New York maritime union votes to merge with IOMM&P

NOVEMBER 13, 2014 — Unionized New York-area mariners who operate tugboats, dredges, tourist boats and ferries, members of Staten Island-based Local 333, United Marine Division, ILA,  have voted by an overwhelming margin

Margaret Doyle named to key SGMF position

NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — The United State Maritime Research Center (USMRC), Middletown, RI, reports that its Vice President, Development and LNG Solutions, Margaret Kaigh Doyle, has been named the U.S. vice chairperson

Newport News undocks USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

NOVEMBER 5, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was moved Monday from one of dry docks at its Newport News Shipbuilding division

Great Lakes Shipyard wins $5 million order for two tugs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has been contracted by New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build and deliver two new tugboats for the Authority’s Niagara River Ice Boom

McAllister Towing celebrates its 150th anniversary

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — McAllister Towing, a fifth generation family tugboat company based in New York City, is celebrating its 150th year in the maritime industry. In 1864, James McAllister arrived in

MAN adds 1,000 hp V-12 to high speed engine line

JULY 22, 2014 — MAN is adding a newly developed 12-cylinder V-engine, the D2862 LE441, to its portfolio of high-speed marine engines, extending the power range for heavy-duty operation to 735 kW

Vigor Fab to build three tugs for Tidewater Barge Lines

JANUARY 22, 2014 — Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA, has awarded Vigor Fab, Portland, OR, a contract to construct three new tugboats. Construction of the first tug starts Friday, Jan. 24, with

Navy commander, NCIS agent charged in bribery case

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 —     Here’s one that could be ripped from the script of a TV series, maybe even CBS’s NCIS? Navy photo from 2010 shows Cmdr. Michael V. Misiewicz being

Crowley ocean class tugs deliver giant TLP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 — Crowley Maritime Corp. reports that all four of its ocean class tugboats, the Ocean Wind, Ocean Wave, Ocean Sky and Ocean Sun, recently completed the successful delivery of

Smit and SAAM plan joint harbor towage operation in Americas

APRIL 11, 2013 — Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A. (SAAM) for a joint harbor towage

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