TTB 2025: That’s Progress – Crowley’s innovative LNG barge

Last summer, Crowley took delivery of the LNG bunker barge Progress from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. At 12,000 cubic meters capacity and with a length of 430 feet, it is the largest Jones Act compliant LNG bunker barge thus far built.

To go into more detail on the design, construction and operation of the barge, a trio of Crowley representatives who worked directly on managing the project will present at Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2025 conference on March...

https://www.marinelog.com/events/ttb-2025-thats-progress-crowleys-innovative-lng-barge/

Crowley takes delivery of Progress, largest-yet U.S.-flag LNG bunker barge

Crowley has taken delivery of the LNG bunker barge Progress from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. At 12,000 cubic meters capacity and with a length of 430 feet, it is the largest Jones Act compliant LNG bunker barge thus far built.

The Progress will be operated by Crowley under long term charter to Shell NA LNG LLC and will expand shipowners’ access to LNG at the Port of Savannah, Ga., on final commissioning there this month.

“The Progress LNG bunker barge sets a new standard for...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/crowley-takes-delivery-of-progress-largest-yet-u-s-flag-lng-bunker-barge/

Oregon State scientists tout ocean protection progress

World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean, but more progress is urgently needed, Oregon State University scientists reported recently.

An OSU analysis, led by marine ecologists Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jane Lubchenco, shows that more than one-third of the ocean area currently under protected status is the result of the annual, high-profile meeting called Our Ocean Conference.

The conference was established in 2014 under the leadership of then U.S....

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/oregon-state-scientists-tout-ocean-protection-progress/