(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a tugboat captain in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watch standers received a medevac request at 7:16 a.m. via VHF Channel 16 from the…
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Crowley Solutions has been awarded the five-year contract to deliver military specification fuel to the Eareckson Air Station located on the remote Aleutian Island of Shemya, Alaska. Under the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy contract, beginning in 2021,…
(CHICAGO) — Southern Towing Company (STC), an affiliate of CC Industries (CCI), has acquired Devall Towing from the Devall family. Founded in 1952, Devall is a towboat and barge operator for specialty chemicals along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Lower…
(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, announced that Thomas Allegretti was elected chairman of the board as of Jan. 7. Allegretti first…
(SEATTLE) — Saltchuk Marine has acquired Centerline Logistics’ harbor ship-assist operations in California and the Pacific Northwest. Eight ship-assist tugs currently operated under the Millennium and Starlight brands will join the Saltchuk Marine fleet in early 2021. Operations will be…
(WASHINGTON) — As part of an omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief funding package, the House and Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 on Monday, marking a historic win for the inland waterways. The package included the…
With a year of the pandemic behind us, McAllister Towing continues to adjust to the effects that COVID-19 has had on the tugboat industry worldwide. “The initial pandemic outbreak brought a slowdown of business, which resulted in a number…
(CLEVELAND) — On Dec. 16, The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard’s employees joined at the company’s Cleveland facilities to celebrate the christening of the new tugs Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Customers, vendors, community, friends, family and the public…
(LAPLACE, La.) — Master Marine Inc. (MMI) has delivered the 67-by-28-foot Grain Express to Plimsoll Marine. Grain Express is the second of four pushboats that MMI is scheduled to deliver to Plimsoll Marine. These four advanced vessels were designed by…
(ARLINGTON, Va.) — The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has released a new video thanking the mariners of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry for their vital role in helping the nation navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2020, commercial mariners,…
(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Designed exclusively for Sanmar Shipyards, the Robert Allan Ltd. RApport 1900-SX harbor tug replaces the Sanmar Series which currently consists of 31 units built and delivered since 1995. The first six vessels of the new design…
Zero non-conformities is what you want to hear when the U.S. Coast Guard inspects your tugboat. Once you’ve prepared your vessel, the inspectors come aboard to peruse your paperwork. They ask you pointed questions, to which they expect straightforward answers.…
