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Canal Barge Company repowers two towboats

New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company recently repowered two of its towboats with Laborde Products Inc. (Covington, La.) solutions.

The first vessel project, the M/V Ned Merrick, featured the replacement of the vessel’s previous engines with two Tier 3 S16R engines from Mitsubishi, each delivering 1675HP at 1600RPM. The vessel was previously powered by two EMD 567 engines.

David Lane, senior VP with Canal Barge Company, expressed his delight with the repower, noting that the new engines enhance...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/canal-barge-company-repowers-two-towboats/

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/

Crounse takes delivery of new towboat from Conrad

New Crounse towboat

Paducah, Ky., headquartered Crounse Corporation has recently taken delivery of the 6,034-horsepower towboat M/V Alice. Named after the company’s first vessel that began operating in 1949, the M/V Alice was constructed by Conrad Shipyard, LLC, headquartered in Morgan City, La., and was delivered with a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection for Subchapter M compliance and EPA Tier 4 compliant main engines.

The M/V Alice is the second 6,034-horsepower vessel Conrad Shipyard has delivered to...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/crounse-takes-delivery-of-new-towboat-from-conrad/

Campbell Transportation repowers towboat with Mitsubishi triple screw propulsion

Campbell Transportation towboat

Houston, Pa., headquartered Campbell Transportation Company Inc. has recently repowered its towboat M/V Louise S with a Mitsubishi triple screw propulsion system. The successful repower was achieved through a strategic collaboration with Covington, La., based Mitsubishi distributor Laborde Products.

“With a long working history with Laborde Products, it was an easy decision to partner with them for our two major repower projects on the Louise S and CJ Queenan,” said Captain Michael Pilgrim,...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/campbell-transportation-repowers-towboat-with-mitsubishi-triple-screw-propulsion/

Guilty plea in Big Sandy River towboat spill case

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia reports that David K. Smith, 55, of Paducah, Kentucky, River Marine Enterprises, LLC, and Western River Assets, LLC, pleaded guilty October 17 to discharge of refuse into navigable waters. According to court documents and statements made in court, Western River Assets owned a towboat, the Gate City, that docked along the West Virginia shore of the Big Sandy River from at least 2010 until January 2018. River Marine Enterprises...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/guilty-plea-in-big-sandy-river-towboat-spill-case/

Water-contaminated fuel saw towboat lose all propulsion

contaminated fuel

In a Marine Safety Alert released yesterday, the Coast Guard reports that a towing vessel operating in a pushing-ahead configuration experienced a loss of all propulsion while operating on the Mississippi River. The loss of propulsion occurred approximately three hours after getting underway and about 3.5 hours after receiving fuel from a shore-side facility. Fortunately, there was no significant damage to the vessel, nor injuries to crewmembers because of this casualty.

Diesel fuel sample...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/water-contaminated-fuel-saw-towboat-lose-all-propulsion/

Methanol-to-hydrogen generator gains Lloyd’s Register AIP

methanol to hydrogen

The technology that’s key to the the Hydrogen One towboat project has received Approval in Principle from classification society Lloyd’s Register.

That technology — e1 Marine’s methanol to hydrogen generator — allows fuel cell-grade hydrogen to br safely and cost-effectively generated on board a vessel from methanol and water.

The e1 Marine M-series methanol to hydrogen generator can support megawatt scale fuel cell power applications

The Lloyd’s Register AIP provides independent verification...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/methanol-to-hydrogen-generator-gains-lloyds-register-aip/

NTSB: Towboat captain’s sleep inertia likely led to $2.5 million hit on lock gate

A captain who assumed a watch immediately after waking was likely experiencing sleep inertia, leading to a tow striking a lock gate in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, says the National Transportation Safety Board.

On March 22, 2021​​, the towing vessel Ava Claire was transiting westbound pushing two fully loaded tank barges in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Intracoastal City, La. After entering the Leland Bowman Lock, the bow of the lead barge struck a closed lock gate, damaging and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-towboat-captains-sleep-inertia-likely-led-to-2-5-million-hit-on-lock-gate/

AWO applauds Tennessee General Assembly for passing Jones Act resolution

The American Waterways Operators (AWO) applauds the Tennessee General Assembly for passing SJR0954, a resolution that reinforces support for the Jones Act, the foundational law of American maritime requiring that any vessel moving cargo between U.S. ports must be American-owned, crewed, and built.

Last month, Sen. Janice Bowling (R – Tenn.) introduced the resolution, which emphasizes the law’s “important role in fostering a strong domestic maritime industry that is critical to Tennessee’s and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/awo-applauds-tennessee-general-assembly-for-passing-jones-act-resolution/

Maritime Partners christens M/V Emily Webber towboat

Maritime Partners held a christening ceremony last month for the M/V Emily Webber towboat, the seventh of nine vessels the company is building at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La.

The towboat is named for the late Emily Michelle Webber, friend of Maritime Partners’ Co-Founder and President Austin Sperry’s wife, Sally. Webber unexpectedly died last at the age of 41.

The 78- by 34-foot, Entech-designed M/V Emily Webber has a depth of 10 feet and offers 2,000 hp. via twin Cummins QSK38 main...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/maritime-partners-christens-m-v-emily-webber-towboat/

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