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

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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08 Jun

Mary Ann Moran

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Moran Towing Corp. keeps cranking out the articulated tug-barge (ATB) units, but the latest one is slightly different than its predecessors, all of which were set up to haul oil barges. The new ATB tug Mary Ann Moran pushes the 531-foot dry-bulk barge Virginia enroute to San Juan with a cargo of grain.  The 121-foot, 5,300-hp tug was completed recently…
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08 Jun

Seaspan Raven

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Seaspan Marine Corp., the largest tugboat operation in the Vancouver, B.C. area on Canada's West Coast, has taken delivery of the first of four new tugs built in Turkey, with others either soon to arrive or on the way. {C} {C} Seaspan Raven, the newest tug in the fleet of Seaspan Marine Corp., cruises in front of the Vancouver, B.C.,…
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06 Jun

Ocean Wave

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Tugboat Review, Tugboats & Towing
Since Crowley Maritime began its fleet modernization program in 2002, size, performance and impact on the environment of each new class of vessel have grown bigger, grown faster and grown greener. Legacy, the first of three 750-class ATB tugs, nears completion at Dakota Creek Industries. (Photo courtesy Crowley Maritime)   First out were four of the 550-series of ATB units,…
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