JANUARY 2, 2019 — Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. reports that its Shipyard Division has successfully delivered the M/V Mark E. Kuebler, a Z-Tech 30-80 terminal/escort tug, to Bay Houston Towing Company. Designed
DECEMBER 26, 2018 —Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, recently delivered a 155,000 bbl Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) unit to Houston-based Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), one of the largest tank barge operators
DECEMBER 12, 2018 — Demonstrating that it is very much back in operation after the devastation wrought on the Florida Panhandle by Hurricane Michael, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. reports that it launched
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — Introduced at this week’s International Workboat Show, the Wärtsilä 14 is a high-speed, compact engine designed to fit requirements for limited space and weight, lower capital expense and
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 — Schottel GmbH has successfully carried out a control upgrade on a 1988-built tug equipped with azimuth thrusters from another supplier. Instead of replacing the entire propulsion system (including
OCTOBER 29, 2018 – The Bering Wind, a powerful Dolphin Class tugboat, is being transferred from the Foss fleet in Long Beach, CA, to Cook Inlet Tug & Barge in Anchorage, AK.
OCTOBER 22, 2018 — Turkish operator and shipbuilder Med Marine recently took delivery of its sixth new RAmparts 2300-MM design, Schottel-propelled tug, the MED XXIX, for harbor and terminal operations as well
OCTOBER 18, 2018 — Warren, RI, shipyard Blount Boats, Inc., continued to add to its backlog with the recent signing of a contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to construct
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 — Sliedrecht, Netherlands, headquartered Dutch Dredging (Baggerbedrijf de Boer) welcomed two new vessels to its fleet last week. The two newcomers were named the Fregate and the Papillon in
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 — Diesel engine manufacturer Yanmar recently delivered two 6EY26DF dual-fuel commercial marine engines for a new tug under construction at Japan’s Kanagawa Dockyard Co., Ltd. Equipped with dual fuel