Robert Allan Ltd helps ITB Marine build ATB tugs at own yard
OCTOBER 19, 2016 — Canada’s ITB Marine Group Ltd., Richmond, BC, (ITB) is currently well into construction of the first of two Robert Allan Ltd. designed twin Z-drive, ATB pusher tugs for
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Gateway Dredging takes delivery of TSGI designed towboat
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Gateway Dredging & Contracting, Old Monroe, MO, has taken delivery of a 55 ft, 1,200 hp, twin screw conventional towboat built by JB Marine Service, Inc., St. Louis,
Spill from grounded Kirby ATB threatens BC clam beds
OCTOBER 14, 2016 — A Kirby Corporation articulated tug/barge southbound from Alaska ran aground at Edge Reef, in Seaforth Channel near Athlone Island, British Columbia just after 1 a.m. PT, yesterday. Although
Master Marine delivers Z-drive towboat to Marquette
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, recently delivered a new Z-drive towboat, the steel-hulled St. Simon, to Marquette Transportation Co.’s River Division, based in Paducah, KY Designed
Coast Guard foundation honors Morton S. Bouchard III
OCTOBER 9, 2016.— Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. President & CEO Morton S. Bouchard III was honored at the Coast Guard Foundation 36th Annual Salute to the United States Coast Guard National Awards
NTSB reports on barge allision with railroad bridge
OCTOBER 7, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has its issued its report on the April 26, 2015 allision of a 220 ft flat bed barge, the Gayle Force, carrying
Keppel Singmarine to build two LNG fueled harbor tugs
OCTOBER 5, 2016 — Royal Boskalis Westminster joint ventures Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime have ordered two LNG dual-fuel harbor tugs at Keppel Singmarine shipyard. The tugs, which are expected to
Vane takes delivery of tugboat Baltimore
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 — The Vane Brothers Company, Baltimore, MD, has taken delivery of the tugboat Baltimore from St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, FL. It is the third of eight vessels
Tug sellers get close to asking prices
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 — Sellers of tugs and barges are closer to getting their asking price than in previous years. That’s one of the many interesting facts to emerge in the most
Kirby to pay $4.9 million in Ship Channel spill settlement
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — Kirby Inland Marine L.P. has agreed to pay $4.9 million in Clean Water Act civil penalties and to implement fleet-wide operational improvements to settle claims stemming from a