January 2022
Who will operate the unique towboat, M/V Hydrogen One? Also, we talk to a Great Lakes shipyard, learn about fishing vessel design, and ask whether the bulker market demand can be sustained.
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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
First fully-electric U.S. towboats set for 2025 availability
Houston-headquartered Industrial Service Solutions (ISS) reports that the first four fully-electric towboats to be built in North America are planned to be available for charter in 2025. The towboats are being developed
Best Vessels: Distinctive deliveries of 2021
SSG Michael H. Ollis: First of three new Staten Island Ferries Built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the 320 foot long by 70 foot beam SSG Michael H. Ollis is the lead ship
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
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
Kirby agrees to pay $15.3 million damages in oil spill case
In a case relating to a 2014 incident, Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Doing so resolves
Maritime Partners acquires J. Russell Flowers 1,000+ vessels
Maritime Partners LLC, through its managed funds, has acquired from J. Russell Flowers Inc. and its affiliates (JRF), a diversified portfolio of over 1,000 marine vessels operating on bareboat charter. JRF’s fleet
Upper Mississippi River navigation season comes to an end
The St. Paul Engineer District locked the last tow to depart St. Paul, Minn., November 23—ending the 2021 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. Marquette Transportation‘s M/V Jonathan Erickson, pushing five
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