(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.…
(BARENDRECHT, Netherlands) — Herman Sr. BV, a Netherlands-based tugboat and workboat company, will add a SM200 wireless, remote-helm control system from Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics to one of its Shoalbuster tugboats, the 76-foot Teddy, to increase productivity and operational safety…
(MORGAN CITY, La.) — Conrad Shipyard has delivered two 30,000-barrel asphalt barges to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Ala. PTC 2001 and PTC 2002 are double-skin vessels measuring 297 feet by 54 feet by 12 feet. Each barge is outfitted with…
(FREELAND, Wash.) — The third of four ASD-90 tugs for Foss Maritime, Leisa Florence, was launched at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) on Nov. 18. The ASD-90 tugs are designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants of Seattle. The 100-by-40-foot z-drive tractor…
(KODIAK, Alaska) — Resolve Marine has repositioned its Makushin Bay response tug from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak, where the growing need for maritime and response services will provide local vessel operators and owners with rapid response and cost efficiencies. Stationing…
