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Foss subsidiary purchases Crowley Alaska vessels

17 January 2019

Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), a subsidiary of Foss Maritime, has purchased all of Crowley’s Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, assets. CITB photo

Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), a subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, announced today that it has purchased all of Crowley’s Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, assets. This includes tugs, barges, heavy machinery and other vehicles and equipment.

“These assets are already positioned on the North Slope,” said John Parrott, president and CEO of Foss. “They are operationally ready to perform shallow-draft tug and barge services and offer us the opportunity to expand our Alaska operations.”

The vessels and marine...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/foss-subsidiary-purchases-alaska-vessels/

Jensen Maritime provides design for a series of new, Tier IV Tractor Tugs for Foss Maritime

9 January 2019

(SEATTLE; Jan. 9, 2019) – Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, has provided the detailed design for an initial four, with an option for six additional, Tier IV tractor tugboats being built by Nichols Brother Boat Builders for Foss Maritime. The 90-short ton bollard pull tugs are based on Jensen’s popular Valor tugboat design, of which 9 have been successfully built and deployed to date and an additional five remain under...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/09/jensen-maritime-provides-design-for-a-series-of-new-tier-iv-tractor-tugs-for-foss-maritime/

Nichols Brothers building four new tractor tugs for Foss

8 November 2018

The contract is for four new tugs with an option to build as many as six more. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders photo.

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), Freeland, Wash., is building four new 90-ton bollard pull tractor tugs for Foss Maritime, Seattle. The contract has an option for six additional tugs and marks the first agreement between the two companies.

Foss has selected a design by Jensen Maritime Consultants, Seattle. The 100’x 40′ Z-drive tractor tugs will be built to Coast Guard Subchapter M regulatory standards, with ABS loadline certification, and UWILD notation.

Main propulsion will come from two...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/nichols-brothers-building-four-new-tractor-tugs-foss/

Foss moving 5,000-hp harbor tug to Alaska

30 October 2018

The 5,000-hp harbor tug is being moved from Long Beach, Calif., to Anchorage, Alaska. Foss Maritime photo

The Bering Wind, a powerful Dolphin Class tugboat, is being transferred from the Foss Maritime fleet in Long Beach, Calif., to Cook Inlet Tug & Barge in Anchorage, Alaska. The tug, formerly known as the Campbell Foss, is scheduled to begin service in Anchorage this month.

The vessel was renamed in October of this year and is scheduled to enter service in Alaska by Nov. 15, 2018.

The Bering Wind is one of the most powerful harbor tugs in the industry. Powered by two Series II Caterpillar engines...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/foss-moving-5000-hp-harbor-tug-alaska/

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