Marine Log TTB Conference

HyZet tug design team hosts TTB panel next week

Wrapping up Day 1 of Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2023 on March 7 is a panel discussion with the members of the HyZet tug design team. Panelists include experts from Crowley

Blue Sky Maritime’s David Cummins to keynote TTB 2023

David Cummins, president and CEO of the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition—a non-profit, strategic alliance formed to accelerate the transition of waterborne transportation in Canada and the United States toward net-zero greenhouse gas

TTB: Vessel operators, TPOs join forces on Subchapter M panel

While waterways operators may be relaxing a little after the industry’s successful completion of the four-year Certificate of Inspection phase-in of the Subchapter M towing vessel safety program, they now face further

grounded tug boat

USCG responds to tugboat grounding

The Coast Guard is responding to a tugboat that ran aground near the South Texas Gateway refinery in Corpus Christi. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call at

10 minutes with Ard-Jan Kooren, President & CEO of KOTUG International

Kotug International, based in Rotterdam, has provided towage and related services to the maritime industry for years. Leading that family owned business is Ard-Jan Kooren, who joined Kotug in 1990 as an

Wilson Sons tug

Cat to support Wilson Sons on decarbonization

Caterpillar has signed an MOU that will see it support Brazil’s Wilson Sons with the adoption of tugboat and offshore vessel powertrain technologies and services that enable the fulfillment of emissions reduction

Op-Ed: America’s tugs, towboats and barges are ready to help power New England this winter

By Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO, the American Waterways Operators The Northeast faces the prospect of a tough winter ahead as residents and businesses grapple with the low supply and high cost

New tug ordered at Master Boat Builders

Master Boat Builders wins its first contract from Moran

Coden, Ala., based Master Boat Builders, Inc. reports that it has executed a contract to build two new tugboats for New Canaan, Conn., headquartered Moran Towing Corporation. The two tugs will be

Q&A: Glosten’s Peter Soles on new methanol-hybrid tug design

Back in September, naval architecture firm Glosten and ABB announced that they have joined forces to develop a methanol-hybrid ship assist tug design that provides operators with a viable path to carbon-neutral

ASD tractor tug

Bisso Towboat back at Main Iron Works for a further ASD tractor tug

Luling, La.-based Bisso Towboat Co., Inc. has signed an agreement with Main Iron Works LLC, Houma, La., to begin construction of a 5,000 BHP ASD tractor tug. The tug will feature two

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