Tugs & Barges

Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted Jose "Pache" Ayala to vice president, Puerto Rico. He will remain in San Juan, and will now report to John Douglass, senior vice president and general manager of Puerto Rico and Caribbean services.In his new role, Mr. Ayala will oversee all liner operations on the island, provide support for local sales mana ...

Damen Shipyards will soon deliver three tugboats to INEA (Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuaticos, the Venezuelan Aquatic Authority). This repeat-order follows a previous order for two Damen Stan Tugs purchased by INEA in 2009. The tugs will be used in the Venezuelan ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira, and will assist ships entering and leaving the harbor. The ...

Trailer Bridge, Inc.  (OTC: TRBRQ) today announced that it has reached an agreement with its major note holders and submitted a restructuring plan to the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (the "Bankruptcy Court") on January 14, 2012. If the plan is approved, Trailer Bridge will seek to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of March 2012. ...

Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has completed construction of a 60-foot work boat for the Port of Milwaukee. The vessel sailed from Cleveland and was delivered to the port last week .Great Lakes Shipyard was awarded the contract by the city in June 2011.The vessel was designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants, Seattle, Wash., to offe ...

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Salisbury, Md. reports that it signed another new contract on December 29, 2011 with Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD, to build an eighth ocean going tug. This is the second new tug to be ordered by Vane from Chesapeake in the month of December. Chesapeake Shipbuilding now has three tugs under construction for Vane Brothers and ...

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to deliver engines and propulsion systems for the world's first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) fueled tugs.The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013 for Statoil and Gassco, the operator of the gas transportation network off the Norwegian coast.Robert Løseth, R ...

The City of Boston is auctioning the retired fireboat FIREFIGHTER on municibid.com, a government auctions website.The City is disposing of the vessel after commissioning its new fireboat JOHN S. DAMRELL. The starting bid is $10,000 with bidding scheduled to close on September 30, 2012. The auction can be found by going to municibid.com, and searching Listing # 1 ...

Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has been contracted to upgrade Interlake Steamship Company's tug Dorothy Ann. The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug is the largest Z-drive ATB tug built to date in North America and is mated to the barge Pathfinder. The duo is engaged in hauling bulk commodities o ...