Chesapeake Shipbuilding wins tugboat order

JANUARY 22, 2015 — Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, has signed a contract with Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD, to build two new tugs. They will be the thirteenth and fourteenth tugs built

Horizon delivers two more towboats to FMT

DECEMBER 6, 204 — With the recent deliveries of the 120 ft Gianna Hull and the 80 ft John Cox, Horizon Shipbuilding Inc, Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered three vessels this

Two more Damen ASD 2810 tugs head for Trinidad

DECEMBER 4, 2014 —Two more Damen ASD 2810 tugs are on their way to ARC Towage in Trinidad and Tobago. The MV Manatee and MV Atlantic Legacy, which complete a four vessel

ABS approves LNG fueled Z-drive towboat design

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered Conrad Shipyard, L.L.C. and the Seabrook, TX, based Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) have developed the design of a 4,200 hp liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Jensen designs two new Crescent Towing ASD tugs

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s naval architecture and marine engineering firm, is providing customer Crescent Towing of New Orleans, LA, designs for two, new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD),

Latest McAllister tug is JonRie equipped

NOVEMBER 24, 2014 — JonRie InterTech, LLC, Manahawkin, NJ, has supplied its fifth ship set of Full Bollard Pull Winches to McAllister Towing of New York. They are installed on the latest

Gulf Island to build third 8,000 bhp towboat

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), announced today that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C., it has received notice to proceed with an option for the

Wärtsilä to design, equip Mid East’s first LNG harbor tug

NOVEMBER 18, 2014 — Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai, UAE, has contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for a new harbor tug that will operate on liquefied natural

AEP towboat to be converted to hybrid vessel

NOVEMBER 16, 2014—The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) recently announced the award of a $450,000 grant to AEP River Operations, St. Louis, MO, to convert the 8,000 hp towboat Christopher M. Parsonage into

EPA provides funding for tugboat repower

NOVEMBER 13, 2014 — The U.S. EPA has awarded $495,000 to fund two marine repower projects in the state of Massachusetts. CLF Ventures, Inc. has received $300,000 to repower the tugboat Navigator,

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