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In Remembrance: Captain Fred Kosnac Jr. (1928-2004)
Capt. Fred Kosnac was the first tugboater I ever met. If a career can be considered in spiritual or symbolic or abstract terms to be "a life," then Fred Kosnac would rightly be called the patriarch of mine, as a writer and photographer and admirer of tugboaters and tugboats.
70-Page Color Brochure And Orderbook Chart Available From Samsung
Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI), one of Korea's largest industrial groups, is now offering, free a new 70-page color brochure on its modern shipbuilding and related facilities. SHI established shipbuilding activities in
Hyundai, MAN B&W Are At Top of Engine Power
Rising Korean aspirations as to market influence and technological standing could alter the established order in an important segment of the engine business. While MAN B&W announced opening contracts for its new L21/31 design as a marine auxiliary,
CCT Assets Acquired By Crowley Maritime
Crowley Maritime Corporation's recent purchase of assets of Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc. (CCT) from International Controls Corporation will "greatly strengthen Crowley's capability to serve its customers and markets," a senior officer of Crowley said.
Corn Island Shipyard Offers New Construction, Major Repairs, Services
Corn Island Shipyard, Lamar, Ind., has announced that their marine ways were recently completed and they now offer new construction as well as major repairs. The yard is not limited to just building new barges, but new marine equipment, such as drydocks,
Alaska Moves To Buy Acreage For Proposed Port of Anchorage
A $1 million down payment on 1,200 acres of land is about to be put down by the state of Alaska for land on an island just offshore from Anchorage International Airport, with plans to develop a major seaport there. A letter of intent was signed recently by Alaska Governor Walter J.
Floating Factory Completes Nine-Day, 2,500-Mile Voyage To Canadian Arctic
A factory barge as big as a football field recently completed a 2,500-mile voyage from the St. Lawrence River to a small island in the Canadian Arctic. It arrived nine days ahead of schedule — at Little Cornwallis Island, 600 miles above the Arctic Circle,