MOSS POINT, Miss. – The Southern Star, built at Omega Shipyard, has been christened and is now ready to head to South America. A christening ceremony was held Monday at the Moss Point shipyard. Following the christening, invited guests took a short river cruise on the Southern Star. The newly retrofitted vessel will head to Uruguay next, where it will be used by a sister division of Omega Protein. Renovations to the vessel include a completely rebuilt propulsion system and state-of-the-art digitally controlled equipment designed to reduce the amount of manual labor necessary to catch and land red crab. (Source: WLOX, 07/08/19)
