Vane Brothers

AWO and Vane Brothers Rick Iuliucci to keynote TTB 2024

Capt. Rick Iuliucci, vice president of Baltimore, Md., based Vane Brothers Company, and American Waterways Operators (AWO) Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the AWO Sustainability Task Force, will keynote Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB) 2024 event on March 6 in Mobile, Ala.

In doing so, Iuliucci will speak on the TTB industry’s unique positioning to lead the global discussion on sustainability, how public policies are needed to maximize sustainability on the waterways, and how...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/awo-and-vane-brothers-rick-iuliucci-to-keynote-ttb-2024/

USCG lab identifies responsible party in NY/NJ tar ball pollution

A spill that happened on the evening of Nov. 22 during an oil transfer at an oil facility in Bayonne, N.J. has been identified as the source of an incident that subsequently saw tar balls discovered on the New Jersey coast from Sea Bright to Asbury Park, additional pollution discovered on the shoreline north of Coney Island Creek in the Gravesend Bay area of Brooklyn, as well as tar balls at Fort Wadsworth beach on Staten Island.

The Coast Guard and Vane Brothers Company responded and monitored...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/uscg-lab-identifies-responsible-party-in-ny-nj-tar-ball-pollution/

Vane Brothers fleet achieves 100% Subchapter M goal

Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers reports that 100 percent of its tugboats have earned a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) as part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Subchapter M program, that sets federally regulated safety standards for “inspected towing vessels.”

All applicable vessels are required to earn a valid COI by July.

“Vane Brothers appreciates the importance of safety to the company, our crews, and our customers,” says Vane Brothers president C. Duff Hughes. “Our goal is zero...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/vane-brothers-fleet-achieves-100-subchapter-m-goal/

VESSEL REVIEW | Charles Hughes – New pusher tug for Maryland’s Vane Brothers boasts improved performance and safety features

Chesapeake Shipbuilding of Salisbury, Maryland, recently handed over the final vessel in a series of four 3,000hp (2,237kW), square bow pusher tugs ordered by Vane Brothe ..

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Chesapeake Shipbuilding delivers 3,000-hp tug to Vane Brothers

Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000-hp 94’x32’x13′ Cape Fear, the 17th Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet.

Since 2008, 15 3,000-hp, model-bow tugs have been delivered to Vane by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md. Chesapeake has also constructed two 3,000-hp pushboats for Vane.

“The 3,000-horsepower tug is powerful, practical and a perfect fit for Vane’s harbor and coastwise towing operations,” Vane Brothers President C. Duff Hughes, said...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/chesapeake-shipbuilding-delivers-3000-hp-tug-to-vane-brothers/

Chesapeake Shipbuilding launches push tug for Vane Brothers

First of four new push tugs for Vane Brothers was recently launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding. Chesapeake Shipbuilding photo

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp., Salisbury, Md., successfully launched the 94’x34’x10’6″ push tug Salisbury, the first of four sisterships for Vane Brothers, Baltimore. The new boat, designed by the shipyard, is Subchapter M compliant. Salisbury is scheduled to be delivered in July 2019.

The 3,000-hp boat is equipped with Caterpillar 3512 main engines, conventional shafts, rudders and flanking rudders. It will accommodate up to seven crewmembers and has large private and semiprivate quarters.

The...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/chesapeake-shipbuilding-launches-push-tug-for-vane-brothers/

Conrad delivers ATB to Vane Brothers

The 110'x38' 4,400-hp ATB tug Wachapreague. Conrad Shipyard photo

Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard has delivered its third of a new class of articulated tug-barges to Vane Brothers Company, Baltimore.

The ATB is made up of the 110’x38′ 4,400-hp tug Wachapreague and 403’x74’x32′, 80,000-bbl. barge Double Skin 803. The ATB is linked with a Beacon Finland JAK 700 coupling system. The barge is equipped with bow thrusters and thermal heaters for its cargo of asphalt. The has a design draft of 15’4″ and is powered by two 2,200-hp Cummins QSK60M, Tier 3...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/conrad-delivers-atb-to-vane-brothers/

Vane launches West Coast operations

Vane Brothers has launched West Coat operations. Vane Brothers photo

Vane Brothers, Baltimore, Maryland, has expanded operations to the U.S. West Coast. The familiar blue “V” can be seen on some of the company’s newest tugboats moving petroleum barges through the waters of the Pacific Northwest and down the California coast.

“Our much-anticipated arrival in a new market on the West Coast unlocks exciting opportunities for Vane Brothers,” Vane Brothers President C. Duff Hughes said in a statement. “Now that equipment, crews, and key support staff are in place, we...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/vane-launches-west-coast-operations/