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  • SAAM Towage takes delivery of new high-performance tug SAAM Guanay

    SAAM Towage takes delivery of new high-performance tug SAAM Guanay Santiago, Chile-headquartered SAAM Towage has taken delivery of a new high-performance tug from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. Named SAAM Guanay. the new Boğaçay Class vessel, is based on Robert Allan Ltd.’s RAmparts 2400SX MKII design and has been specifically designed to optimize maneuvering in ports with…

  • Kirby Corporation reports a record year

    Kirby Corporation reports a record year Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) yesterday reported earnings for the fourth quarter, ended December 31, 2025, of $91.8 million, compared with net earnings of $42.8 million for the 2024 fourth quarter. Excluding one-time charges and credits, 2024 fourth quarter net earnings attributable to Kirby were $74.9 million or $1.29…

  • Wilson Sons names WS Halcyon, first of three powerful class 2312 tugboats

    Wilson Sons names WS Halcyon, first of three powerful class 2312 tugboats Brazil’s Wilson Sons held a christeninhg ceremony for the tugboat WS Halcyon in Rio Janeiro this Thursday, Jan 29. Built at the company’s shipyard in Guarujá (São Paulo), WS Halcyon is the first of a new series of three high-powered tugs. WS Halcyon…

  • Next-gen riverboat American Encore set for May debut

    Next-gen riverboat American Encore set for May debut Guilford, Conn.-headquartered American Cruise Lines reports that its new riverboat American Encore is on schedule for its May 2026 debut and inaugural season cruising the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Designed to be the most spacious riverboat in the world, American Encore marks the next step in the…

  • Motive Energy to deliver charging infrastructure for Curtin Maritime’s Port of LA hybrid-electric tugboats

    Motive Energy to deliver charging infrastructure for Curtin Maritime’s Port of LA hybrid-electric tugboats Motive Energy reports that its Tustin, Calif.-based Sustainable Solutions division has been selected to design and deliver the primary charging and energy infrastructure supporting Curtin Maritime’s future fleet of hybrid-electric ship assist tugboats that will serve the Port of Los Angeles.…

  • Maryland pilots take delivery of new Baltimore-class launch

    Maryland pilots take delivery of new Baltimore-class launch The Association of Maryland Pilots has received a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Named Federal Hill, the high-speed vessel is a sistership to the pilotage association’s first Baltimore-class launch, delivered by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard four years ago. With a length overall of 48.5…

  • Master Boat Builders launches sixth RApport 2800 tugboat for Gulf LNG

    Master Boat Builders launches sixth RApport 2800 tugboat for Gulf LNG Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. reports that it has successfully launched the RApport 2800 tugboat Jill, marking a major milestone in its ongoing partnership with Gulf LNG Tugs of Port Arthur LLC, a joint venture of Bay-Houston Management, LLC; Bay Towing, LLC; Moran…

  • Eastern Shipbuilding launches the first of four CARB-compliant Saltchuk escort tugs

    Eastern Shipbuilding launches the first of four CARB-compliant Saltchuk escort tugs Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., has launched the first of the four new Robert Allan Ltd. RApport 2600 escort tugs it is building for Saltchuk Marine under a contract awarded in July 2024. The launch marks substantial progress on a significant fleet…

  • New tour vessel Spirit of Mulgumpin enters service in Queensland

    New tour vessel Spirit of Mulgumpin enters service in Queensland Spirit of Mulgumpin, a highly customized 22-meter tour vessel designed by Incat Crowther and built by the Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard in Queensland, Australia, is now in operation for eco-tour operator The Tour Collective, supporting its See Moreton business’s award-winning operations in the…

  • Curtin Maritime repowers Debra C tug with Mitsubishi S12R-Y3

    Curtin Maritime repowers Debra C tug with Mitsubishi S12R-Y3 Covington, La.-based Laborde Products distributor Windward Power has completed a repower of the tugboat M/V Debra C, replacing its Cat 3508 engine with a Mitsubishi S12R-Y3 rated at 1,100 hp at 1,800 rpm. The 144-foot by 34-foot by 13.7-foot vessel, owned and operated by Long Beach,…

