Posted on 9/24/2015
STURGEON BAY, WI (July 1, 2015) – Marine Travelift Inc. announced today that two prominent Maine boatyards have purchased new mobile boat hoists from the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin-based manufacturer. Billings Diesel & Marine Services in Stonington, Maine, has purchased a new 75 BFMII, and the John Williams Boat Company in Mount Desert, Maine, has purchased a new 50 BFMII. Both sales were handled by The Martin Walter Company of Norwell Ma., the exclusive sales and service Northeast Distributor for Marine Travelift for over 36 years.
Founded in 1928, Billings Diesel & Marine is a full-service boatyard dedicated to every aspect of boat service and maintenance, serving recreational yachts, fishing boats and commercial vessels — including coastal Maine’s ubiquitous lobster boats, tugs and ferries — up to and beyond 100 feet in length. In mid-April, the yard added a new Marine Travelift 75 BFMII mobile b...