Damen delivers tug to Colombia’s Intertug in just two weeks

When Colombian tug operator Intertug S.A. needed a tugboat in a hurry, Damen Shipyards was able to deliver one from stock in two weeks. The vessel is the ASD 3213 Tanok. Built

Corvus batteries chosen for Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

Corvus Energy’s battery packs, the world’s most powerful and energy dense lithium polymer batteries, were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat. In a diesel-to-hybrid conversion, Kotug of The Netherlands has converted

USCG and safety agencies start probe of fatal tugboat fire

The U.S. Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board of Canada have begun investigations into a fire aboard the towing vessel Patrice McAllister near Prince Edward

Bollinger Shipyards team on Bouchard ATB conversion

Two Bollinger Shipyards, Bollinger Amelia Repair, L.L.C., and Bollinger Algiers, L.L.C.,  teamed to re-deliver the tank barge B. No. 230 and tug Ralph E. Bouchard to Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, NY  

Intracoastal Iron Works busy building towboats

Raymond Viguerie has seen a lot of changes at Intracoastal Iron Works, Bourg, LA. “I started in the shipyard 50 years ago with pick on the end of a broom stick cleaning

Contractor takes to river to beat London traffic

Walsh & Sons, a U.K. construction and recycling company with a fleet of 60 trucks, is planning to beat road congestion by switching to river transportation. Last week, as part of that

Tug capsizes after dry dock sinks at shipyard

The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology are responding to a potential environmental hazard following the sinking of a 200 ft dry dock at the Vigor Marine Shipyard in Everett,

Great Lakes Shipyard completes repairs to Canadian tug and barge

Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, recently completed the winter layup and repair of the tug John Spence and barge Niagara Spirit for McKeil Marine, Hamilton, ON, Canada. The project was the first

Saltchuk promotes Chiarello to President and CEO of TOTE

Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, Inc., has promoted Anthony Chiarello, to president and CEO of TOTE, Inc., the largest of its six operating groups. Mr. Chiarello, who accepted the top leadership position at TOTE,

Damen delivers its first tug to be Argentinian owned

Argentinian towage and harbor company Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos (RUA) has just taken delivery of the  Damen ASD 2810 tug RUA Cap. Lucio R. This is the first delivery of a Damen tug

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