  • USCG awards Rozema $70.9M heavy weather boat contract

    USCG awards Rozema $70.9M heavy weather boat contract The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rozema Boat Works Inc. of Mount Vernon, Wash., to acquire up to six second-generation special-purpose craft – heavy weather (SPC-HWX II) boats. The Coast Guard says the total potential value of the contract…

  • Maritime Partners acquires tank barge builder West Gulf Marine

    Maritime Partners acquires tank barge builder West Gulf Marine Metairie, La., headquartered Maritime Partners LLC, the largest lessor of marine equipment in the United States, has reportedly added West Gulf Marine, a shipyard focused on tank barge construction, to its portfolio. Cleveland, Ohio-headquartered investment bank and financial advisory firm Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL)…

  • Moran Towing acquires Bisso Towboat

    Moran Towing acquires Bisso Towboat Moran Towing Corporation reports that it has acquired Bisso Towboat Co., Inc, as a long-term investment in the ongoing growth of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi River region. Founded in 1860, privately-owned Moran offers ship assist services in 17 ports along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and has…

  • Coast Guard to invest $350 million in robotics and autonomous systems

    Coast Guard to invest $350 million in robotics and autonomous systems The U.S. Coast Guard announced yesterday it will invest nearly $350 million to expand robotics and autonomous systems, a move aimed at enhancing maritime operations, improving safety, and strengthening the service’s ability to respond to emergencies along U.S. waterways and coasts. The funding, provided…

  • SCI and KOTUG renew strategic partnership on maritime training

    SCI and KOTUG renew strategic partnership on maritime training The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) and Rotterdam-based KOTUG Training & Consultancy (KTC) have renewed their strategic partnership to expand world-class maritime training opportunities for U.S. mariners. SCI, through its Center for Maritime Education, which has locations in Paducah, Ky, and Houston, is a leading provider of…

  • Donjon Marine has a new owner: Tallvine Partners

    Donjon Marine has a new owner: Tallvine Partners One of the best-known names in U.S. maritime has a new owner. Hillside, N.J.-headquartered Donjon Marine Co. LLC has been acquired by Miami-based Tallvine Partners, an independent investment advisor focused on value-add middle-market infrastructure opportunities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tallvine notes that Donjon Marine…

  • Everett Ship Repair acquires Puget Sound’s largest dry dock

    Everett Ship Repair acquires Puget Sound’s largest dry dock Everett Ship Repair LLC (ESR), Everett, Wash., has just announced the acquisition of the floating dry dock, Hercules. The dry dock was towed from San Diego (where it previously operated as the NASSCO Lifter)by Baydelta using its tug Delta Deanna, a tug built by ESR sister…

  • Arc, Curtin Maritime sign $160M deal for 8 hybrid tugs

    Arc, Curtin Maritime sign $160M deal for 8 hybrid tugs Los Angeles-based electric boat company Arc has inked a $160 million contract for hybrid-electric ship assist tugboats with Long Beach-based Curtin Maritime. Built in collaboration with Snow & Co shipyard, the project marks the largest commercial deployment of electric workboats in the marine industry’s history.…

  • India’s first fully-electric tug will have a full Kongsberg Maritime equipment package

    India’s first fully-electric tug will have a full Kongsberg Maritime equipment package Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract to deliver a fully integrated equipment package for India’s first electric tug, marking a major step in the country’s Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP), an initiative launched in October 2023 that is designed to phase out conventionally-fueled…

  • Maryland Pilots take delivery of new Chesapeake class pilot launch

    Maryland Pilots take delivery of new Chesapeake class pilot launch The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of its fifth Chesapeake class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation since 2002. “The Maryland Pilots have some unique features and configuration control is essential to be sure their operators can seamlessly operate all the boats in…

  • Master Boat Builders invests $7.8M in expansion of its shipbuilding operations

    Master Boat Builders invests $7.8M in expansion of its shipbuilding operations The Mobile Chamber reports that Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders, Inc. has announced that it has invested $7.8 million to modernize and expand its shipbuilding operations in Mobile County. The expansion includes the construction of a new fabrication building, a floating dry dock to…

