09 Jun

Marathon

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Three new 4,000-hp towboats have been added recently to the inland transportation fleet of the marine division of Marathon Petroleum. The latest is the 144-foot Marathon, delivered in March from C&G Boat Works of Mobile, Ala. Two others recently delivered are Detroit and Kentucky. Last in a series of new towboats for Marathon Petroleum is the 144-foot Marathon, recently delivered…
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09 Jun

Crimson Victory

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
The 116-foot Crimson Victory, an ocean-towing tug owned by Crimson Shipping of Mobile, Ala. is expected to be delivered early summer from Main Iron Works in Houma, La. Crimson Victory is a 116-foot ocean towing vessel built for towing roll-on/roll-off warehouse barges for Crimson Shipping of Mobile, Ala. (Brian Gauvin photo) Crimson Shipping, formerly Maybank Shipping of Charleston, S.C., is…
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09 Jun

OSG Horizon

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
The second of three large articulated tug-barges (ATBs) built for Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) America went to work on the Delaware River this past spring, with a third identical combination expected to join its predecessors next spring. New on the Delaware as of April is OSG Horizon, another in a class of vessel that is said to be the largest…
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09 Jun

Reinauer Twins

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Reinauer Transportation Co. is seemingly getting its money's worth out of the Rhode Island shipyard it acquired in 2006. The company expects to take delivery this summer on the third new tugboat built by the yard with an equal number of new barges and in-house conversions and retrofits already under its belt. New ATB tug Reinauer Twins, the 14th ATB…
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08 Jun

Mako

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Penn Maritime, of Stamford, Conn., has completed a five-vessel construction program with recent delivery of the 4,000-hp ATB offshore tug Mako, the 15th ATB to join the Penn fleet. Two of the newest tugs in Penn Maritime's fleet include Yellowfin (pictured) and Mako. They are part of a five-vessel building program for Fin-class ATBs. (Brian Maniglia photo)   Mako is…
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08 Jun

Ken Boothe Sr.

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Donjon Marine, a New Jersey-based towing and salvage company with global reach has introduced a 10,800-hp tugboat, newly-built on the Great Lakes, to be matched with a 740-foot self-unloading bulk cargo barge. Ken Boothe Sr., the newest ATB on the Great Lakes, is ready to begin work.(Photo courtesy of Donjon Shipbuilding)   The new tug, Ken Boothe Sr., was constructed…
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08 Jun

Hunting Creek

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
The very last boat is in the slipway, ready for delivery. It's the end of a long building program for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Md., involving at least 20 new tugs and a passel of barges from several different shipyards.   Jim Demske, left, is supervising completion of the last tugs in Vane Bros. building program.(Photo by Brian Gauvin)  …
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08 Jun

Chesapeake Coast

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review
Perhaps the most unusual boat this year, or in many years for that matter, is Chesapeake Coast, a Dann Marine Towing (DMT) tugboat nearing completion at Main Iron Works in Houma, La. The design is a model bow, 100-foot-long conventional tugboat, but with two massive push knees that rise 25 feet above the water, obscuring the deep-V bow. New tug…
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08 Jun

Teddy Meyer

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
LeBeouf Bros. Towing sits on the bank of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, in Bourg, to the east of Houma, La. In recent years the company has developed an in-house barge-building program to supply its modern tank barge fleet at its Bourg Dry Dock facility. LeBeouf is also building two pushboats at the shipyard, which sits adjacent to its offices and…
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