Towboat Emily Webber

Maritime Partners christens M/V Emily Webber towboat

Maritime Partners held a christening ceremony last month for the M/V Emily Webber towboat, the seventh of nine vessels the company is building at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La. The towboat

Engine room fire led to total loss of towboats

NTSB determines cause of towboat engine room fire

The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has issued its report on a March 2021 incident in which an engineroom fire broke out aboard the 1956-built towboat, Miss Dorothy, owned and operated by

Kyle Durden, president and CEO, Bergan Marine Systems

Q&A: Bergan Marine Systems talks marine safety and compliance

For 45 years, Bergan Marine Systems, Pensacola, Fla., has operated as marine safety consultants and equipment suppliers of cargo protection systems for barges, ships, and U.S. government vessels. The company creates custom marine

Inside M/V Hydrogen One towboat

TTB 2022: First-of-its-kind towboat design—the Hydrogen One

On March 29—Day 1 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—Mike Complita, principal and vice president of strategic expansion for Elliott Bay Design Group; and Gregg

Navtek talks tug technology for going green

Q&A: Navtek talks tug market technologies

One of four panelists on the TTB 2022 topic of “How Technology is Shaping the Future of Tugs and Towboats,” Istanbul-native Ferhat Acuner, general manager of Navtek Naval Technologies Inc., has 33

e1 Marine LLC yech is used in Hydrogen One

Op-Ed: Methanol can provide ports with cost-effective and scalable green power

Regulatory, financial, and consumer pressure is mounting for supply chains to reduce their emissions. Robert Schluter, managing director of e1 Marine, says “it’s time to put hydrogen to work,” and he’s got

Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama

TTB 2022 attendees to tour Austal USA shipyard in Mobile

On March 29—Day 1 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—conference attendees will have the unique opportunity to visit Austal USA, one of the country’s premier

Left to Right: Del Wilkins, Jenny Johnson, and Kasey Eckstein.

TTB 2022: Workforce Panel on Recruitment, Retention and Diversity

On March 29—Day 1 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—three expert panelists will discuss ways in which tug, towboat and barge companies can better recruit

Master Marine completes Plimsoll Marine towboat quartet

The Master Marine Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Steel Skipper, the fourth of four towboats it is building for LaPlace, La.-based Cooper Group

C&C Marine delivers third towboat in Hines Furlong trio

C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., recently delivered M/V Zephyr, the final vessel in a series of three ordered by Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc. Like the M/V Bowling Green,

LOAD MORE