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Vane Brothers adds 3,000 hp tug Cape Henry to fleet

Recently delivered by Chesapeake Shipbuilding and Naval Architects of Salisbury, Md., the 3,000-horsepower (hp) model bow tug Cape Henry is the eighteenth Maryland-built tug to join the fleet of Baltimore-based Vane Brothers.

VIDEO: Crowley designs electric tug with autonomous capabilities

Crowley Engineering Services has completed the design of the first fully electric U.S. tugboat with autonomous technology — providing operators a sustainable and high-performing solution for ship assist and harbor services in

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Crowley fuels ship assist tug with low carbon biofuel

Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company (“STUSCO”) recently began using a low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tugboat Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug serving the Bay of San

Two U.S.-flag ATBs now using Sea Machines wireless helms

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics reports that its SM200 wireless helm system has been installed and is finding successful use aboard two sister U.S.-flag articulated tug barge (ATB) tugboats. Sea Machines’ dealer Rio

World’s first LNG hybrid tug showcases Schottel solutions

Being built by Sembcorp Marine for operation in Singapore, the world’s first LNG hybrid harbor tug will feature the Schottel Sydrive-E azimuthal hybrid drive system and twin Schottel Rudderpropellers. As we reported

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NTSB reports on collision with ATB that totaled an OSV

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the November 14, 2019, incident in which, about about 2.15 p.m. local time, the offshore supply vessel Cheramie Bo Truc No.

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Bouchard Transportation pays $375,000 in restitution to whistleblower

The U.S. Department of Labor reports that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to a seaman whose brother was one of two

Battery-electric and LNG fueled tugs to serve LNG Canada’s Kitimat terminal

HaiSea Marine, a partnership formed between Canada’s Haisla Nation and North Vancouver, B.C.-based Seaspan ULC, has won a major contract with LNG Canada to build and operate escort tugs and harbor tugs

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TTB 2021 sees record attendance second year in a row

Setting a new record for the event, almost 500 participants took part in Marine Log’s TTB 2021 — Tugs, Towboats & Barges conference. This was the second virtual presentation of TTB. A

Conrad delivers ABS deck barge to Ashton Marine

Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard has delivered a 240- by 60- by 14-foot ABS deck barge to Muskegon, Mich., based Ashton Marine LLC. Named the AM 3600, the barge will carry

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