The transaction includes 21 tank barges and 15 towboats that deliver engine fuel to cruise ships, container vessels and freighters at ports primarily in South Florida, as well as other locations in Mobile, Alabama and Houston.
The new additions to the Enterprise fleet, which are expected to be in service by November 2011, include three 30,000-barrel, double-hulled liquid transport barges and four 2,800-horsepower tugboats.
The new equipment will help modernize the partnership’s fleet which will feature 131 barges and 63 towboats, and the company plans to close the sale later this month.
Enterprise is a North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals.
