Coast Guard cracks down on illegal charter boat activity
It’s that time of year again and, as well as dealing with multiple cases of recreational boaters getting into dangerous situations, the Coast Guard is stepping up its efforts to crack down
It’s that time of year again and, as well as dealing with multiple cases of recreational boaters getting into dangerous situations, the Coast Guard is stepping up its efforts to crack down
Portland, Ore., shipbuilder Diversified Marine Inc. (DMI) has promoted Frank Manning to president and COO. Diversified’s founder and sole owner, Kurt Redd, who has served as president and CEO for 43 years,
Excessive speed during an advanced harbor-assist maneuver led to a tugboat collision with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The vessels in
Start-up Canadian operator Vancouver Island Ferry Company (VIFC) reports that its two new Damen catamaran ferries have now arrived at the Nanaimo, B.C., Port Authority’s Assembly Wharf. Beginning August 14, they are
The failure of the doubler-plated hull under the engine room likely caused the flooding and sinking of the 1978-built fishing vessel Grace Marie near Gloucester, Mass., last year, the National Transportation Safety
HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, this week celebrated the arrival of the HaiSea Wamis, the first fully electric tugboat to join its new green fleet,
Kotug Canada has selected Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards to build two Robert Allan Ltd. designed dual fuel methanol-fueled escort tugs. They will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP), which extends the Trans
The San Francisco Bar pilots have recently taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Snow & Company, Seattle. Called Golden Gate, it is the latest all-aluminum pilot vessel in the Camarc
New Canaan, Conn., headquartered Moran Towing Corporation has selected Master Boat Builders to build two next-generation harbor tugs. Developed in cooperation with Vancouver, B.C., naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd., the RApport
Coupeville, Wash., shipbroker Marcon International Inc. has issued its latest tug market report and says that sales and purchase activity has been brisk, with numerous tugs changing hands during the past quarter