Canada’s Ledcor adds six more to cargo barge fleet
JULY 20, 2015 — Canada’s Ledcor Group has has taken delivery from China of six new cargo barges that will be used to serve clients in southwest British Columbia. Ledcor’s marine division
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Bugsier Reederei places first order with Damen
JULY 17, 2015 — Germany’s largest tug operator, Bugsier Reederei, has placed its first order with Damen Shipyards. It is for a Damen ASD 2411 that will be delivered by Damen’s Sharjah,
Towboat had hole in hull, so it sank
JULY 17, 2015 — The take away from this one: if your vessel has a hole in the hull, it’s not such a good idea to just keep going. The National Transportation
Vane takes delivery of newbuild asphalt barge
JULY 15, 2015 — Baltimore, MD, headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Double Skin 509A, the company’s first newbuild barge designed specifically for moving asphalt. Constructed at Conrad Shipyard’s Amelia,
Bouchard christens huge ATB in New Orleans
JULY 14, 2015—During a ceremony on a typical sunny Louisiana morning, Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, NY, christened the largest Articulated Tug Barge unit in its fleet expansion today at the Port
CNOOC takes delivery of Asia’s first LNG fueled tugboat
JULY 3, 2015 — China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has taken delivery of Asia’s first purely LNG fueled tugboat, Hai Yang Shi You 525. The first of two tugs built by
Overturned barge spills caustic soda into Mississippi
JULY 3, 2015 — U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans says it received a report of a collision between the two towing vessels, American Heritage and David G. Schert, near Vacherie, LA,
Svitzer orders two more Damen ASD tugs
JUNE 29, 2015 — Towage and emergency response specialist Svitzer has ordered two more Damen ASD 3212 tugs with 80 tonnes bollard pull performance. They are being built at Damen’s Song Cam
Kotug names its latest hybrid rotortug in Bremerhaven
JUNE 19, 2015 — Towage operator Kotug yesterday named its latest Damen Shipyards ART 80-32 Hybrid Rotortug during the annual Herring Party it hosts in the Port of Bremerhaven, Germany. The Lady
Innovative escort tug winch system gains U.S. patent
JUNE 16, 2015 — JonRie InterTech, Manahawkin, NJ, has been issued a U.S. Patent for an innovative winch system for escort tugs. The U.S. Patent Office today issued Patent s/n 9,056,655 to