APRIL 5, 2016 — Ingram Barge Company has chosen GE Transportation 8-cylinder, 250 mm bore inline medium speed (1,000 rpm) Tier 4 compliant marine diesels, supplied through and distributor National Maintenance &
APRIL 3, 2016 — A new 110 ft x 40 ft tractor tug owned by Vessel Chartering LLC, a wholly owned division of Baydelta Navigation Ltd, is to have a unique, fully
APRIL 1, 2016 — The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) says a recently released paper on the “six-on/six-off” watch system is “little more than an opinion piece intended to
MARCH 31, 2016 —Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, has brokered the sale of the 1,700 BHP tug Benjamin Foss by Foss Maritime Company, Seattle, WA to private U.S. interests. The 78.0′ x
MARCH 26, 2016—Over the years, Rodriguez Shipbuilding, Inc.’s triple-screw towboats have won a following operating in the shallow waters where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. These Lugger-type vessels are
MARCH 24, 2016 — Rolls-Royce supplied Damen Shipyards Group with a total of ten MTU Series 4000 engines and five MTU Series 2000 engines, along with azimuth thrusters, for five tugs being
Students and professional mariners at State University New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, NY, are now able to work together to simulate docking articulated tug barges with two Class B tug assist
MARCH 14, 2014 — The body of a second crew member, Timothy Conklin, 29, was yesterday recovered following an incident in which an 84 ft tugboat slammed into a stationary barge near
MARCH 9, 2016 — Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports that it has agreed purchase the Seacor Holdings Inc. inland tank barge fleet for approximately $88 million in cash. The asset purchase will
MARCH 8, 2016 — Designed by Robert Allan Ltd in collaboration with Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards and Voith Turbo Propulsion, the VectRA 3000 class tug is a high performance VSP tractor tug