The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard will celebrate their 115th anniversary with the delivery of two new 4,640HP FIFI 1 ASD tugs. Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultant, Inc., ...

Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT), the largest U.S.-flag tugboat company engaged in towing on the Great Lakes, has celebrated its 120th anniversary with the christening of their newest tugboat, the Tug ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District announced on Monday it awarded at $8.4 million contract for a temporary tugboat to serve the Buffalo District’s repair fleet.

Tugboats are aquatic workhorses, built for power rather than speed, often spraying water while towing ships to celebrate their arrival. Despite their size, tugboats carry an impressive amount of ...

This article appears in the April 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Jason Woods, a longtime tugboat worker and the president of International Longshore and Warehouse Union ...

The operation to secure the Russian tanker “Kairos” near Ahtopol has progressed successfully, the Maritime Administration ...

As a 574-foot, Korean-flagged car carrier glided through the Chesapeake Bay at 7 mph on a recent afternoon, a welcoming committee came in the form of two Baltimore-based tugboats. The tugs matched the ...