Marine Log to hold TTB 2022 in Mobile in March
Registration is now open for Marine Log’s annual TTB — Tugs, Towboats & Barges — conference, the only event dedicated exclusively to the tug, towboat and barge segments of the U.S. maritime
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Schottel solutions selected for Crowley’s eWolf tug
The first all-electric tug to be built and operated in the U.S., Crowley’s eWolf, will be equipped with several Schottel systems. As part of the fully integrated electrical package, Schottel is supplying
Parker Towing promotes 3 employees
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing, one of the largest inland barge lines in the U.S., reports that it has promoted three of its employees. Jeremy Headley, who joined the Parker Towing sales team
Deadly dredge strike on pipeline: NTSB makes 10 safety recs
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued 10 safety recommendations Tuesday. They were made during a public board meeting held to determine the probable cause of the fatal August 21, 2020, hazardous
Fincantieri Bay delivers Clean Canaveral
In a ceremony held this past Friday, December 3, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The
Terminal to be only Mississippi River wharf to handle 1,200-foot vessels
NOLA Oil Terminal LLC reports that it has begun construction on Phase 1 of an oil and refined products terminal project in Plaquemines Parish, La., occupying 158 acres located at Mile 59
New container capacity to come on line at Georgia Ports
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is taking steps to speed up its planned addition of a further 1.6 million TEU of annual container capacity at the Port of Savannah. It says that
Royal IHC delivers key components for new Weeks dredge
The trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) R.B. Weeks, under construction for Weeks Marine Inc. at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla., will feature an extensive range of Royal IHC designed
Svitzer to build next-gen TRAnsverse Tug
Maersk group towage operator Svitzer has reached an agreement with naval architect firm Robert Allan Ltd. and Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards to build a next-generation TRAnsverse Tug. The first of these multipurpose tugs
Crewmember falls overboard from American Queen steamboat
The Coast Guard suspended its search December 2 for a man who fell overboard from the M/V American Queen a day prior near Mile 229 of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge,