Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of the Majuro-flagged vehicle carrier Golden Ray, an incident that resulted in US$200 million worth of damages, the ..
The lack of accurate tow size information and two pilots’ insufficient radio communication led to a fatal collision between two towing vessels in the Lower Mississi ..
Parker Towing, a family-owned towage company from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, christened the newest addition to its fleet of river vessels on Friday, July 23. Jared Phillips, na ..
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a new case study on the New York/New Jersey Harbor Deepening project, which highlights how coordination bet ..
With apologies to Philip K. Dick, whose dystopian novel spawned the excellent film Blade Runner, I suppose there must be an android somewhere that thinks electric tugs ar ..
New Jersey-based Weeks Marine recently took delivery of a new tug from Rodriguez Shipbuilding of Alabama. The 62.5- by 25-foot (19- by 7.62-metre) William O will be used ..
In America, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published their Safer Seas Digest 2020, a record of the 42 major incidents they investigated during t ..
The ship assist and harbour escort services division of US-based Crowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of a new compact, flush-decked, and highly manoeuvrable Z ..
While the wider global ship and boat building industry remains busy, productive and, apparently, largely unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the tug sector appears to be ..
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