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Operators of a broad range of vessels will be among the speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event. Among the latest operator speakers to be confirmed is Capt.
 
            
                Operators of a broad range of vessels will be among the speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event. Among the latest operator speakers to be confirmed is Capt.
 
            
                Damen Shipyards Group has won an UX Design Award for the Human Machine Interface that it has been developing over the past two years for its Next Generation Tug Series. The UX
 
            
                Harley Marine Services Inc., Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a firm fixed-price contract, in the estimated amount of $19,819,032. The contract provides for the transportation of Department of Defense-owned fuel and marine
 
            
                Boluda Towage, the towing division of Spain’s Boluda Corporación Marítima, has successfully closed the acquisition of the Dutch company Kotug Smit Towage. The transaction strengthens Boluda’s position as leading operator in Europe,
 
            
                Trials of Inmarsat Fleet Xpress off Western Australia have persuaded global tug operator KOTUG International to select the high-speed broadband solution for this area of the Asia Pacific region. Following Inmarsat Fleet
 
            
                Crowley Shipping reports that Bryan Nichols is moving over to the company’s marine services team as manager, business development. With 30 years of experience, Nichols has built a career helping develop industry-leading
 
            
                Washburn & Doughty (W&D)(, East Boothbay, Me., reports that it has executed a new vessel construction contract with Moran Towing Corporation, of New Canaan, Conn., to build two 86’ x 36’ ASD-Type
 
            
                America’s largest tank barge operator, Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), today reported first quarter net earnings of $44.3 million, or $0.74 per share, compared with earnings of $32.5 million, or $0.54 per share,
 
            
                Canada’s Ocean Industries, Inc. has been awarded a C$102 million (about US$76 million) contract by Public Services and Procurement Canada, to build four tugs that will replace the Royal Canadian Navy’s five
 
            
                Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel Singmarine has begun the development of an autonomous tug that is expected to be one of Singapore’s first autonomous vessels when the project is completed in