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Photos: TTB 2024 in review

Photos of last month’s Marine Log’s TTB conference are now available.

For the fourth year in a row, attendance at TTB 2024 (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) conference exceeded expectations, attracting a growing number of vessel owners and operators, C-level executives, and shipyards. This year, nearly 300 people gathered to listen to insightful presentations and for networking opportunities.

The theme of the event this year was “Meeting New Market Trends & Needs.”

The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/photos-ttb-2024-in-review/

NTSB reports on an expensive partial sinking of a moored towboat

Even a partial sinking can be expensive and the National Transportation Safety Board has just released its report on one that brought a nearly $178,000 repair bill.

According to the NTSB, an obstructed check valve on a bilge pump led to the flooding and partial sinking of a 1979-built Marquette Transportation towing vessel​ Joanne Marie while moored at the Bollinger Quick Repair Shipyard on the Harvey Canal near New Orleans, in June last year.

The 65-foot-long Joanne Marie was found partially...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ntsb-reports-on-an-expensive-partial-sinking-of-a-moored-towboat/

World’s first electric pusher tug is powered by EST-Floatech batteries

The world’s first electric pusher tug, Kotug International’s E-Pusher Type M, is now, as we reported earlier, transporting cocoa beans for Cargill from the Port of Amsterdam, the largest cocoa import port in the world, to Cargill’s cocoa factory in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Inside the tug is a container with an EST-Floatech battery system that supplies all its energy needs.

EST-Floattech’s team developed the custom built containerized solution with its Octopus High Energy modules in a process...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/worlds-first-electric-pusher-tug-is-powered-by-est-floatech-batteries/

Sennebogen’s material handler is purpose-built for barges: The choice for productivity and versatility

SPONSORED CONTENT: As president of Guntersville Marine Services, Inc., Mike Lueken is keenly aware of the dramatic changes in material handling equipment over the past thirty years. “The evolution of material handlers has gone so much faster than what we’ve seen on the automotive side. Thirty years ago, every terminal was loading and unloading with a cable crane and a clamshell bucket. Then, we went through some smaller hydraulic excavators. We feel very fortunate with this purchase that, once...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/sennebogens-material-handler-is-purpose-built-for-barges-the-choice-for-productivity-and-versatility/

“Complacency” seen in $2 million barge strike on Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

Complacency in the workplace is widely recognized as a safety hazard and a towing vessel captain’s complacency led to barges striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge last year in the Mississippi River, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.​​

The incident occurred on April 23, 2023 when the 1982- built160-foot-long towing vessel Susan K, owned by the Commerce Bank and operated by SCF Towing was transiting with 25 barges downbound on the Mississippi River toward the Natchez-Vidalia...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/complacency-seen-in-2-million-barge-strike-on-natchez-vidalia-bridge/

New AWO video: Safety is everything

The American Waterways Operators has produced a new video highlighting the tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s commitment to safety and its strong record as the safest mode of freight transportation. The two-minute new AWO video, The Tugboat, Towboat and Barge Industry: Delivering Safety on America’s Waterways, explains that the industry, while moving nearly 700 million tons of cargo each year, prioritizes the safety of mariners, communities, and the environment – all while having the lowest...

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/new-awo-video-safety-is-everything/

Port NOLA sets new container-on-barge service record

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during calendar year 2023, the highest since starting the container-on-barge (COB) service in 2016 in partnership with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group.

Moving an average of 30,000 TEU of containers per year between New Orleans, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Memphis and St. Louis, the service is the largest container-on-barge network in the U.S. with connectivity to the nation’s heartland.

“We are...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/port-nola-sets-new-container-on-barge-service-record/

Ports of Indiana makes personnel moves

To support strategic expansion, Ports of Indiana has made three personnel moves. They included hiring Doug Kowalski as general counsel, promoting Julie Petree as director of project delivery and welcoming back Kasia Kaffenberger to the Mount Vernon port as billing and office coordinator.

“These three individuals will play critical roles as we strive to position Ports of Indiana for future growth,” said Ports of Indiana CEO Jody Peacock. “Doug brings extensive experience serving as a general...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-of-indiana-makes-personnel-moves/

USCG won’t enforce controversial CARB CHC regulation

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to get push back on a commercial harbor craft (CHC) regulation slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before they went into force. AWO noted that, among other things, the CARB CHCn regulation mandates engine technology that is not available and is not certified as safe by the U.S. Coast Guard.

One of those technologies is the diesel particulate filters (DPFs) called for by the CARB...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/uscg-wont-enforce-controversial-carb-chc-regulation/

Sewart: Offering high quality products and technicans for decades

SPONSORED CONTENT: Founded in 1969 by Allie W. Adams Jr., Sewart is a world leading marine propulsion distributor of Twin Disc, HamiltonJet, and Veth Propulsion products. With our team’s technical expertise, relentless product support, and largest worldwide inventory, Sewart partners with their clients to achieve 100% utilization no matter where in the world they are operating.

Sewart offers high quality products combined with extensive remanufacturing capabilities and more highly trained...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/sewart-offering-high-quality-products-and-technicans-for-decades/

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