Nautican product line continues under new ownership

Outbound Engineering Group LLC, Seattle, Wash., has taken ownership of the intellectual property and equipment of marine propulsion system specialist Nautican Research & Development Ltd, and will continue the Nautican marine product

Crowley tugs load mobile space launch platform onto heavy lift ship

Five Crowley tugboats recently worked together to load the LP Odyssey, a self-propelled, semi-submersible mobile spacecraft launch platform, onto a heavy-lift ship for Barber Moss Ship Management on behalf of Sea Launch/S7

USNS Comfort is next headed to Alabama Shipyard

VIDEO: McAllister Towing docks the USNS Comfort in NYC

The hospital ship USNS Comfort is now berthed at the Manhattan cruise terminal. Her arrival was hailed by Mayor Bill de Blasio as “something absolutely extraordinary, absolutely inspiring.” “This ship arriving is

OSG has been acquired by Saltchuk Resources

OSG secures financing for ATB barge newbuild

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) reports that it has closed on a $33,150,000 loan led by Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc. for a term of

Foss tugs bring USNS Mercy into Port of Los Angeles

As Donjon Marine began dredging operations to prepare a berth at New York City’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal for the U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort, on the other side of the country,

Handheld 3D scanning used in tug engine mount modification project

DotProduct LLC, Boston, Mass., reports that its hand-held 3D scanning was recently used to capture the as-built state of two engines to inform design modifications for the Kirby Offshore Marine tug Mount

Crowley bareboat charters in newbuild tractor tug

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s marine services group has entered into a bareboat charter with Brusco Tug and Barge for an all new RApport-design tractor tug to serve Pacific Northwest and California ports, performing

Bouchard: New York COTP orders rescinded

Bouchard Transportation reports that all Captain of the Port Orders and form 835 orders have been rescinded in the Port of New York. Bouchard is slowly returning vessels to the market and

Schottel thrusters to propel Washburn & Doughty tug

The tugboat currently under construction at the Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) will be propelled by medium-sized Schottel azimuth

B.C. community college to get state-of-the-art simulator

Camosun College, a community college in Victoria, British Columbia, is to get a new state-of-the-art marine simulator, with the help of C$700,000 in funding from J.D. Irving company Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL).

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