  • Sanmar launches new tugboat for Ultratug’s operations in Mexico

    Sanmar launches new tugboat for Ultratug’s operations in Mexico Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has launched a new tugboat for Ultratug Mexico, which will operate at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The vessel, temporarily designated as Boğaçay LXXIX, is currently under construction at Sanmar’s purpose-built shipyard. The new Ultratug vessel is based on…

  • Chippewas of Georgina Island will extend ferry season with new icebreaking Damen tug

    Chippewas of Georgina Island will extend ferry season with new icebreaking Damen tug The Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in Canada has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the delivery of a Stan Tug 1706 ICE. The community is located on Lake Simcoe in Southern Ontario and will use the tug to break…

  • Crowley appoints leaders to advance energy, LNG microgrids

    Crowley appoints leaders to advance energy, LNG microgrids Crowley Shipping has announced new leadership appointments aimed at supporting its advanced energy transportation and microgrid development operations in the U.S. and throughout the Americas. Jackie Gonsalez has been named vice president of advanced energy in the company’s Shipping business unit. In this role, Gonsalez will lead…

  • VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats

    VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats Metal Shark has delivered a new 40 x 12 foot welded aluminum monohull pilothouse fireboat to Tampa Fire Rescue. Designed in-house by Metal Shark and built at the company’s Jeanerette, Lna production facility, the new vessel is the first of two next-generation…

  • Crescent Towing and Blakeley Boatworks to start build of new Z-drive tugboat 

    Crescent Towing and Blakeley Boatworks to start build of new Z-drive tugboat  Continuing a long-running partnership, two Cooper Group companies —Crescent Towing and Blakeley BoatWorks —plan to begin construction of Hull 115, a new 6,000 HP tier 4 Z-drive tugboat. To be built at Blakeley BoatWorks in Mobile, Ala.,it will be added to Crescent Towing’s…

  • New Silverback OX truckable tug will have Schottel RudderPropellers

    New Silverback OX truckable tug will have Schottel RudderPropellers Schottel is to equip a new OX truckable tug from Tacoma, Wash.-based aluminum workboat builder Silverback Marine with two type SRP 100 Schottel RudderPropellers. Designed in collaboration with Seattle headquartered Elliott Bay Design Group, the OX truckable tug will have a bollard pull of almost seven…

  • Sanmar Shipyards orders 17 ship sets of Kongsberg thrusters

    Sanmar Shipyards orders 17 ship sets of Kongsberg thrusters Kongsberg Maritime is to supply 17 ship sets of its US azimuth thrusters to for a range of international tug projects underway at Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. The thrusters will cover a range of power outputs between 1,765 kW and 2,525 kW and a bollard pull ranging…

  • Kongsberg Maritime launches new electric towing winch for tug market

    Kongsberg Maritime launches new electric towing winch for tug market Expanding its winch product portfolio, Kongsberg Maritime has launched a new electric towing winch powered by a frequency converter-driven electric motor. It is designed to deliver enhanced operational efficiency and reduced environmental impact compared to traditional hydraulic systems. A key advantage of the new electric…

  • In a world first, Denmark initiates remote pilotage test program

    In a world first, Denmark initiates remote pilotage test program With approval from the Danish Emergency Management Agency, Denmark’s national pilotage service provider DanPilot is now initiating a test program for remote pilotage. It is partnering with ship data collection and AI-based analysis specialist Danelec to launch the program. After six years of development by…

  • Gladding-Hearn delivers repowered Fort Ripley to Charleston Branch Pilots

    Gladding-Hearn delivers repowered Fort Ripley to Charleston Branch Pilots After 10 years of continuous service in the port of Charleston, the 65-foot pilot launch Fort Ripley has been delivered to the Charleston Branch Pilots by Gladding-Hearn, Duclos Corporation, after a repower and installation of a Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer. The all-aluminum Fort Ripley was designed…

