Moran orders ATBs at Bay Shipbuilding

MAY 1, 20014 —  Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has entered into contracts with Moran Towing Corporation, New Canaan, CT, to build three oil/chemical barges (two with a cargo capacity of

Paraguay pushboat to have Wärtsilä propulsion

APRIL 10, 2014 — A new pushboat used to push barges convoys along the Paraguay River, will be powered by a Wärtsilä integrated propulsion solution. The vessel is being built at the

Franco to keynote Marine Log Tugs & Barges 2014

Marine Log is pleased to announce that Deborah Franco, Vice President of Risk Management, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Harley Marine Services, Seattle, WA, will be the keynote speaker for Marine Log’s Tugs

Turkish shipyard delivers first two Hidrovia push boats

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard has delivered the first two in a series of eight advanced diesel electric shallow draft river push boats to Brazil’s Hidrovias do Brasil S.A. The

Zenzile Brooks joins The Glosten Associates

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — Dr. Zenzile Brooks has joined The Glosten Associates as Assistant Marketing Director. She will work closely with management and engineering staff to develop proposal and presentation content, and

Senesco to build six container barges

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013—Senesco Marine, LLC, a holding of the Reinauer Transportation Company of New Jersey, recently announced the initiation of a contract with Covanta 4Recovery, L.P., a subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corporation,

Hornbeck to sell its tugs and barges

JULY 22, 2013—Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Covington, LA, is going “all in” on the offshore market. The publicly traded marine transportation services provider said it will sell substantially all of the assets

Blower malfunction implicated in Miami barge blasts

JUNE 17, 2013 — Coast Guard Sector Mobile has released preliminary findings from its continuing investigation into the cause of the April 24, 2013 explosions and fire on board two Kirby tank

Hughes Brothers adds “our Gang” barges to fleet

JUNE 8, 2013—Spanky would have been proud. Over the past dozen years or so, privately held marine transportation company Hughes Brothers, Edison, NJ, has taken over former New York City garbage barges

Tanker and tug collide in Houston Ship Channel

JUNE 3, 2013 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a collision between a tug pushing barges and a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel Sunday. There has been no report of

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