January 2022
Who will operate the unique towboat, M/V Hydrogen One? Also, we talk to a Great Lakes shipyard, learn about fishing vessel design, and ask whether the bulker market demand can be sustained.
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Metal Shark Alabama delivers inland towboat to FMT
Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard has delivered its first newbuild, a 120- by 35-foot river towboat for Florida Marine Transporters Inc. (FMT) of Mandeville, La. Designed by John W. Gilbert
Fincantieri Bay completes complex conversion of ATB barge
JANUARY 23, 2019 — Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has delivered the newly-converted barge Commander to Port City Marine Services (PCMS) of Muskegon, MI. The Commander is a 495’ by 72’
Metal Shark Alabama books towboat order
OCTOBER 22, 2018 — Shipbuilder Metal Shark has entered the towboat market with a contract to build three 120′ x 35′ river towboats for Florida Marine Transporters, Inc. of Mandeville, LA. The
Dario Deste to take helm at Fincantieri Marine Group
AUGUST 6, 2018 —Dario Deste is to succeed Francesco Valente as President and Chief Executive officer of Fincantieri Marine Group, the U.S subsidiary of Fincantieri that operates three Great Lakes shipyards: Fincantieri
Bay Shipbuilding books ATB order
MAY 5, 2015 — Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has been awarded a contract for the new construction of an Articulated Tug-Barge unit (ATB). The ATB will consist
The Towing Company celebrates its 116th year
JULY 7, 2014 — The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, will start celebrating their 116th year by putting the USCG Cutter Biscayne Bay back into the water
Cutter celebrates 49th birthday with a “first”
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 — Although the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn is the oldest Great Lakes USCG cutter, it recently notched up a “first.” When the 100 ft inland buoy tender was
Jensen Maritime designs ASD tugboats for Caribbean TugZ
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Seattle, WA, a Crowley subsidiary, recently started the design of two 92-foot, 50-ton-bollard-pull Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats for Caribbean TugZ, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings Inc., for operation
Tidewater orders PSV’s at Bay Shipbuilding
Fincantieri Marine Group’s Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is to build two 92.4 m x 19 m Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) for Tidewater Marine LLC, a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., New