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Caterpillar Marine and SAAM Towage in MOU on electrification and alternative fuels

MOU with SAAM Toage hanshake shot

Caterpillar Marine has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SAAM Towage to assess and implement alternative power solutions, including electrification and alternative fuels such as methanol and ethanol, for the SAAM tugboat fleet. The first SAAM Towage tugboat powered by Cat 3500E dual-fuel methanol marine engines is anticipated to embark on its first job in 2026.

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, SAAM Towage is a leader in towage and maritime services at more than 90 ports spanning...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/caterpillar-marine-and-saam-towage-in-mou-on-electrification-and-alternative-fuels/

Boluda Towage back on the acquisition trail

The Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación continues on the acquisition trail. In February of this year it announced deals to acquire, first, the Gibraltar operations of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine, then later that month, Netherlands-headquartered Smit Lamnalco. Last week it reported that it has now signed an agreement that will see it acquire Hessle, U.K., based SMS Towage Ltd.

Under the agreement, family-owned Boluda will take over SMS’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/boluda-towage-back-on-the-acquisition-trail/

VIDEO: HaiSea Marine’s floating tugboat base marks a milestone

floating base

The fleet of ultra green tugboats built for Canada’s HaiSea Marine will operate from a purpose-designed and built floating tugboat operations base. When we last reported on the project in August last year, its concrete foundation had just been poured. Now, as shown in the time-lapse video, the new floating facility has been named and blessed by the Haisla Nation, which is the majority partner in HaiSea Marine (with Seaspan ULC as minority partner) and is now ready to be transported up the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/video-haisea-marines-floating-tugboat-base-marks-a-milestone/

Centerline Logistics acquires JMB Shipping

Seattle, Wash., headquartered Centerline Logistics has acquired JMB Shipping, a maritime asset holding company that owns a fleet of Jones Act vessels including liquid tank barges and tugboats.

Previously, Centerline leased and managed the JMB Shipping fleet. The acquisition gives Centerline long-term ownership and operational control, integrating the vessels into Centerline’s growing fleet, which now has a liquid tank barge capacity of over three million barrels

“JMB Shipping’s assets are among...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/centerline-logistics-acquires-jmb-shipping/

Seadronix puts AI to work in the tugboat industry

As innovation in the towage industry continues to gather pace worldwide, AI is entering the picture, South Korean tugboat operator DRS Shipping has signed up to deploy the NAVISS Admin real-time remote ship navigation assistance and monitoring service recently launched by Ulsan-based AI innovator Seadronix.

Seadronix describes NAVISS (Ship Monitoring and Navigation System) as a game-changing development for tugboat fleet operations.

“For the first time,” it says, “AI-powered navigation assistance...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/seadronix-puts-ai-to-work-in-the-tugboat-industry/

ZF unveils its newest addition azimuth thruster

Miramar, Fla., based ZF North America is to add the ZF AT 90 to its azimuth thruster (AT) line-up.
Becoming commercially available in December, The new, well-mounted, Z-drive thruster is compatible with a wide range of commercial vessels, supporting a maximum power of 1,978 kW/2,651 hp and increasing the power and thrust capabilities of the AT thruster product line.

Fully customizable to nearly any hull shape or vessel profile, the ZF AT 90 is one of the most flexible products on the market. It...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/zf-unveils-its-newest-addition-azimuth-thruster/

Seacor Holdings sells harbor towing assets operating in Gulf of Mexico

Marine services provider Seacor Holdings Inc. announced it has sold its U.S. harbor towing operations and assets to E.N. Bisso & Son Inc. and Bay-Houston Towing Co.

The E.N. Bisso transaction includes 12 vessels across ports in Florida and Alabama. Bay-Houston is acquiring eight vessels operating in East Texas along the Sabine Neches Navigation District and in the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Seacor Holdings conducted its U.S. towing operations through its subsidiary Seabulk Towing. Seabulk...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/seacor-holdings-sells-harbor-towing-assets-operating-in-gulf-of-mexico

The beginning of the ‘catamaran-tug’

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line – Helping the World Keep Promises®. Learn more here.

FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

In this week’s edition, from the April 1975 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves looks back at the launch of a new type of ship.

The chrome yellow hull of “Seabulk Challenger” and her integrated barge...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-beginning-of-the-catamaran-tug

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