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MTU engines from Rolls-Royce power tugs worldwide
Rolls-Royce’s MTU engines have now been powering tugs around the world for 20 years, establishing themselves as a trusted brand in the demanding sector with more than 500 MTU engines in service
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Marine Log returns to Mobile for TTB 2026
Marine Log will host its Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2026 conference March 10–11, 2026, at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile, Ala. The event will bring together operators, technology
New AWO video underscores TTB industry’s importance to national security
The American Waterways Operators, the trade association of the American tugboat, towboat and barge (TTB) industry, has released a new video on the industry’s contributions to U.S. national and homeland security. The
Transpetro set to make big entry into Brazil’s inland barge sector
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras’s Transpetro unit is expanding its logistics operations with the launch of its first public tender for the acquisition of vessels dedicated to inland navigation. By 2026, the company
Damen inks 24-vessel Royal Navy auxiliary fleet deal with Serco
Back in May, Serco U.K. was awarded contracts with a combined value of over £1 billion by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to provide maritime services for the Royal Navy. That
Damen signs new tug contracts with Fairplay Towage and Louis Meyer
Damen Shipyards Group has concluded contracts that will see four new tugs delivered to Hamburg-headquartered Fairplay Towage. Three of the contracts were signed directly with Fairplay. The fourth was signed with another
VIDEO: Containership Dali departs Baltimore
We don’t have to wait any longer to know when the containership Dali will leave Baltimore. Local media, including WBAL TV, have been showing video of the ship departing Baltimore today. Three
Boluda Towage back on the acquisition trail
The Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación continues on the acquisition trail. In February of this year it announced deals to acquire, first, the Gibraltar operations of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
Thordon to retrofit tailshaft bearings on 32 Panama tugs
Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings. The agreement with the
BigLift brings 11 Damen tugs from Asia to Europe on one ship
Putting the big into BigLift, Spliethoff Group’s heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has used a single vessel to transport 11 Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and China to Europe.