Tugs & Barges

The first two of five split hopper barges built by Peru's Servicios Industriales de la Marina (SIMA) PERU S.A., to support the Panama Canal expansion were recently delivered to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).Designed by Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA), Seattle, WA, the hopper barges measure 65 meters in overall l ...

Houston-based tank barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) today announced the purchase of the coastwise tank barge fleet of Seaboats, Inc. and affiliated companies consisting of three 80,000 barrel coastwise tank barge and tug units for $42.3 million in cash. The three coastwise tank barge and tug units currently operate along the East Coast and have an average age of five year ...

Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, Wash., has brokered the sale of the unfinished, newbuilding hover barge "Monty" by builder Sundial Marine Construction & Repair of Troutdale, Oregon. to private buyers.This unique hover or air cushion barge (ACB) was designed to hover about 5 ft above the surface while carrying about 450 tons of deck cargo on a ...

The Panama Canal Authority has awarded Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon S.A. a $158.3 million contract  for 14 new tugs to increase the current fleet to meet the projected growth of transits on the waterway.The contract was awarded to the company offering the best value proposal. The tender was opened to wide competition with the participation of 20 co ...

Signal International announced today the option to build a second articulated tug/barge (AT/B) vessel has been exercised by Kirby Ocean Transport Company, the offshore tug and barge owning and operating subsidiary of Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) of Houston, Texas. ...

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has taken delivery of the second in a series of Cuban-built harbor tugs. The first, Kariña, was delivered in April last year. Like that vessel, the latest tug, Guaiquerie, has been built in the Havana shipyard of Caribbean Drydock Company. The PDVSA program is for a total of eight tugs, six to be built in Cuba and two in Venezuela.The 30 ...

Waterways Council, Inc.’s (WCI) Board of Directors unanimously elected Mike Toohey as the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  Toohey, who has more than 30 years of federal government expertise, will replace Cornel Martin who resigned and left the post vacant earlier this year. He will assume his duties as the new President and CEO eff ...

Seattle- based Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., a Crowley company, recently completed custom design work for the Bob Franco, a new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboat for Harley Marine Services. The vessel - measuring 120 feet in length and 35 feet in width - is one of the first to be powered by Tier III CAT C175 engines, which have lower emissions than Tier II models, m ...