USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Towing vessel steering failure prompts safety alert

The Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis has released Marine Safety Alert 06-21 to notify mariners of a potentially dangerous situation involving improperly machined threads which can lead to steering ram

RT Imperieuse: One of two Kotug Rotortugs chartered in by BHP

VIDEO: BHP charters in two more Rotortugs for Port Hedland

Rotterdam-headquartered Kotug reports that two newbuild Rotortugs — RT Imperieuse and RT Clerke — have arrived in Port Hedland, Australia, to start a long term charter to mining giant BHP. Both vessels

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Port of Oakland: No congestion here

Officials at the Port of Oakland, Calif., are calling on shipping lines to route more to the port in the middle of supply chain crises elsewhere. The port says its marine terminals

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Will Coast Guard revise towing vessel inspection fees?

The TVIB (Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau) reports that the Coast Guard is proposing a rulemaking that would revise user fees for towing vessels inspected under 46 CFR subchapter M and update the

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Keppel O&M tug first with ABS Remote Control Navigation notation

A remotely operated harbor tug developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is the first in the world to receive the ABS Remote Control Navigation Notation. A trial of the 65-meter

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Kirby names new CFO

Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports that Raj Kumar will be joining the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer in November 2021. He will succeed Bill Harvey, who previously announced

Centerline acquires JMB Shipping

Centerline Logistics acquires former Bouchard ATBs

Seattle, Wash., based Centerline Logistics, one of the largest marine petroleum transportation companies in the U.S., has acquired “several” former Bouchard Transportation articulated tug and barge (ATB) units. It says the acquisition

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VIDEO: GLDD partners up with coastal CO2 capture project

Could carbon-removing sand help slow climate change? Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S., could play a part in making that happen.

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Master Boat Builders lays keels of first of four ASD tugs

Coden, Ala., based shipbuilder Master Boat Builders has laid the keels of the first two of a quartet of 85-foot, Robert Allan Ltd. RApport ASD tugs that it has on order for

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McAllister Towing orders two more tractor tugs

New York City headquartered McAllister Towing reports that it has signed a contract for the construction of two 93- by 38-foot tier IV, 84-metric-ton bollard pull, tractor tugs with the option for

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