On Thursday, March 14, Captain Arthur Fournier, founder of the 54-year old Portland Tugboat and Shipdocking Company, rocked the tugboat world when he, along with Captain Brian McAllister, founder of ...

How can a small tugboat move a massive ship weighing hundreds of thousands of tons? In this video, we reveal the surprising ...

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., ...

Problems continue for Shell Oil’s mobile drilling rigs in Alaska waters. The tug towing the Kulluk, which left Dutch Harbor last Friday, is having engine trouble in 20-foot seas about 50 miles south ...

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia – A large American tug boat was pulling a disabled Russian cargo ship to a port on British Columbia's coast, ending fears that the vessel carrying hundreds of tons of ...

The loss of the Fitzgerald left people stunned. The tragedy spurred new safety measures and change among shipping companies, ...

The Coast Guard rescued five crew members from a tugboat towing a 333-foot barge in rough seas off the Washington coast Friday. Rescuers made it to their location, about ten miles off the coast of La ...

The Coast Guard has recommended manslaughter charges against the operators of the tugboat that crashed into a Miami Yacht ...

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia (AP) — A disabled Russian cargo ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel was in route to port in British Columbia for repairs and the rescue operation was declared ...