The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 22, 2023 incident in which the azimuthing stern drive, or Z-drive, tugboat Mark E Kuebler, owned by Bay-Houston Towing Co.
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during calendar year 2023, the highest since starting the container-on-barge (COB) service in 2016 in partnership with the Port
KOTUG International B.V. said today that it has concluded the acquisition of Kotug Seabulk Maritime LLC (KSM), taking full ownership of the business. KOTUG has acquired the interest held by its joint
Seattle, Wash., headquartered Centerline Logistics has acquired JMB Shipping, a maritime asset holding company that owns a fleet of Jones Act vessels including liquid tank barges and tugboats. Previously, Centerline leased and
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to get push back on a commercial harbor craft (CHC) regulation slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before
Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its
OpenTug, the digital shipping startup built to connect freight with barges and terminals nationwide, reports that it has raised an oversubscribed $3.1 million seed round investment. Led by Entrada Ventures, the funds
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards reports that Haisea Kermode, the first of the two LNG-fueled escort tugs that it is building for Haisea Marine, has arrived in Vancouver, B.C., joining the three emissions-free Sanmar
As part of a restructuring that will see it get an infusion of cash and a new majority owner, Hornblower Group has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of
Glenfarne Energy Transition subsidiary Texas LNG has selected Gulf LNG Tugs of Texas to build, deliver and operate tugboats at the four million tonnes per annum LNG export terminal it is to