The Towing Company celebrates its 116th year
JULY 7, 2014 — The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, will start celebrating their 116th year by putting the USCG Cutter Biscayne Bay back into the water
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Signet acquires Harvey Gulf’s offshore towing vessels
May 16, 2014–Signet Maritime Corporation, Houston, TX, will expand its presence in the ship assist and escort and offshore towing markets, following the acquisition of eight offshore towing vessels from Harvey Gulf
LeBoeuf takes delivery of fortieth tank barge in series
MAY 13, 2014 — “There’s more plate and iron in those barges than the normal tank barge,” said Jon Gonsoulin, president of LeBeouf Bros. Towing, Bourg, LA, has taken delivery of the
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
ALP tugs to have Rolls-Royce deck machinery
APRIL 14, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a £19m contract to deliver deck machinery for the four Ulstein SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair will build
Rand Logistics to reflag, convert Danish tanker
MARCH 14, 2014 — Great Lakes dry bulk vessel operator Rand Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOG) has acquired a Danish flagged chemical tanker that will be converted to a Canadian flagged river class
Teekay Offshore swoops on ALPS, orders X-bows
FEBRUARY 21, 2014 — Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., the part of the Teekay empire that owns things like FPSOs and FSOs, is getting into the business of towing them around and installing
Peter Soles joins Glosten Associates
JANUARY 31, 20014 — Peter Soles has joined The Glosten Associates, Seattle, WA, as a marine consultant and will be supporting the firm’s ocean engineering and marine logistics projects. “Peter brings a
Pacific Basin may sell its towing business
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Hong Kong headquartered bulker operator Pacific Basin is looking at the possibility of selling its towage operations. PB Towage harbor tug These include harbor towage in Australia through
Two Leevac yards team to build Z-Tech tug
OCTOBER 22, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards, LLC recently delivered the first of two 60-t bollard pull Z-Tech 2400 harbor tug boats, the Chloe K, to Bay-Houston Towing Co. Leevac has shipyards in