McAllister Towing celebrates its 150th anniversary

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — McAllister Towing, a fifth generation family tugboat company based in New York City, is celebrating its 150th year in the maritime industry. In 1864, James McAllister arrived in

Ingram to build 20 tank barges

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 — Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, TN, says it will be building 20 tank barges in 2015 to meet growing demand for chemical shipments. While most of the company’s recent

NTSB reports on capsizing of towing vessel Megan McB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief (MAB 14-17) on the July 3, 2013 capsizing of the towing vessel Megan McB in which one

Damen wins order for two ASD tugs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — Bremen, Germany, based port and offshore towage provider URAG (Unterweser Reederei GmbH), has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for two Damen ASD 2411 tugs. This contract follows

Gunderson Marine builds barge backlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) announced today that its Gunderson Marine unit in Portland, OR, received a recent deck cargo barge order that brings its total marine backlog

JonRie equips Haifa Harbor docking tugs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 — JonRie InterTech, Manahawkin, NJ, has supplied two shipsets of equipment to two new Navy Ship Docking Tugs delivered from Israel Shipyards Ltd.’s Haifa Shipyard this summer. The compact

MaK engines to power South African tugs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014—Caterpillar Marine will supply MaK 8 M 25 C propulsion engines for eight 70-ton bollard pull tugs on order for South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority. The tugs will be

Second JonRie equipped tug delivered to Hyak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 — JonRie InterTech, Manahawkin, NJ, reports that the Washington, the second of two JonRie equipped line haul tugs has been delivered to  Dover, DE, headquartered Hyak Maritime LLC. The

Coast Guard responds to capsized tug

AUGUST 28, 2014 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to the capsizing of a tug on the Calumet River near the 106th St. Bridge in Chicago in which two crew members were

Baydelta uses SBA 504 financing in tractor tug acquisition

AUGUST 25, 2014 — San Francisco-based Capital Access Group, which specializes in U.S. Small Business Administration 504 financing, reports that Baydelta Maritime secured $10.4 million in total project financing to acquire the

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