Crowley tugs deliver Tubular Bells topside

MARCH 28, 2014 — Closely following the delivery of the Jack/St. Malo floater (see earlier story), Crowley has again demonstrated its petroleum industry support capabilities by providing ocean towing services for the

Refiner to offer low sulfur blend to tug and towboat market

MARCH 20, 2014  — Independently owned crude oil refinery Continental Refining Company, LLC, Somerset, KY, is producing a low sulfur marine diesel fuel (T-90 700) for use in the ECA 1 Operating

Rolls-Royce to power Asia’s first gas-fueled tugs

MARCH 20, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has won an order from Chinese state oil company CNOOC, to power Asia’s first gas fueled tugs. The order is for systems for two tugs to be

Three Keppel O&M shipyards book contracts

MARCH 17, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd reports that subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Singmarine, and Keppel Nantong Shipyard have secured contracts worth a total of about S$140 million. “Keppel

Gunderson Marine launches heavy lift cargo deck barge

MARCH 16, 2014—More than 200 guests were on hand at the Portland, OR, shipyard of Gunderson Marine for the christening and launching of the Prometheus, a new 300-foot-long heavy lift deck cargo

Vigor Fab to build two ATB tank barges

MARCH 3, 2014 — Vigor Fab has been awarded a contract to build two 83,000 bbl. tank barges for Harley Marine Services, Inc., Seattle, WA. The 422 ft x 76 ft x

Schottel propels new generation of Panama tugs

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — The Panama Canal Authority has invested in a new generation of powerful tugs with the muscle needed to handle the larger ships of the Post-Panamax era. In the

LNG fueled escort tug bunkers in Zeebrugge

FEBRUARY 20, 2014 — The world’s first LNG fueled escort tug, the Borgøy owned by Buksér og Berging AS, has notched up another first by becoming the first seagoing vessel to be

VT Halter Marine launches Bouchard ATB tug

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. yesterday launched the ocean-going 112 foot Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) tug, Denise A. Bouchard. Measuring 112 feet by 35 feet by 17 feet, the

Seabulk Tankers orders ATB

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL, headquartered Seabulk Tankers, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH), reports that it has entered into a contract to construct one

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