Wärtsilä expands, extends maintenance deal with Crowley

MARCH 21, 2018 — Under an agreement that was extended last year, Wärtsilä will cover the maintenance of 22 Wärtsilä engines installed on board 11 Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs) owned and operated

Gulf Island Shipyards to build new salvage ship for Navy

MARCH 17, 2018 — Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, Houma, LA, a subsidiary of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., will build the next generation of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships (T-ATS) for the U.S.

Vane Brothers unveils new Launch Division

MARCH 9, 2018 — The Vane Brothers Company, a leading marine transportation provider headquartered in Baltimore, MD, has established Vane Launch as a new division that builds upon the company’s existing launch service

USCG responds to sunken towing vessel

MARCH 7, 2018 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a report of a sunken towing vessel at mile marker 832 of Everett Lake near Dyersburg, Tennessee. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector

Vane Brothers Company takes delivery of ATB tank barge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 — Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), Bristol, RI, reports that the Vane Brothers Company has taken delivery of a BHGI designed 403 ft

Seventy-four year old tugboat sinks under tow

FEBRUARY 23, 2018 —The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a tug collision that occurred about three miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, early Thursday, and monitoring the site where one of

Marcon brokers sale and tow of double hull ocean tank barge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports that it has sold a 28,580 mtdw double hull ocean tank barge to private interests in South America, following completion of a

Ice class Seaway tug now at production design stage

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Robert Allan Ltd. has released more details of the ice class TundRA 3600 tug that Gulf Island Shipyards is to build under an $18.4 million contract awarded by

Conrad Shipyard delivers first of three Vane Brothers ATB tugs

FEBRUARY 21, 2018 — Baltimore, MD, headquartered Vane Brothers Company has taken delivery of the first of three new ATB tugs from Conrad Shipyard’s Orange, TX, shipyard. The first tug is the

Canal Barge to retrofit further vessel with Becker Flap Rudder system

FEBRUARY 13, 2017 — The U.S. office of Hamburg headquartered Becker Marine Systems has won a further Becker Flap Rudder retrofit order from Canal Barge Company, Inc. Founded in 1933, Canal Barge

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