Intracoastal Iron Works busy building towboats
Raymond Viguerie has seen a lot of changes at Intracoastal Iron Works, Bourg, LA. “I started in the shipyard 50 years ago with pick on the end of a broom stick cleaning
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Contractor takes to river to beat London traffic
Walsh & Sons, a U.K. construction and recycling company with a fleet of 60 trucks, is planning to beat road congestion by switching to river transportation. Last week, as part of that
Tug capsizes after dry dock sinks at shipyard
The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology are responding to a potential environmental hazard following the sinking of a 200 ft dry dock at the Vigor Marine Shipyard in Everett,
Great Lakes Shipyard completes repairs to Canadian tug and barge
Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, recently completed the winter layup and repair of the tug John Spence and barge Niagara Spirit for McKeil Marine, Hamilton, ON, Canada. The project was the first
Saltchuk promotes Chiarello to President and CEO of TOTE
Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, Inc., has promoted Anthony Chiarello, to president and CEO of TOTE, Inc., the largest of its six operating groups. Mr. Chiarello, who accepted the top leadership position at TOTE,
Damen delivers its first tug to be Argentinian owned
Argentinian towage and harbor company Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos (RUA) has just taken delivery of the Damen ASD 2810 tug RUA Cap. Lucio R. This is the first delivery of a Damen tug
St. Johns Shipbuilding delivers two 25 ft tugs to Australian customer
St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. has delivered two custom built twin screw push tugs, the Lady Shayne and the Lady Dashelle, for Smithbridge of Brisbane Australia. These 25-ft tugs feature
Jensen-designed “super pumper” fireboat for San Francisco
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., Seattle, WA, a Crowley company, has been chosen to design a custom “super pumper” fireboat to enhance the City of San Francisco Fire Department’s (SFFD) marine fire fighting
Saltchuk rebrands American Shipping Group as TOTE, Inc.
Saltchuk Resources’ American Shipping Group, formerly known as ASG, is now TOTE, Inc. and its five independently managed businesses have been reorganized into to three groups: Maritime, Logistics and Ship Management. TOTE
Kirby Corporation reports record earnings
Tank barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports record net earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 of $56.2 million, or $1.00 per share, compared with $31.6 million, or $.59