OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Vigor Industrial, Seattle, has delivered the 15,000 barrel tank barge Global Pilot to Greenwich, CT, headquartered Maxum Petroleum. The barge has been designed by Elliott Bay Design Group
OCTOBER 14, 2014 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports the successful sale of the 3,900 BHP, U.S. flag twin screw tug Maria Brusco (ex-Ocean Service) from a U.S. owner to private
OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Middelburg, Netherlands, headquartered Seacontractors has ordered the first two vessels of a new Damen Shipyards Stan Tug design, the 70 t bollard pull STu 3011, plus its ninth
OCTOBER 6, 2014 — Iskes Towing & Salvage has taken delivery of a Damen ASD 3212 tug named Mercurius. The Netherlands-based tug operator’s fleet now includes three Damen builds, all constructed in
OCTOBER 2, 2014 — MV Kairi, the first of four Damen ASD 2810 tugs ordered from Damen Shipyards Group by ARC Towage is now en route to Trinidad from the shipbuilder’s Galati,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 — Vane Line Bunkering, Inc., Baltimore, MD, has been awarded a $24,525,123 modification (P00005) to previously awarded contract HTC711-13-C-W015, exercising the second option year for transportation of bulk jet
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 — Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, WA, has brokered its 300th tug with the sale of the U.S. flag, twin screw tug Pacific Patriot (ex-Pacific King) from Kirby Marine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has been contracted by New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build and deliver two new tugboats for the Authority’s Niagara River Ice Boom
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 — The U.K. Marine and Coastguard Agency reports that the operator of a Portsmouth-based barge has been made to pay almost £111,000 (about $182 million) in fines and costs.
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