towboats

Corps awards Superior Marine $30M towboat contract

The Philadelphia Engineer District has awarded Superior Marine Ways Inc., South Point, Ohio, a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct, test and deliver towboats. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in South Point, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2027. FY 2025 Plant Replacement Improvement funds in the amount of $30,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award.

Though the Department of Defense contract award notice does...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/corps-awards-superior-marine-30m-towboat-contract/

Jury convicts defendant in towboat pipe bomb case

Nathaniel Blayn Becker, the Marietta, Ohio, man arrested on October 28 last year after suspected destructive devices were found on several towboats, has been convicted on all four counts in a federal criminal indictment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia says that, after a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted Becker on two counts of possession of an unregistered destructive device and two counts of placement of a destructive device on a vessel.

Law...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/jury-convicts-defendant-in-towboat-pipe-bomb-case/

TTB: NTSB looks at the lessons that accidents teach

Accidents involving tugs, towboats, and barges can be deadly and are usually expensive.

To discuss the lessons to be learned, Day 2 of Marine Log’s TTB – Tugs, Towboats & Barges free virtual conference on March 24, will kick off with a presentation by Capt. Morgan J. Turrell, director for the Office of Marine Safety (OMS) at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Turrell will review recent NTSB investigations into tug, towboats and barge incidents, explore the lessons they teach and...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/ttb-ntsb-looks-at-the-lessons-that-accidents-teach/

Barge operators are still moving cargo during the pandemic

The 2020 outlook for the towboat industry is uncertain at best. The economy and river conditions remain a big question mark. Nevertheless, operators have been keeping the supply chain moving throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and several companies have been expanding their fleets.

“It’s definitely a mixed picture,” said Jennifer A. Carpenter, president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), “but I like to start with the good news. The industry has been highly successful in keeping...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/barge-operators-are-still-moving-cargo-during-the-pandemic/

Video: Golding Barge Line president discusses business and coronavirus

This morning, I sat down with Austin Golding, president of Golding Barge Line, and discussed how the coronavirus pandemic was affecting business and operations on the inland waterways system.

The Vicksburg, Miss.-based tank barge operator specializes in the movement of refined petroleum products, petrochemicals, crude oil and chemical products throughout the entire inland system. The company’s fleet is made up of 63 30,000-bbl tank barges and 25 towboats.

You can access all of our coronavirus...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/video-golding-barge-line-president-discusses-business-and-coronavirus/

Coast Guard suspends search for missing mariners

The Coast Guard suspended its search for three missing mariners, Monday, after two towboats collided on the Mississippi River at mile marker 123, near Luling, La., Sunday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report early Sunday morning that the 69’x30’x10′ towboat RC Creppel and the 186’x54’x10′ line haul towing vessel Cooperative Spirit collided near New Orleans. Four members of the RC Creppel went missing. One crewmember was later rescued.

Coast Guard crews searched over 835 nautical...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-missing-mariners/

Master Marine delivers first of two towboats to St. Louis

Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the first of two 67’x28′ Entech Designs designed vessel to Osage Marine Services Inc., St. Louis. It’s Osage’s first newly built towboat and it has all of its USCG certificates for Subchapter M compliance.

Each boat will be powered by a pair of Laborde Products S6R2-Y3MPTAW Mitsubishi 803-hp Tier 3 diesel marine engines, operated at 1,400 rpm coupled to Twin Disc MGX-5321 gears. Laborde Products is also providing electrical power with a...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/master-marine-delivers-first-of-two-towboats-to-st-louis/

Canal Barge purchases five towboats from Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co. has sold five towboats to Canal Barge Company Inc. (CBC) As part of the transaction, New Orleans-based CBC has offered employment to all of Pine Bluff’s 80 transportation division mariners.

Before the sale, Pine Bluff Sand’s transportation division, based in Alexandria, La., operated seven towboats ranging in size from 1,800 hp to 6,000 hp. The vessels included in the transaction are three 6,000-hp towboats, the Don Boling, Bill Atkinson and Gerald Majors; and two...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/canal-barge-purchases-five-towboats-from-pine-bluff/

Coast Guard investigating sinking of towboats

Last week, the Coast Guard transitioned from pollution response to the investigation phase of a major marine casualty that occurred July 5 on the Illinois River. It involved three towboats that sank in the river near Hardin, Ill.

Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River received a report of the three towboats and a deck barge that were tied together and were taking on water at mile marker 20.7 on the Illinois River. Sector UMR responded to the scene to find all three vessels fully submerged.

The...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-investigating-sinking-of-towboats/

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