USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Coast Guard issues NPR on towing vessel user fees

The Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rule making (NPR) in the Federal Register relating to an update its user fees for seagoing towing vessels that are 300 gross tons

Rendering of all-electric tug

TTB 2022 Panel: Tech and the future of tugs and towboats

Marine Log’s upcoming TTB 2022 event for the tug, towboat and barge sector will feature a March 29 panel discussion in front of a live-audience that will focus on current and upcoming

John Roberts

Ingram Marine announces leadership change

Nashville, Tenn.-headquartered Ingram Marine Group reports that its chief operating officer John Roberts, will become president and CEO on February 1. He will succeed David O’Loughlin, who is to retire but will

ASD tractor tug

Bisso Towboat adds ninth ASD tractor tug

Luling, La.-based Bisso Towboat Company Inc. has taken delivery of its newest ship­ assist tug, the 6,008 bhp ASD tractor tug Capt. Joseph Bisso. The 100- by 38- by 13.5-foot vessel is

icebreaking tugboats with FMD engines

Fairbanks Morse Defense books $13 million USCG contract

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has been awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) requirements contract by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Surface Forces Logistic Center. The agreement,

TSGI promoted two employees

The Shearer Group naval architecture firm promotes two

Houston-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) reports that it has promoted two members its team. JOSHUA SEBASTIAN Joshua S. Sebastian, P.E., a 13-year veteran of the

Bridge damaged by barge

Barge strike on bridge could cost over $500,000 to fix

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators are investigating a December 23 barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge near Morgan City and Amelia, La., on Highway

Jennifer Carpenter, AWO President & CEO

Jennifer Carpenter to keynote TTB 2022 in Mobile

Marine Log’s TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) 2022 conference is set to go live and in person March 29-30 in Mobile, Ala., with a full agenda and an offsite tour in the

Dredge on dry dock

Stevens Towing shipyard keeps busy

Yonges Island, S.C.-based Stevens Towing reports that the fourth quarter of last year was a very busy period for its shipyard, with work split between between topside repairs and several drydockings. Top

Container unloaded at Port of Savannah

Gateway Terminals handles first box in Savannah

At the Port of Savannah today, representatives from Gateway Terminals, the International Longshoremen’s Association and the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) joined to mark the first container moved under the direction of Gateway,

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