Afai Southern Shipyard awarded contracts to build 4 coastal fast rescue vessels for a Chinese Government agency.The contracts were signed between Afai and the Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport in the South China port city of Guangzhou…
TerraSond Limited announces the return to home base in Alaska of its multi-purpose survey boat 'Luna Sea'.The owners say that this strategic return enhances their capability to serve clients in the Cook Inlet and South Central Alaska.Headquartered in Palmer…
Tugboat 'Cabo de la Vela' an AVT 3000-Class Voith Schneider vessel designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for Carbones del Cerrejón delivered by Uzmar Shipyard, Turkey.This is the second of a two boat order from Carbones del Cerrejón for the AVT 3000 Class Tugs designed by Robert Allan Ltd…
Catherwood Towing's owner, Ernie Catherwood, adds another tugboat to his 14-boat fleet that operates in and around Canada's Fraser River.The 39-year old boat was at a shipyard undergoing a scheduled Canadian Steamship Inspection. Ernie had…
A Unified Command of U.S. Coast Guard & the Ingram Barge Company say the Marseilles Dam is structurally sound after 7 barges broke loose nearby.On Friday night the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, providing technical assistance to the Unified Command…
Océan Remorquage Montréal Inc. tugboat 'Ocean Pierre Julien' christened at the Ocean Industries shipyard, Isle-aux-Coudres.The construction of this tug cost $ 10.6 million, and the vessel is the 3rd of the Intrépide series to be built at Ocean Industries…
Multraship confirms its purchase of the two tugs now being constructed in Romania for delivery in June/July 2013.Contracts for the two tugs, to be named Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, were signed during the course of Multraship’s recent annual client gathering in Terneuzen…
American Waterways Operators (AWO) representing the nation’s tugboat, towboat & barge industry calls on Congress, to urge greater attention to infrastructure needs.AWO will be calling on congress April 17, 2013, during their 'Barge-In', an…
The new build “ZP Bulldog” and her sister tug “ZP Boxer” christened by family of the two General Managers of Schleppreederei KOTUG GmbH.Both ceremonies were held at the tug boat station in the Port of Hamburg with shareholders, members of the board and employees and their family in attendance…
Pole Star Space Applications' Marine Asset Tracker (MAT) 2.0 monitors mixed fleets of tugs, barges, rigs & other assets; helps owners manage fleet-wide operations.MAT 2.0 offers a brand new software platform with a sleek user-interface, support for Globalstar…
San Francisco Bay area-based Moose Boats recently delivered a new M1-46 Catamaran Dive Boat to Los Angeles Police Department.At 46 feet in length, the M1-46 is the largest vessel of the Moose Boats fleet to date. The M1-46 all aluminum catamaran…
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued four people from a life raft after their tugboat sank in a towing operation off California near Big Sur.The Coast Guard state that they received a distress called from the tug Delta Captain at 2:55 p.m. Saturday and immediately launched rescue crews…
Unlike the ill-fated 'Guardian' the stranded vessel may soon be towed off the reef as its steel hull is intact.The Philippine Coast Guard are confident are confident that the Chinese vessel can be re-floated after its de-fueling or lightening…
After 6 months of charter Marigny Tug LLC of St. Augustine, Florida has closed on the purchase of the U.S. flag tugboat “Leslie Foss”.Prior to the sale, the twin-screw, sheer bow, ocean tug “Leslie Foss” (ex-Caribe Pioneer) had been on charter from Foss Maritime of Seattle…
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A. (SAAM) for joint harbour towage operations.The partnership would involve two joint ventures and is between SMIT…
