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SAFETY PRIDE
Pictured as: the Safety Pride (American Commercial Barge Lines) Photo by: Kyle Stubbs

Built in 2007 by B and B Boatbuilders Incorporated at Bayou La Batre, Alabama (hull #263) as the Safety Pride for J. Russell Flowers Incorporated of Greenville, Mississippi.

From delivery, the tug was chartered to AEP River Operations LLC of Chesterfield, Missouri. Where she retained her name.

In 2015, AEP River Operations LLC was acquired by American Commercial Barge Lines Incorporated of Jeffersonville, Indiana. American Commercial Barge Lines then continued the lease of the tug. Where she retained her name.

Powered by two Cat 3508 II diesel engines, with Twin Disc reduction gear at a ratio of 4.6:1. She is a twin screw towboat rated at 1,550 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: SAFETY PRIDE
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1195365
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WDI4832
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 263
  • Ship Builder: B & B BOATBUILDERS INC
  • Year Built: 2007
  • Length: 70
  • Hailing Port: NEW ORLEANS, LA
  • Hull Depth: 12
  • Hull Breadth: 28
  • Gross Tonnage: 157
  • Net Tonnage: 126
  • Owner:
    J Russell Flowers Inc
    PO Box 1439
    Greenville Mississippi 38701
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    J Russell Flowers Inc, AEP River Operations LLC