MTU powers Damen navy tugs
MARCH 24, 2016 — Rolls-Royce supplied Damen Shipyards Group with a total of ten MTU Series 4000 engines and five MTU Series 2000 engines, along with azimuth thrusters, for five tugs being
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SUNY Maritime expands Bouchard Simulation Center
Students and professional mariners at State University New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, NY, are now able to work together to simulate docking articulated tug barges with two Class B tug assist
Three die in Tappan Zee bridge tugboat accident
MARCH 14, 2014 — The body of a second crew member, Timothy Conklin, 29, was yesterday recovered following an incident in which an 84 ft tugboat slammed into a stationary barge near
Kirby to buy Seacor inland tank barge fleet
MARCH 9, 2016 — Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports that it has agreed purchase the Seacor Holdings Inc. inland tank barge fleet for approximately $88 million in cash. The asset purchase will
Sanmar delivers first VectRA 3000 tractor tug
MARCH 8, 2016 — Designed by Robert Allan Ltd in collaboration with Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards and Voith Turbo Propulsion, the VectRA 3000 class tug is a high performance VSP tractor tug
Gulf Island Shipyards delivers Marquette towboat
MARCH 1, 2016—Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, a subsidiary of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., recently delivered the Loree Eckstein, the second of three 10,000 hp towboats, to Marquette Transportation Co., Paducah, KY, at
Eastern Shipbuilding delivers escort tug to Bay-Houston
FEBRUARY 24, 2016—Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, FL, recently delivered the H. Douglas M, the first of a series of four Z-Tech 2400 Escort & Terminal Tugs for Bay-Houston Towing Co., Houston,
Beacon Finland signs service deal with Rio Marine
FEBRUARY 23, 2016—Beacon Finland, Rauma, Finland, recently appointed Rio Marine, Inc., Houston, TX, as its exclusive company to service its JAK-ATB coupling systems in the U.S. The JAK ATB coupling system is
RNLN takes delivery of first Damen hybrid tug
FEBRUARY 22, 2016 — The Royal Netherlands Navy brought the 29 m hybrid tug Noordsee into Den Helder this past Saturday. The Damen ASD tug 2810 is the first in a series
Bouchard christens new 250,000 bbl ATB in New Orleans
FEBRUARY 19, 2016—Family-owned petroleum marine transportation company Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, NY, christened the 250,000 bbl Articulated Tug Barge unit M/V Donna J. Bouchard and B. No. 272 yesterday at ceremonies