  • Kotug Canada’s new methanol-fueled duo will feature Schottel hybrid drives

    Kotug Canada’s new methanol-fueled duo will feature Schottel hybrid drives The two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs on order for Kotug Canada at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey will be fitted with Schottel rudderpropellers featuring the Sydrive-M mechanical hybrid solution. Kotug Canada orders two powerful methanol-fueled escort tugs Based on the Robert Allan Ltd. RASalvor 4400-DFM, the…

  • Noatum Maritime orders Artemis EF-12 foiling pilot boat

    Noatum Maritime orders Artemis EF-12 foiling pilot boat Belfast. Northern Ireland-headquartered Artemis Technologies reports that Noatum Maritime, part of AD Ports Group, is to purchase a state-of-the-art 100% electric Artemis EF-12 foiling pilot boat to operate in the United Arab Emirates. Noatum is acquiring the EF-12 pilot boat as part of an investment that sees…

  • Damen signs new tug contracts with Fairplay Towage and Louis Meyer

    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 Hamburg operator, Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer, which will long-term bareboat charter the…

  • New Bronx Blue Highway project unveiled

    New Bronx Blue Highway project unveiled Set to start operating this year, a Blue Highway project in the Bronx, N.Y., will initially remove 1,000 truck trips a month off highways and onto the water. Details of the plan were announced by New York City Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrion Jr., the New York City Economic Development…

  • Arc Boat Company fast tracks its first electric tug boat

    Arc Boat Company fast tracks its first electric tug boat Los Angeles based electric boat startup Arc Boat Company says that it is entering the commercial sector by partnering with Portland, Ore., shipyard Diversified Marine Inc. to retrofit a 26 foot tugboat for use in the Port of Los Angeles, which has ambitions to be…

  • FRS Clipper to get a new high speed whale watching catamaran

    FRS Clipper to get a new high speed whale watching catamaran Seattle-headquartered ferry and excursion vessel operator FRS Clipper Inc. reports that it will receive an advanced newbuild whale watching catamaran next year. The newbuild multi-million dollar high speed vessel, built by Mavrik Marine Inc., La Conner, Wash., will begin sailing from Seattle’s Pier 69…

  • VIDEO: Compact tugs Rascal and Rowdy deliver big bollard pull

    VIDEO: Compact tugs Rascal and Rowdy deliver big bollard pull Two very compact, high bollard pull ship handling tugs. Rascal and Rowdy are now in service with Longview, Wash.-headquartered Brusco Tug & Barge.The Robert Allan Ltd design RAscal 2000-D series tugs were constructed at Diversified Marine Inc. of Portland, Oregon. Measuring 65 x 32 feet…

  • Brunvoll solutions picked for Smit Lamnalco ETV

    Brunvoll solutions picked for Smit Lamnalco ETV The Rizhao Gangda Shipyard in China has awarded Brunvoll a contract for the delivery of an extensive propulsion, maneuvering, and dynamic positioning system for an emergency towing vessel (ETV). Built to Robert Allan Ltd. RASalvor 6500 design, the ETV is on order for Boskalis subsidiary Smit Lamnalco and…

  • Virginia Pilots order new Gladding-Hearn harbor launch

    Virginia Pilots order new Gladding-Hearn harbor launch The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a new high-speed, pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It’s the Virginia pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard since 1983. The all-aluminum launch is designed and outfitted for the pilots’ Hampton Roads harbor station. An all-new,…

  • World’s first commercially-operational ammonia-fueled tugboat completes demo voyage

    World’s first commercially-operational ammonia-fueled tugboat completes demo voyage ClassNK reports that the world’s first commercial-use ammonia-fueled tugboat, Sakigake, has successfully completed a three-month demonstration voyage, during which it engaged in tugboat operations in Tokyo Bay and achieved a GHG-emission reduction of up to approximately 95%. The vessel was completed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK)…

  • Bay-Houston Towing christens two new tugboats

    Bay-Houston Towing christens two new tugboats Bay-Houston Towing this week marked another milestone with the christening of the George M and May Louise, two state-of-the-art Robert Allan Ltd design RAstar 3200-W tractor-tugboats that will enhance operations along the Houston Ship Channel and beyond. During the christening ceremony, Kevin Lenz, vice president of Bay-Houston Towing, addressed…

