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New Orleans-based TradeWinds Towing and the crew of the tug HOLLYWOOD claimed honors for the first transit by a tug and barge of the newly widened Panama Canal locks. They took the deck barge JMC 3336, bound for Seattle, through the canal Jan. 20. The 106.5’x33.7’x14’, 4,200 hp HOLLYWOOD is an industry veteran, built in 1985 by Sanchez Marine Shipbuilding Inc., Fall River, Mass. TradeWinds acquired the tug in 2016, and recently put her through a life-extension program at the Conrad Deepwater Shipyard, Amelia, La. With two EMD-16-645-E2 engines and a Markey TDSD-32 winch with 2000’ of 2” wire port and starboard, the Hollywood has a bollard pull of 52 tons, according to company specifications. The JMC 3336 has a 120’ beam, 14’ wider than the old Panamax standard of the canal before the widening, and was used for oil field work in Mexico before its purchase by new owners in Washington State, said Mike Brook, TradeWinds’ port captain in New Orleans. ource: workboat