VT Halter began construction on this unit in January 2014 and plans delivery for June 2015, when the unit will enter into Bouchard’s fleet service in New York.

“Launching the Kim is a significant milestone for Bouchard,” said Morton S. Bouchard III, President and CEO of Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. “Once married, the Kim and B. No. 270 will be Bouchard’s eighteenth ATB unit and the safest and most technologically advanced unit of its kind.”

A sister unit to the pair, M/V Donna J. Bouchard and B. No. 272 is also under construction at VT Halter’s Pascagoula facility.

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