Rendering of all-electric tug

First fully electric U.S. tugboat to be powered by ABB

The recently announced eWolf tug–the first fully electric harbor tugboat in the U.S., built for sustainable and safe operations at the Port of San Diego in California—will feature an integrated electric propulsion

Vane Brothers push tug

Third 3,000-hp push tug joins Vane Brothers fleet

Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Rock Hall, the third of four 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class push tugs under construction for the company by Chesapeake Shipbuilding & Naval Architects

Coast Guard Investigation Service will investigate harassment and sexual misconduct cases

Coast Guard arrests Maryland fishing boat operator

U.S. Coast Guard Fifth District, Annapolis, Md., reports that on July 21 Coast Guard Investigative Service special agents arrested the operator of a charter boat called Fishing Lady for violating a U.S.

bunkering barge

McAllister to manage LNG bunkering ATB

McAllister Towing LNG Services LLC is to be technical manager for the Polaris New Energy LNG bunkering operation in Florida. It will operate the articulated tug barge (ATB) Polaris/Clean Canaveral for Polaris

ATB tug Frederick E. Bouchard, seen here on sea trials in 2015, is among vessels listed in filing.

Stalking horse bidder named in Bouchard bankruptcy case

According to a filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Hartree Partners LP has been selected as the stalking horse bidder in the Bouchard Transportation Company Inc.

Cutter suction dredge

Damen wins CSD order from Paraguay

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract to supply Paraguay’s Ingeniería de Topografía y Caminos S.A. (T&C) with a customized CSD 500 cutter suction dredge. T&C will use the dredge to transform

Tanker about to collide with barge

Kirby awarded $17.4 million in Houston Channel collision case

In a July 8 ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown has awarded Kirby Inland Marine $17,398,488 in a case stemming from the May 10, 2019, Houston Ship Channel incident in which

Rendering of fully electric tug

VIDEO: Crowley to build and operate America’s first fully electric harbor tug

“The eWolf represents everything Crowley stands for: innovation, sustainability and performance,” said Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley, as Crowley Maritime announced that it is to build and operate what will be the

Safeen selected the vessel for its versatile, multi-purpose, compact ASD design [Image: Med Marine]

Med Marine to build another ASD tug for Abu Dhabi Ports

Abu Dhabi Ports’ Safeen Group has signed its second contract with Turkey’s Med Marine shipyard for the construction of a MED-A2360 series tugboat. Delivery is set for July 2021. The vessel, a

Aft end of barge

3D model class process used in barge modification

A barge modification project carried out by Valdez, Alaska, headquartered Stillwater Marine Services LLC for Brice Marine has been completed using the ABS 3D model-based class process. The barge has undergone a

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