IMS to manage five ARTCO long haul towboats

Hebron, Ky., based vessel management services specialist Inland Marine Service (IMS) has reached an agreement with Chicago, Ill., headquartered American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) under which IMS will be responsible for operating

Moran Iron Works to fabricate new Lowell Showboat

Onaway, Mich., based Moran Iron Works has inked a contract with the City of Lowell, Mich., that will see Moran fabricate the latest iteration of the Lowell Showboat, the city’s centerpiece attraction.

VIDEO: Port of Antwerp orders hydrogen-fueled tug

Belgium’s leading port, the Port of Antwerp has ordered construction of what will be the world’s first tug powered by hydrogen, the Hydrotug. While most attention to hydrogen as a marine fuel

USACE sets date for Bonneville lock reopening

The Bonneville navigation lock will return to service, allowing vessels to pass through it, beginning 10 a.m. Sept. 30, according to officials at the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Bonneville

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Fincantieri Bay opts for Wärtsilä solution for LNG bunkering barge

The 5,400 cu.m LNG bunkering barge on order at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (see earlier story) will have a Wärtsilä LNG Cargo Handling System. Wärtsilä says the order endorses its leading position in

Eastern launches first of two Z-drive tugs for Bisso Offshore

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, Fla., reports that its Allanton facility has recently launched the C.D. White, the first of two 5,100 HP Z-drive ship handling tugs under construction for Bisso

German consortium to build zero-emission push boat

Construction is to start next month on what Berlin, Germany, based port and logistics specialist BEHALA says will be the world’s first zero-emission push boat. The energy supply on the almost 20

American Queen in new Mississippi River water quality monitoring project

A data-gathering nutrient sensor attached to the American Queen steamboat will, for the first time, allow scientists and cities to better understand the water quality along the entire length of the Mississippi

Fortescue takes delivery of Schottel equipped Rotortug sextet

The Damen Song Cam shipyard has delivered six Robert Allan-designed ART 85-32W Rotortugs to Perth, Australia, based Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue). The advanced tugboats – FMG Dusky, FMG Tawny, FMG Spinner, “FMG

USCG terminates illegal charter in Miami

The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of the 42-foot pleasure craft, Breaking the Habit, with 13 passengers aboard, Saturday, near Miami Marine Stadium. Coast Guard Sector Miami responded after receivinga report of

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