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MDR Diesel and Boatworks is your one-stop shop for mobile marine repair and service in Houston and Galveston Bay. Our team of professional technicians are marine-certified and insured. MDR Diesel and Boatworks specialize in outboard repair and maintenance, diesel engine diagnostic and repairs, electrical troubleshooting, system repairs, and air conditioning/refrigeration repair. No job is too small or too big. Some of the brands we service include CAT, Cummins, Yanmar, Suzuki, and Yamaha. Call us today for all of your vessel needs.

Preventative maintenance
Annual service
Pre-Purchase Inspection
General Boat Repair
Fiberglass Repair
Sterndrive & Transom Service
Maintenance Packages
Engine Diagnostics & Repair
Winterization
Trailer Repair
Replace Carpets & Bunks
PWC Maintenance & Repairs
Emergency Towing

Our team at southern boatworks strives for excellence. We provide the Houston area with the only full service boat yard. With over 40 years in the industry you can be assured that your job will be completed in time for you to be back on the water.

We strive to deliver the best in parts, service, and new product sales with our experienced team of technicians, parts men, and managers all led by John Bowen. Our people have years of international marine experience in both the yachting, fishing, and workboat industries. All these years of varied service combine to create a vast field of marine knowledge in one place.Whether your boat is down the street or in some far corner of the globe we are here to make getting your boat fixed easy with our parts and service department.

Kirby is a leading distributor and services provider to industrial markets, offering customers a single source for after-market service and parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, and related equipment used in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications. In the oil and gas markets, Kirby serves as a distributor and service provider for high-speed diesel engines, transmissions, and pumps, and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units. In marine and power generation applications, Kirby provides after-market service for medium-speed and high-speed diesel engines, reduction gears and ancillary products. Kirby also sells and rents equipment including railcar movers and generators, and rents forklifts and compressors for use in a variety of industrial markets.

Our primary business is as a marine engine and boat part stocking warehouse for the gasoline and diesel recreational and light duty commercial markets. We've been around since the early 1970's. We stock and sell marine engine and propulsion products on a nationwide and international scale. We also carry peripheral components such as, marine transmissions, steering and controls, instrumentation, and more recently, newer technologies that help boaters deal with fuel/ethanol problems in the field. We stock large inventories of original equipment and aftermarket repair and maintenance parts, as well as remanufactured engines. We offer quick turn around on special order parts.