Bourbon sells three
OCTOBER 18, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon reports that it has sold three vessels, including a tug, an MPSV (multi-purpose supply vessel) from the subsea services fleet and a
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Miss Lis completes 5,233 nm crane barge tow
OCTOBER 11, 2013 — Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Washington is pleased to report that after 52 days, the 2,800 BHP twin screw tug “Miss Lis” (ex-Kari A, Marine Pioneer) recently successfully
Sanmar Shipyard delivers first LNG fueled escort tug
OCTOBER 7, 2013 — Norway’s Buksér og Berging has taken delivery of Borgøy, the world’s first LNG-fueled escort tug, from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard. The tug is the first of two designed for
Foss to create shipyard in Everett, WA
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Foss Maritime’s parent Saltchuk Resources said yesterday that it has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Kimberly-Clark to buy a 66-acre property on the Everett, WA, waterfront,
Bay Houston takes delivery of new tug from Leevac
OCTOBER 2, 2013 — Bay-Houston Towing Co. has taken delivery of the first Z Tech 2400 tugboat, the Chloe K, from Leevac Shipyards LLC of Jennings, LA. Chloe K The Robert Allan
Resolve Marine Group adds 152 ton bp ETV to fleet
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 — Fort Lauderdale, FL, headquartered Resolve Marine Group has acquired a 152-ton bollard tug, Resolve Monarch, from JP Knight (Lowestoft) Ltd., U.K. Built in 1999, the Resolve Monarch has
Another cargo of cannabis goes up in smoke
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Just one day after Italian authorities finished putting out a fire aboard a ship carrying a cargo of cannabis (see earlier story), the French Navy found itself responding
Hornbeck completes sale of tugs and barges
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) reports that it has closed the previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets and business of its Downstream segment’s tug
Resolve Marine Group in Alaska acquisition
AUGUST 28, 2013 — With vessel traffic growing in the environmentally-sensitive Aleutian Chain, Resolve Marine Group reports that is to acquire Magone Marine Services of Western Alaska. Dan Magone, Founder of Magone
Resolve Marine Group in Alaska acquisition
AUGUST 28, 2013 — With vessel traffic growing in the environmentally-sensitive Aleutian Chain, Resolve Marine Group reports that is to acquire Magone Marine Services of Western Alaska. Dan Magone, Founder of Magone