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21 Nov

Master beaches tour boat after wave breaks window and damages bridge electronics

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The captain of a Lake Michigan tour boat intentionally grounded the vessel after a wave blew out a window and caused the boat's electronics to malfunction, forcing passengers to exit by ladder and wade ashore. The 55-foot Pictured Rocks, operated by Sleeping Bear Dunes Cruises of Frankfort, Mich., was heading back to port during a sunset sightseeing cruise July 25,…

27 Sep

Smaller tugs give East Coast bunkering company room to maneuver

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Over the past eight years, 21 new Vane Brothers tugs have been delivered from Thoma-Sea Boat Builders, of Houma, La., and Chesapeake Shipbuilding, of Salisbury, Md. Vane Brothers' Charles Burton, shown here operating in Philadelphia, is a 94-foot, 3,000-hp Sassafras-class tug built by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md., and designed by Frank Basile's firm, Entech and Associates in Houma, La.…

27 Sep

Little tugs conduct a big environmental cleanup on the Hudson River

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In 1609, Henry Hudson explored a river whose water was as pure as the name of its source implies. Today, 200 miles of the Hudson River, which flows from Lake Tear of the Clouds in New York's Adirondack Mountains, is one of the largest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites in the United States. The EPA reports that as much…

29 Aug

Trucking firm hires Foss to transport wind turbines on ocean barges

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Last year Anderson Trucking Service (ATS), a St. Cloud, Minn.-based company that specializes in transporting heavy haul and unusual cargo, had to get 40 massive wind generators from Washington state to California as quickly as possible. Two hundred trucks and 400 trailers of the company's fleet of 2,500 trucks and 6,500 trailers are dedicated to transporting wind turbine components. However,…

25 Jul

Former Navy tugboat gets updated again as a green z-drive

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McAllister Towing of Baltimore has put a new spin on an old tug, Kaleen McAllister, with the installation of a single azimuthing stern drive (ASD). Actually it's the second single z-drive conversion by McAllister of a former U.S. Navy YTB in recent years. The two tugs are Donal G. McAllister and Kaleen McAllister, and it is Kaleen's second re-power since…

25 Jul

Small towing company from Maine finds ways to make ends meet

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Jon and Cindy Smith live and work from their home on a hill overlooking a small cove dotted with Maine lobster boats. Situated on Southport Island, a few miles south of Boothbay Harbor, the setting is an idyllic one, relatively free of the dense, emissions-rich air associated with larger ports. The 85-foot, 2,800-hp Lucinda Smith is the flagship of the…

09 Jun

Delta Lindsey

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing

Yet another in a long series of new tugboats was introduced by Baydelta Maritime, of San Francisco, in late 2010. The 6,800-hp ASD ship-assist tug Delta Lindsey was immediately sent out to charter with Foss Maritime. Baydelta's newest tug, Delta Lindsey, undergoes bollard pull testing in San Francisco using its JonRie InterTech wire towing winch. (Brandon Durar photo) The 100-foot…

09 Jun

Beverly B.

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing

With lower Mississippi River ship arrivals and container volumes on the rise, the timing seems right for the recent introduction of four new ASD tractor tugs at the Port of New Orleans. New ASD tugs Beverly B. and Elizabeth B. are two of four new tugs recently appearing in New Orleans for both E.N. Bisso & Son and for Crescent…

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…

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…