  • Delaware Pilots’ new launch features a full suite of Furuno USA electronics

    Delaware Pilots’ new launch features a full suite of Furuno USA electronics The new Chesapeake class launch Pennsylvania, recently delivered to the Pilots’ Association of the Bay and River Delaware by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is equipped with a full suite of Furuno USA marine electronics. Expertly installed by Cay Electronics of Rhode Island, the electronics deliver…

  • Svitzer’s battery-methanol tug will have 6 MWh AYK Energy battery

    Svitzer’s battery-methanol tug will have 6 MWh AYK Energy battery The first of its kind battery-methanol tug that global towage operator Svitzer has on order at Turkey’s Uzmar shipyard will have a 6 MWh battery supplied by Andorra-headquartered AYK Energy. It is AYK’s first contract with Uzmar. The 6MWh battery-powered tug will be deployed in…

  • AAM delivers cutting edge Cal Poly Humboldt research vessel North Wind

    AAM delivers cutting edge Cal Poly Humboldt research vessel North Wind After a 550 mile delivery from All American Marine’s Bellingham Bay, Wash., shipyard, the 78 x 26.7 foot research vessel R/V North Wind has arrived in Humboldt Bay where it will serve Cal Poly Humboldt as a state-of-the-art scientific exploration platform and support faculty…

  • Pilot boat Fort Ripley returns to Gladding-Hearn for refit and repower

    Pilot boat Fort Ripley returns to Gladding-Hearn for refit and repower The Charleston Branch Pilots have returned the pilot boat Fort Ripley to Gladding-Hearn for a refit and repower after 10 years of continuous service for the port of Charlestown. The all-aluminum vessel will also be fitted with a new Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer. The…

  • American Cruise Lines kicks off Mississippi Season early

    American Cruise Lines kicks off Mississippi Season early American Cruise Lines is kicking off the 2025 Mississippi Season early, with some special football fun this week. Big Game Travel has chartered two of American’s Mississippi riverboats to host its guests who purchased exclusive 3- and 4-night packages through the company for this weekend’s biggest game…

  • Flemish Government orders new methanol-ready hybrid pilot boat

    Flemish Government orders new methanol-ready hybrid pilot boat Belgium’s Flemish Government has ordered a new 80 meter EUR 54.36 million battery hybrid pilot boat. Its current Pilot Boat 1 and Pilot Boat 7 are due for replacement and the new boat is describe as an innovative and sustainable successor. “For government shipping company Vloot, part…

  • EPA approves most of controversial CARB rule waiver request

    EPA approves most of controversial CARB rule waiver request Will the California Air Resources Board’s controversial Commercial Harbor Craft Rule lead to the building of more cutting edge zero-emission vessels, or will it create hazardous conditions on existing vessels retrofitted to meet its requirements? Either way, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now approved…

  • Powerful Sanmar-built Boğaçay tug joins sister in Croatia

    Powerful Sanmar-built Boğaçay tug joins sister in Croatia A second versatile multi-purpose tugboat built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has now joined its twin sister at Rijeka, Croatia’s principal seaport. Known as Boğaçay LXXII while under construction, the tug, renamed TItan by its new owner, is the second built by Sanmar under a two-tug contract placed…

  • Incat Crowther to design new all-electric cargo transfer vessel

    Incat Crowther to design new all-electric cargo transfer vessel Singapore’s marinEV, a business of Yinson GreenTech, has commissioned Incat Crowther to design an ultra-efficient, all-electric light cargo transfer vessel. The vessel, Hydromover 2.0, will transport light cargo such as stores, food and maintenance items, to vessels anchored in the Singapore Strait, waiting to dock at…

  • Damen-built Bu Tinah sets Guiness World Record as world’s most powerful electric tugboat

    Damen-built Bu Tinah sets Guiness World Record as world’s most powerful electric tugboat Demonstrating an average high peak bollard pull of 78.2 tonnes, the Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 Bu Tinah has gained a Guinness World Records title as the world’s most powerful electric tugboat. The Bu Tinah was delivered by Damen earlier this year to…