Coastal

Grupo TMM orders Damen ASD Tug 3212

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — Mexico’s Grupo TMM, has placed an order with Damen Shipyards Group for a 70 tonne bollard pull ASD Tug 3212. The tug 3212 will join Grupo TMM’s first

Horizon delivers another FMT towboat

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 —  ., Bayou La Batre, Alabama, has delivered the M/V A.B. York, a 120′ towboat, to its longtime customer Florida Marine Transporters (FMT). It is the nineteenth vessel and

Marcon brokers sale of icebreaking deck cargo barge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports the sale of the 205.0′ x 90.0′ x 15.0′ depth former ice-strengthened, icebreaker/cargo barge Arctic Endeavor from Crowley Marine Services of Seattle,

Fincantieri Bay delivers Kirby ATB

NOVEMBER 7, 2016 — Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding’s Sturgeon Bay, WI, shipyard has delivered the Kirby 155-01, a 155,000-barrel capacity barge, and the MV Heath Wood, a 6,000HP tug for Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX).

Impala towboats fitted with water-lubricated bearings

OCTOBER 25, 2016—The first four of 15 towboats operated by Impala Terminals Colombia have been converted from oil to water-lubricated tailshaft bearings using Thordon RiverTough bearings and TG100 shaft seal combinations. The