methanol-fueled escort tug

Kotug Canada orders two powerful methanol-fueled escort tugs

Kotug Canada has selected Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards to build two Robert Allan Ltd. designed dual fuel methanol-fueled escort tugs. They will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP), which extends the Trans

Towboats and barges on the Missouri River

$37 million to extend Port KC’s reach on Missouri River

On July 5, Port KC applauded the state legislature and the governor on their dedication to Missouri’s economic growth through their unprecedented investment in Missouri’s infrastructure. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed Fiscal

ThorPlas-Blue bearings installed in an articulating rudder with Thorseals in-situ

Thordon optimizes articulating rudder with new bearing-seal combo

When a 9,280 horsepower towboat returned to service following extensive repairs at the James Marine Paducah River Service yard in Kentucky, it marked the first application of Thordon’s new seal-embedded bearing to

dredging contracts

New underwater sill will counter salt water creep up Mississippi River

The New Orleans Engineer District is to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.

Air quality monitoring is a continuing part of the Port Newark RO/RO fire

VIDEO: Responders to Port Newark RO/RO fire report “considerable progress”

The response to the Port Newark RO/RO fire that broke out aboard the Grimaldi Group’s Grande Costa d’Avorio on the evening of July 5 continued over the weekend. Capt. Zeita Merchant, the

California ports getting grants included the Port of Long Beach

California ports awarded $1.5 billion in state infrastructure upgrade grants

Port officials across California were posing with giant checks yesterday as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an investment of more than $1.5 billion in California ports – including approximately $450 million for zero-emission

San Francisco Bar Pilots new boat

San Francisco Bar Pilots take delivery of new Camarc 22

The San Francisco Bar pilots have recently taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Snow & Company, Seattle. Called Golden Gate, it is the latest all-aluminum pilot vessel in the Camarc

Strikers prior to B.C. ports deal

B.C. ports labor dispute drags on

While the U.S. West Coast ports labor dispute last month reached a point where a tentative labor agreement could be reached, there’s as yet no sign of any such breakthrough in Canada’s

Blasting restriction zones at New Lock at the Soo

Blasting restrictions ahead at New Lock at Soo

The Detroit Engineer District and contractor Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC (KAT) will host an in-person and virtual public meeting 6.00 p.m., July 10, 2023, to inform the public of blasting activities needed

Next generation Moran Towing tug

Moran Towing orders two new 80 tonnes bollard pull harbor tugs

New Canaan, Conn., headquartered Moran Towing Corporation has selected Master Boat Builders to build two next-generation harbor tugs. Developed in cooperation with Vancouver, B.C., naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd., the RApport

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