Vane Brothers, Baltimore, a marine transportation provider on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, took delivery earlier this year of the final boat in a series of four 3,000 hp. Salisbury Class towboats. Named the mv. Charles Hughes, Vane’s newest addition is the 20th Maryland-built towing vessel to join Vane Brothers’ fleet since 2008.
Designed and constructed by Chesapeake Shipbuilding, the shipbuilders and naval architects best known lately for a series of five river cruise boats it has built for American Cruise Lines, the Charles Hughes measures 94 by 34 by 10.5 feet with a draft of 8.5 feet.