Vickie Gates #668999 Length 70 feet - Breadth 27 feet - Twin screw towboat Built 1984 by Eastern Marine, Inc., Panama City, FL. (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:55 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Tom Waller - Thanks, Tom! On The Houston Ship Channel, 4/2011
GM 12V-149 diesels, 1350 hp. Twin Disc red. 6.18:1. Originally Arrowhead, owned by Florida Barge Lines Corp., New Orleans, LA. Leased by Compass Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA 1984-5/1986. Operated by Colle Towing Co., Inc., Pascagoula, MS 5/1986-6/1998. Sold to Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., Mandeville, LA, renamed John P 8/2000. Sold to Bolivar Barge Cleaning Service LLC, Santa Fe, TX, renamed Vickie Gates 1/2009.
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