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Master Boat Builders lays keels of first of four ASD tugs

Coden, Ala., based shipbuilder Master Boat Builders has laid the keels of the first two of a quartet of 85-foot, Robert Allan Ltd. RApport ASD tugs that it has on order for

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PODCAST: Crowley and ABB on first U.S. E-tug

In this edition of Listen Up!, join Marine Log’s editor in chief, Heather Ervin, as ABB Marine & Ports’ David Lee and Crowley’s Coulston “Cole” Van Gundy, director-commercial operations, discuss the 82-foot

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Crowley’s all electric tug will have Corvus battery system

Corvus Energy reports that it has been selected by ABB Marine & Ports to supply the energy storage system for Crowley Maritime Corporation’s all-electric tug eWolf. The vessel will be installed with

Rendering of all-electric tug

First fully electric U.S. tugboat to be powered by ABB

The recently announced eWolf tug–the first fully electric harbor tugboat in the U.S., built for sustainable and safe operations at the Port of San Diego in California—will feature an integrated electric propulsion

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McAllister to manage LNG bunkering ATB

McAllister Towing LNG Services LLC is to be technical manager for the Polaris New Energy LNG bunkering operation in Florida. It will operate the articulated tug barge (ATB) Polaris/Clean Canaveral for Polaris

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VIDEO: Crowley to build and operate America’s first fully electric harbor tug

“The eWolf represents everything Crowley stands for: innovation, sustainability and performance,” said Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley, as Crowley Maritime announced that it is to build and operate what will be the

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55,000 barrel ATB joins Crowley fleet

Crowley reports that it recently took delivery of its new 55,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB), the Aurora / Qamun. The 410-foot vessel is the second ATB in Crowley’s fleet, after the Aveogan /

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SCA member shipyards get $7 million in grants

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) reports that nine of its members received more than $7 million in the latest round of awards under the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program.

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Golding Barge takes delivery of second triple-screw towboat

Now in service with Golding Barge Line Inc., of Vicksburg, Miss., the M/V Rusty Moore is the second of two 94-foot, triple-screw towboats built for the company by Master Boat Builders of

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Greenbrier Marine launches 350-foot Crowley ATB barge

Crowley Maritime has marked another milestone in its 55,000-barrel articulated tug-barge (ATB) newbuild project with the launch and christening at Greenbrier Marine of Qamun, a double-hulled petroleum barge specifically designed for the

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