ice class ASD tugs

Norway’s BOA Group orders two new Damen ice class ASD tugs

Damen Shipyards Group is to deliver two newbuild ice class ASD tugs to Trondheim, Norway, headquartered BOA Group later this year, Though the contract was signed just last month, on February 20,

NTSB sees complacency in barge strike on Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

NTSB: Speed a factor in a costly collision between a Z-drive tugboat and a VLCC

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 22, 2023 incident in which the azimuthing stern drive, or Z-drive, tugboat Mark E Kuebler, owned by Bay-Houston Towing Co.

Port NO:A sets new container-on-barge record

Port NOLA sets new container-on-barge service record

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during calendar year 2023, the highest since starting the container-on-barge (COB) service in 2016 in partnership with the Port

KSM tugs

KOTUG takes full ownership of Kotug Seabulk Maritime

KOTUG International B.V. said today that it has concluded the acquisition of Kotug Seabulk Maritime LLC (KSM), taking full ownership of the business. KOTUG has acquired the interest held by its joint

Centerline acquires JMB Shipping

Centerline Logistics acquires JMB Shipping

Seattle, Wash., headquartered Centerline Logistics has acquired JMB Shipping, a maritime asset holding company that owns a fleet of Jones Act vessels including liquid tank barges and tugboats. Previously, Centerline leased and

Coast Guard letter onCARB regulation

USCG won’t enforce controversial CARB CHC regulation

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to get push back on a commercial harbor craft (CHC) regulation slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before

advanced Rotortgug

Signet Maritime delivers the first of two advanced Rotortugs

Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its

OpenTug CEO Jason Aristide

OpenTug raises $3.1 million in seed round funding

OpenTug, the digital shipping startup built to connect freight with barges and terminals nationwide, reports that it has raised an oversubscribed $3.1 million seed round investment. Led by Entrada Ventures, the funds

New Haisea Marine tug

Sanmar delivers first LNG-fueled Haisea Marine tug

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards reports that Haisea Kermode, the first of the two LNG-fueled escort tugs that it is building for Haisea Marine, has arrived in Vancouver, B.C., joining the three emissions-free Sanmar

Hornblower restructuring CEO

Hornblower restructures, pulls plug on American Queen

As part of a restructuring that will see it get an infusion of cash and a new majority owner, Hornblower Group has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of

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