Campbell to christen two new towboats, dry dock

June 24, 2013—Campbell Transportation Co, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, will christen two new 65 ft towboats for its fleet and a 150 ft drydock for its shipyard in ceremonies tomorrow. The 150 ft

Hawaii interisland cargo volume dips

MAY 24, 2013 — Hawaii inter-island tug and barge operator Young Brothers, Limited, which is owned by SaltChuk Resources, has released the latest Young Brothers Quarterly Shipping Report. It shows that intrastate

TY launches another 30,000 barrel barge for FMT

MAY 21, 2013 — TY Offshore, LLC reports that it has launched FMT 3256, the eighth of eighteen 297 ft 6 in x 54 ft x 12 ft, 30,000 barrel tank barges

COSCO Zhoushan wins launch barge order

MAY 10, 2013 — China’s COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (left) has won a contract worth over $23 million from a Malaysian shipowner covering construction of a float over launch barge. The

Buckley McAllister elected new Chairman of AWO

MAY 1, 2013 — Buckley McAllister, President, McAllister Towing, has succeeded Linn Peterson of Kirby Inland Marine, LP as Chairman of the American Waterways Operators, the national trade association representing the tugboat,

SEACOR’s Fabrikant: “We’re very unhappy …”

APRIL 30, 2013 — “We are very unhappy with our results for both this quarter and the fourth quarter of 2012,” said Charles Fabrikant, Executive Chairman of the Board, as SEACOR Holdings

Barge explosions rock Mobile

APRIL 25, 2013 — Mobile Bay has been rocked by a series of explosions on empty compressed natural gas barges undergoing cleaning at an Oil Recovery Co. of Alabama facility on the

Vigor-built barge supports King County ferry operations

APRIL 24, 2013 — A 140 ft x 40 ft x 7 ft 6 in barge built by Vigor Industrial company US Fab has been delivered to Washington’s King County. Moored at

Conrad adds $51.4 million in new business

MARCH 28, 2013 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) today announced its fourth quarter and twelve months 2012 results and reported that it had added

Bouchard exercises ATB option at VT Halter

MARCH 21, 2013 — Singapore’s ST Engineering’s reports that its U.S. shipyard, VT Halter Marine, Inc., says that Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. has exercised its option for an additional Articulated Tug Barge

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