Project aims to develop world’s first fully remote-controlled commercial tug

The Maersk group’s global towage operator Svitzer has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Maritime and ABS to develop RECOTUG, the world’s first fully operational, and fully remotely controlled tugboat. Svitzer’s contributions to

Stonebriar Commercial Finance supports Jones Act marine industry

Plano, Texas, based commercial finance provider Stonebriar Commercial Finance says that it has thus far this year funded, and is currently projected to fund through 2021, more than $355 million secured by

Resolve Marine repositions Alaska response tug to Kodiak

Resolve Marine has repositioned its Alaska-based response tug Makushin Bay from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak, where it will respond to a growing need to provide local vessel operators and owners with rapid

Ammonia-fueled tugboat

Japanese companies plan to develop ammonia-fueled tugboat

Three Japanese companies have kicked off a joint development project that aims to put the world’s first ammonia-fueled tugboat into practical use. The same three companies—NYK Line, IHI Power Systems and ClassNK—worked

Brusco Tug & Barge orders two more Robert Allan Ltd. tugs at Diversified Marine

Portland, Ore., shipbuilder Diversified Marine Inc. has booked an order to build a pair of Robert Allan Ltd. (RAL) RApport 2500 design tugs for Brusco Tug & Barge of Longview, Wash. They

Tugs, Towboats & Barges goes virtual this month

Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges—TTB conference will go virtual this month on August 25 through 26. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon EST on both days. Marine Log has

Harken Towing to install Thordon RiverTough fleet wide

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia-based Harken Towing, which has operations along the Fraser River, is converting its vessels’ tailshaft bearings to Thordon’s RiverTough bearing system following its success aboard the 47.7 foot twin-screw

South Asia’s first LNG hybrid tug features ABB electric propulsion and power distribution package

South Asia’s first tug capable of switching between LNG-fueled engines and zero emission battery power is under construction at Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine shipyard for Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Marine Services. The tug

Foss christens first in new ASD tug series

Foss Maritime christened the Jamie Ann, the first of four new ASD-90 tugs under construction at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders shipyard, in Freeland, Wash. on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Her three

Vane Brothers takes delivery of second Salisbury class tug

Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class push tugs under construction for the company by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Shipbuilders and Naval Architects

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