Master Marine delivers fleet boat to Waterfront Services
JANUARY 31, 2018 — Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, AL, has recently delivered the 67′ x 28′ M/V Tom Torretti, the second of four fleet boats with a maximum 7′ 9″ working
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Baydelta to build Jensen designed hybrid tug at Nichols Brothers
JANUARY 29, 2018 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, is providing the design for a new 100-foot, Z-Drive hybrid tugboat to be built by Nichols
Damen delivers five harbor tugs to Cuba
JANUARY 22, 2018 — Damen Shipyards has delivered five new harbor tugs to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, a subsidiary of Cuba’s Grupo Empresarial de Transporte Marítimo Portuario (GEMAR). Prior to the order
Washburn & Doughty to build two Z drive tugs with Cat hybrid solution
East Boothbay, ME, shipbuilder Washburn & Doughty is to design and build two 93′ x 38′ Z drive tugs with a “stem to stern” Caterpillar Marine hybrid solution for Harbor Docking and
OSD adds Azistern 2870 harbor tug to its portfolio
JANUARY 18, 2018 — IJmuiden, Netherlands, headquartered Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has launched a new tug design as part of its expanding portfolio of fuel-efficient vessels. The 390 gt Azistern 2870 harbor
HY tug will meet tough environmental demands of new Brazilian port
JANUARY 11, 2018 — Wärtsilä has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to design an eco friendly harbor tug for with Petrocity, the parent company of a new port facility being built
Bouchard Transportation: Still Thriving at 100
JANUARY 5, 2018—This year, Melville, New York-based Bouchard Transportation Co. celebrates its 100th anniversary. While the family-owned operator has a well-established reputation of providing safe, reliable transport of petroleum products in the
Matson puts bigger barge on neighbor island service
JANUARY 2, 2018 — Matson, Inc. (“Matson”; NYSE: MATX) announced that its subsidiary Matson Navigation Company, Inc. has replaced one of its three barges dedicated to serving Hawaii’s neighbor island ports with
VIDEO: Drone technology tested for safer tug operations
DECEMBER 23, 2017—Dutch towing company Kotug has never been shy about developing and applying new technology to its operations. The family-owned business, which stretches back to 1911, has developed the Rotortug—a tug
Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Vane Brothers ink another tug deal
DECEMBER 21, 2017—In the continuation of a newbuilding partnership that extends some 10 years, Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp., Salisbury, MD, announced that it had inked a new agreement with Vane Brothers, Baltimore, MD