Raymarine – global leader in high-performance marine electronics – announced  that its innovative Pathfinder Radar System has been selected by New Orleans-based Blessey Marine to support the company’s inland tow boat and barge fleet operating across the United States.

As required on new and refitted vessels, Blessey Marine’s full fleet will be outfitted with Raymarine Commercial radars and displays in the coming months. These cost-effective and easy-to-install radar systems will help the Blessey Marine fleet transport its customers’ wide array of bulk cargoes safely and efficiently throughout the navigable inland waterways of the U.S., including the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys, and along the Gulf-Intracoastal Waterway.

“We’re honored by the Blessey Marine team’s trust in Raymarine,” said Jamie Dery, VP of Sales for the Americas. “The Blessey fleet operates on some of the busiest inland waterways across the U.S., and we’re confident that Raymarine technologies will instill an elevated level of safety and efficiency to captains and crews while underway. We’re proud to play a crucial role in getting important resources transported in a timely manner.”

“Our industry has come a very long way in a very short period of time, and technology is changing at a rapid pace,” said Clark Todd, President and CEO of Blessey Marine. “If we don’t have powerful, reliable and easy easy-to-use tools, then we’re not operating at our fullest potential. Working with Raymarine and employing its world-class navigational tools help our fleet eliminate challenges that we’ve faced and bring an incredible increase in safety as we navigate America’s busiest rivers.”

Operating since 1978, Blessey Marine Services, Inc. owns and operates one of the largest inland tank barge and vessel fleets in the United States, transporting a full product line of liquid cargoes, such as residual fuels, asphalt, lubricating oils, petroleum feedstocks, refined petroleum products, petrochemicals, alcohols and liquified natural gas.