Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. is delighted to announce the company’s new 10,000hp ATB tug Kim M. Bouchard was launched February 26, 2015 at VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula, MS shipyard. Measuring 150 Feet, the Kim is classed by ABS asA1 Towing Vessel, Dual Mode ATB, USCG Subchapter M, and is equipped with an Intercon Coupler System. Upon delivery, the ATB tug will be paired with barge B. No. 270, a 250,000- barrel capacity vessel also under construction at VT Halter. “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. I’m looking forward to delivery and am grateful to everyone involved in construction for another fine job.” The ATB unit Kim M. Bouchard and B. No. 270 is set to enter service June 2015. 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.