NTSB reports on barge tow allision with Marseilles Dam
JUNE 24, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident last year in which several barges slammed into the Marseilles Dam on the Illinois River. No
JUNE 24, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident last year in which several barges slammed into the Marseilles Dam on the Illinois River. No
JUNE 23, 2014 — Built at the Senesco Marine shipyard, North Kingstown, R.I., the recently commissioned tractor tug Buckley McAllister is the latest addition to the fleet of McAllister Towing & Transportation,
JUNE 20, 2014 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada yesterday released its investigation into an incident in which a 1962-built U.S.-flag tug lost its tow of a one time “adventure cruise”
JUNE 19, 2014—An 86-year-old tugboat now has a new life as an all-electric dredge tender, thanks to a recent refit with electric motors. Originally built as a tug in 1928, the dredge
JUNE 19, 2014 — Caterpillar Marine says that Cat power and propulsion offerings have been selected to provide complete propulsion solutions for the four Ulstein SX157 design ocean going AHTS that Japan’s
JUNE 19, 2014 — The first in a new series of tank barges for Florida Marine Transporters, Mandeville, LA, was christened this week in a ceremony at Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Inc.’s
JUNE 19, 2014 — Classification society Bureau Veritas has developed comprehensive of Guidelines for Design, Construction and Operation of Tugs that provide harmonized and rationalized safety rules for tugs in an area
JUNE 16, 2014–Patti Marine Enterprises, Pensacola, FL, recently delivered the 105 ft x 38 ft Z-drive tug Signet Arcturus to Signet Maritime Corp., Houston, TX. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, BC,
JUNE 13, 2014 — Iskes Towage & Salvage, IJmuiden, the Netherlands, has taken delivery of the Bernardus, the first hybrid example of Damen Shipyards ASD 2810 tug. Iskes has been operating a
JUNE 12, 2014 — The latest Tugboat Market Report from broker Marcon International, Coupeville, WA, says that 4,770 of the 12,705 vessels and 3,888 barges that the brokerage currently tracks are tugs