beam : 32.00 Feet she has a Loaded Draft of : 10.00 Feet and a Height of : 48.00 Feet. Spotted light boating down the Houston Ship Channel past Morgan's Point. Photographs by oldsalt@swbell.net

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