Josefa Slipways Inc., Sual, Philippines, has delivered the first two Robert Allan Ltd. design tugs to be built for the Philippine Navy. Designed to provide support to the navy’s surface fleet, they
Atlantic Towing Limited, a member of the J.D. Irving Limited family of companies, and Svitzer report that they have made a significant joint investment in the modernization of the Port of Halifax,
With U.S. river and coastal cruises in growing demand, American Cruise Lines yesterday confirmed that it has seven new ships on order, all scheduled for delivery before the end of 2026. The
The Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación continues on the acquisition trail. In February of this year it announced deals to acquire, first, the Gibraltar operations of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
CMB.TECH and Damen have signed an agreement that will see Damen build four 80-tonnes bollard pull tugs powered by a CMB.TECH hydrogen dual fuel solution. The agreement was signed May 23 during
With regulatory pressures mounting, operators of all types of vessels, including tugs, are assessing all the alternative fuel technology options. Releasing details of a new fuel flexible tug design, Damen, one of
The members of the American Waterways Operators elected a new slate of leaders last week during the association’s Spring Convention and Annual Membership Meeting. Kelly Teichman, executive chairman, T&T Marine, was elected
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard Altinova this week hosted a keel laying service for the two methanol dual fuel Robert Allan Ltd designed RAsalvor 4400-DFM escort tugs it is building for Kotug Canada Inc.,
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply azimuth thrusters to Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine, to power six new azimuthing stern-drive tugs for the Tunisian port authority, OMMP. The new tugs, of
New Orleans based Cooper Group subsidiary Crescent Towing recently took delivery of the M/V Angus R. Cooper II, a new 6,000 HP, tier 4, Z-drive tugboat constructed at Cooper Group’s Blakeley BoatWorks