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US yards to build Port Arthur LNG tugs

By LNG Prime Staff
US shipyards to build Port Arthur LNG tugs
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Gulf LNG Tugs of Brownsville has signed contracts with two US yards to construct four tugboats that will serve Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas. Two RApport 2800 tugs will be constructed by Master Boat Builders in Coden, Alabama, and two by Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches, Texas. Gulf LNG Tugs of…

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