Safeen selected the vessel for its versatile, multi-purpose, compact ASD design [Image: Med Marine]

Med Marine to build another ASD tug for Abu Dhabi Ports

Abu Dhabi Ports’ Safeen Group has signed its second contract with Turkey’s Med Marine shipyard for the construction of a MED-A2360 series tugboat. Delivery is set for July 2021. The vessel, a

Aft end of barge

3D model class process used in barge modification

A barge modification project carried out by Valdez, Alaska, headquartered Stillwater Marine Services LLC for Brice Marine has been completed using the ABS 3D model-based class process. The barge has undergone a

Profile drawing of new pilot boat

Gladding-Hearn starts construction of new launch for Galtex Pilots

A Volvo Penta IPS propulsion system will give a launch now building for the Galveston-Texas City Pilots a top speed of over 30 knots while burning less fuel than their existing boats.

towboat with barges

VIDEO: AWO highlights industry commitment to sustainability

The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has produced a video highlighting the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s commitment to, and progress toward, environmental sustainability. The video features examples of how the industry is

passenger/utility boat

New National Parks Service vessel will serve Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty

TAI Engineers LLC, New Orleans, La., has completed the detailed design and construction of a new utility vessel, the Annie Moore, for the National Park Service (NPS). NPS will use the 74

Purely 3D process used to deliver commercial vessel

An Advanced RotorTug (ART) designed for escort duties at the Port of Corpus Christi is the first U.S. commercial vessel to be designed, built and verified using an end-to-end 3D design process.

articulated tug barge

55,000 barrel ATB joins Crowley fleet

Crowley reports that it recently took delivery of its new 55,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB), the Aurora / Qamun. The 410-foot vessel is the second ATB in Crowley’s fleet, after the Aveogan /

compact red tugboat

Compact new Crowley tug is clean and powerful

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s ship assist and harbor escort services group has taken delivery of Apollo, a powerful and maneuverable 78-foot long tugboat that delivers an estimated 94 tons of bollard pull and

shoreside operator controlled tug

VIDEO: Remote tugboat operation in Singapore

A trial in which a tugboat was remotely operated from a shore command center located at the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore’s Maritime Innovation Lab is being hailed as a major

Red escort tug

Wärtsilä to power HaiSea Marine LNG-fueled escort tugs

The pair of dual-fuel 95-ton bollard pull escort tugs ordered by HaiSea Marine at Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards will feature Wärtsilä engines and LNG fuel gas supply systems. The Robert Allan Ltd RAstar

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