November 1964 A contract for the construction of two steel 300-passenger ferries has been awarded to Blount Marine Corp., ...

With the weather battering the tugboat 10 miles from the coast of La Push, the call for assistance became an emergency when ...

For big things to happen and get where they need to be, smaller things have to guide or push the big things along — all the ...

A notorious Providence scrap metal business that has been in disputes with city and state authorities has finally removed a ...

Learn something new daily with Headway! MAYPORT, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard said private tug boats have stabilized a 418-foot barge carrying a load of ash in the ocean just off the coast of ...

Getty Images "Help came too slow to re-float my boat as the water was receding very quickly," explained Junior Cesar da Silva, the captain of the barge tug boat. The barge was on route to pick up ...

Using less buoyancy modules than the surface tow, the mid-depth tow uses the forward speed of the tug boat to keep the pipeline ... Some pipelay barges have adjustable stingers, which can be ...

A 77-foot foot fishing boat that sank in nearly 50 feet of water off the Jersey Shore a year ago is expected to be salvaged ...

and has spent $74 million to buy two new tug boats and two new barges. The barges are scheduled to begin service in December and will become the first new barges in over 20 years added to the ...

Five people aboard a tug boat are breathing a sigh of relief after ... Luther was towing a 333-foot barge with cement and fuel on board when it lost steering. With the weather battering the ...