Boluda Towage tugboat

Boluda towage set to acquire Smit Lamnalco

In a move that will see it emerge as an even bigger international towage leader, the Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación Marítima reports that it has reached an agreement

ABS rules have been updated

ABS to support CARB on implementation of new harbor craft emissions reg

ABS is to support the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on implementation of California’s new requirements to reduce harbor craft emissions, seen by many in industry as being particularly tough. The newly

Historic tugboat Tagish

Partially sunk historic tugboat to be removed from Gastineau Channel

Later this week, efforts will get underway to remove a historic tugboat that is partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, near Juneau, Alaska. According to a local media

Metal Shark Defiant

Metal Shark delivers 45 Defiant crew boat to Anchorage Launch

Boat builder Metal Shark recently delivered a welded-aluminum 45 Defiant crew boat to Anchorage Launch Services Company, an Oregon-based operator, providing launch, line, pilotage, and cargo services to vessels on the Columbia

Kirby Corporation logo

Kirby sees favorable outlook for 2023

Houston-headquartered tank barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) yesterday reported third and fourth quarter 2022 results that saw earnings for the quarter reach $37.3 million, compared with $11.0 million in the prior

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

AIS deactivation could cost fishing vessel $41K

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a civil penalty with a maximum punishment of $41,093 against a commercial fishing vessel for violating Automated Identification System (AIS) regulations near the mouth of the

Susan W. Dio

Susan W. Dio joins Kirby board

Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), the largest tank barge operator in the U.S., has appointed Susan W. Dio to its board, effective January 24, 2023, expanding it to ten directors, nine of

grounded tug boat

USCG responds to tugboat grounding

The Coast Guard is responding to a tugboat that ran aground near the South Texas Gateway refinery in Corpus Christi. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call at

Chesapeake Class pilot launch

Maryland Pilots back at Gladding-Hearn for a fifth launch

The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered a Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Delivery is scheduled for early 2024. With a deep-V hull designed by Ray Hunt

SF bay pilots will operate CARB compliant new boats

Glosten to design first pilot boats meeting tough new CARB requirements

The San Francisco Bar Pilots have engaged naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten to design new station boats that will meet the new California Air Resources Board (CARB) harbor craft emission

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