Rosalvo is one of six more sustainable tugs being built to a Dmen design

More sustainable tugboat goes to work in Brazil

Brazilian port and maritime logistics specialist Wilson Sons started operating its new tugboat WS Rosalvo — equipped with more sustainable technologies — in the Port of Açu, in São João da Barra,Rio

Incat Crowther 29 Tuhi Rapa

New Incat Crowther 29 joins Auckland operator’s fleet

The latest addition to Auckland, New Zealand, tourism operator Explore Group’s fleet, Tuhi Rapa, is a 300-passenger Incat Crowther 29. Built by Australian shipyard Aluminium Marine, it has been plying the waters

Kirby vessel carries out barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

Kirby in barge-to-ship methanol bunkering first

Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) has carried out the first two barge-to-ship methanol bunkerings on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Two ships operated by Proman Stena Bulk, the tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous,

Caterpillar and Svitzer methanol MOU signatories

Svitzer and Caterpillar in methanol MOU

Focusing on solutions that will enable it to utilize dual-fuel methanol engines in its fleet, the Maersk Group’s towage operator, Svitzer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caterpillar Marine, that

Pilot boat refit put Tampa back in water looking like new

Gladding-Hearn completes pilot launch refit

The Tampa Bay Pilots Association has taken delivery of Tampa, a Chesapeake Class pilot boat originally built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in 2003, after an extensive refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. The

Port Houston turning basin

Port Houston: Channel project on track, box imports soften

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Monday, March 20, and got updates on progress with the Houston Ship Channel deepening project and on the impact of softening

Svitzer Brazil takes delivery of the first of six ASD tugs

Brazil’s Estaleiro Rio Maguari (ERM) shipyard has delivered its first ASD (azimuthing stern drive) tug, the Svitzer Arthur. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., it is the first of a series of six

HaiSea Marine tugboat named

HaiSea Marine tugboats named at Sanmar Shipyards

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards last week held naming ceremonies on two consecutive days for five advanced tugboats being built for Canada’s HaiSea Marine. The fleet of three battery-electric harbor tugs and two LNG

OSG has been acquired by Saltchuk Resources

OSG full year results exceed expectations

Tampa, Fla., headquartered U.S.-flag tanker and ATB operator Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2022. Highlights included: “Operational and financial performance

Snow & Company pilot boat

Crescent River Port Pilots go to Snow for two new pilot boats

Seattle-headquartered Snow & Company Inc. has been awarded a contract to build two 50-foot pilot boats for the Metairie, La., headquartered Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association. Like the two 64-foot pilot boats

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