(WASHINGTON) — Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act to resolve federal and state claims for injuries to natural resources resulting from an oil spill from…
It’s been more than two years since Harbor Docking & Towing Co. added its first diesel-electric hybrid tugboats. That decision has paid off in multiple ways for the Lake Charles, La., operator. The Caterpillar hybrid system aboard Ralph and Capt. Robb…
(SEATTLE) — Maritime Partners, in cooperation with Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), e1 Marine and ABB, has announced that M/V Hydrogen One, the world’s first methanol-fueled towboat, will join Maritime Partners’ fleet and become available for charter in 2023 to…
(MOBILE, Ala.) — Master Boat Builders, together with naval architect and marine engineering firm Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL), has announced the creation of a new battery hybrid tugboat, the ElectRA 3000-H. This design has been developed over the past several…
(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) and Svitzer have signed a design agreement for a new generation of methanol fuel cell tugboats. Utilizing a combination of fuel cells, batteries and electric propulsion in a new and unique towing…
(OTTAWA) — Following a competitive process, the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has announced the purchase of a commercial light icebreaker from New Brunswick-based Atlantic Towing Ltd. This vessel will ensure that the Coast Guard retains its icebreaking capacity to keep…
(MOBILE, Ala.) — Master Boat Builders launched Spartan, an electric hybrid tugboat, on Nov. 1 for Seabulk. Delivery of the vessel, built at Master Boat's Coden, Ala., yard, is planned for January 2022. “Master Boat Builders is proud to launch…
(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard issued a waterway restriction Tuesday to all vessel traffic on the Ohio River near Belleview, Ky. The waterway restriction closes the river to all vessel traffic between mile marker 499 and mile marker…
(ARLINGTON, Va.) — The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has released a set of environmental stewardship best practices for the tugboat, towboat and barge industry. The best practices are intended to inform, support and guide vessel operators' continuous improvement in the…
(STURGEON BAY, Wis.) – Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has agreed to partner with PNE Marine Holdings, an affiliate of Polaris New Energy, to build a second 5,500-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge. This new barge will be a sister vessel…
(SEATTLE) — Foss Maritime announced with "deep regret" on Saturday that its Seattle shipyard, located in North Queen Anne, has been permanently closed as of Oct. 30. The closure does not affect any other area of Foss’s operations, the company…
(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — An Ohio man has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with possession of one or more unregistered destructive devices found aboard towboats on the Ohio River. According to the criminal complaint filed Oct. 28, law enforcement…
