Michael Breslin, AWO safety and sustainability director

10 minutes with new AWO safety and sustainability director

Recently named the director of safety and sustainability at American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national advocate for the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry, Michael Breslin is no stranger to the industry.

Rendering of all-electric tug

TTB 2022 Panel: Tech and the future of tugs and towboats

Marine Log’s upcoming TTB 2022 event for the tug, towboat and barge sector will feature a March 29 panel discussion in front of a live-audience that will focus on current and upcoming

John Roberts

Ingram Marine announces leadership change

Nashville, Tenn.-headquartered Ingram Marine Group reports that its chief operating officer John Roberts, will become president and CEO on February 1. He will succeed David O’Loughlin, who is to retire but will

Bridge damaged by barge

Barge strike on bridge could cost over $500,000 to fix

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators are investigating a December 23 barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge near Morgan City and Amelia, La., on Highway

Jennifer Carpenter, AWO President & CEO

Jennifer Carpenter to keynote TTB 2022 in Mobile

Marine Log’s TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) 2022 conference is set to go live and in person March 29-30 in Mobile, Ala., with a full agenda and an offsite tour in the

Ocean transport barge Holland arrives at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Groton Shipyard

Bollinger delivers ocean transport barge to Electric Boat

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the 400- by 100-foot ocean transport barge Holland to General Dynamics-Electric Boat’s Groton, Conn., shipyard. The Holland will support the construction and maintenance of the Navy’s Columbia

TTB in partnership with AWO

Marine Log to hold TTB 2022 in Mobile in March

Registration is now open for Marine Log’s annual TTB — Tugs, Towboats & Barges — conference, the only event dedicated exclusively to the tug, towboat and barge segments of the U.S. maritime

L to R: Jeremy Headley, Dan Benken, Leif Lacey

Parker Towing promotes 3 employees

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing, one of the largest inland barge lines in the U.S., reports that it has promoted three of its employees. Jeremy Headley, who joined the Parker Towing sales team

sustainable shipping for tugs, towboats and barges

Q&A: Sustainability and the tug, towboat and barge industry

As most of us know by now, sustainability is at the forefront of hot topics in the maritime industry. One of our most involved sectors of the U.S. maritime industry—the tug, towboat

Bridge post-accident

NTSB reports on $500,000 barge contact with Barataria Bridge

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has completed its investigation of a November 22, 2020, accident involving barges towed by the Trent Joseph and George C and the Barataria Bridge near Barataria,

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