ZF unveils its newest azimuth thruster
Miramar, Fla., based ZF North America is to add the ZF AT 90 to its azimuth thruster (AT) line-up.Becoming commercially available in December, The new, well-mounted, Z-drive thruster is compatible with a
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Concordia Damen to build 5,400 bhp Paraguay River push boat
Damen Shipyards Group’s specialist inland waterways yard, Concordia Damen in Werkendam, Netherlands, has won a contract to build a 5,400 bhp CDS4115 shallow draft river push boat for Paraguayan shipowner and operator
Q&A: OpenTug startup offers solution for inland shippers
Marine Log (ML): Can you tell us a little about yourself and how you got started with this venture? Jason Aristides (JA): I founded OpenTug by channeling a deep passion for the
Kongsberg live trials inland waterways autonomy
Following right on the heels of its recent successfully demonstration of remote and autonomous technologies on the Eidsvaag Pioner cargo vessel operating off the coast of Norway, Kongsberg Maritime has now successfully
PODCAST: Jones Walker gives inland waterway infrastructure update
In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to Jim Kearns, special counsel for law firm Jones Walker LLP’s maritime division, to discuss the latest developments in inland waterway
ACBL hires Joel Gard as SVP of new Interchange & Logistics business unit
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has hired Joel Gard as senior vice president of its newly established Interchange & Logistics business unit. With the addition of the new unit, ACBL now comprises
Op-Ed: The towing industry is green and getting greener
By Mike Breslin, Director – Safety and Sustainability, The American Waterways Operators America’s waterways have been called a natural superhighway system for the remarkable way our interconnected network of rivers and coastlines facilitates
TTB 2023 to focus on making the green transition work
The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a
Inland Waterways: Yesterday’s price is not today’s price
By Tracy Zea, WCI President and CEO Anyone who’s shopped for groceries, dined at restaurants, paid rent or pretty much purchased anything these past months knows we are facing economic challenges unprecedented
Cargill to build new soybean facility near Carruthersville
In good news for farmers and the inland waterways industry, agribusiness giant Cargill has unveiled plans to build a new soybean processing facility located in Pemiscot County, Mo. near Hayti and Caruthersville.