Tidewater Transportation christens two towboats

JUNE 16, 2011 — The two newest inland river towboats in Tidewater Transportation and Terminals’ fleet were christened Granite Point and Ryan Point during a late afternoon ceremony last Saturday at Vancouver

Webinar will focus on Subchapter M audit requirements

JUNE 15, 2016 — Portland, ME, based ClassNK subsidiary Safety Management Systems, LLC (SMSLLC) will host a  30-minute webinar on June 21, 2016 at 1400 EDT. It is aimed at towing vessel

Paraguay push boats have retractable flanking rudders

JUNE 15, 2016 —Imperial Shipping, Paraguay, has ordered at the large Dutch Shipbuilder, Veka Shipbuilding BV, two new push boats, the Herkules XVII and Herkules XVIII, for operations on the Parana river,

USCG posts advance copy of Subchapter M

JUNE 13, 2016 — The U.S Coast Guard has published an advance copy of its final rule concerning inspection of towing vessels (better known as Subchapter M). The official version is scheduled

JMS-designed stevedoring barge delivered

JUNE 8, 2016 — JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, CT, engineered and designed a crane barge for the State of Rhode Island recently delivered by Conrad Shipyard, Amelia, LA. The barge will be

Foss christens second Arctic Class tug

JUNE 7, 2016 — Foss Maritime reports that the second of three state-of-the-art Arctic Class tugs, the Denise Foss, was recently christened at the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma, WA. Built at

Damen delivers two ASD tugs to Chile

JUNE 6, 2016 — SAAM S.A., a leading towage company with operations across South, Central and North America, has taken delivery of two ASD Tugs 2411 from the Damen Shipyards Group. These

Eastern delivers Z-Tech escort tug

JUNE 3, 2016 — Delivered by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, FL  last month, the Zyana K is the second in a series of Robert Allan, Ltd. (RAL) designed Z-Tech 2400 class

ATB tug launched at BAE Systems

MAY 31, 2016—BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, Mobile, AL, recently launched the first of two 12,000 hp ATB tugs for Sea-Vista ATB, LLC. One of the interesting features of the tug M/V Sea

U.S.-flag ATB tug has Barke high-lift flap rudders

MAY 30, 2016 — A U.S.-flag ATB tug under construction for SEA-Vista  at BAE Systems Jacksonville, FL, shipyard is equipped with Van der Velden Barke high-lift flap rudders for enhanced maneuverability and

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