Tag: barges

CMA CGM has announced plans to launch a zero-emissions inland transport solution in Vietnam, featuring a 100% electric barge powered by renewable energy.

The tug was east of the Isle of Wight to shelter from Storm Darragh, broke its tow with one of its barges which began to drift into British waters and ran aground.

At least seven crew members have died after a fishing boat capsized following a collision with a sand barge off South Korea's southeastern coast on 9 December.

Shell christened and took delivery of its newest LNG bunker barge, Energy Stockholm, with a capacity of 8,000 m³.

The US Coast Guard rescued five people from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Washington, on the afternoon of 18 October.

At least two people died, and four others are missing after an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuela's state-run PDVSA sank in Lake Maracaibo, the company announced on 26 September. 

A cargo barge collided with the Willemsbrug bridge in Rotterdam at around 8:45 a.m. on 11 September, resulting in five containers falling into the Maas River.

ABS has joined the BlueBARGE Project, a program funded by the Horizon Europe program and involving 14 partners from 10 European countries to develop a comprehensive solution for offshore electrical power bunkering.

Athens saw on February 9 the kick-off meeting of the BlueBARGE project, whose main objective is the design and development of an energy barge that will support the supply of electricity to moored and anchored ships.

UK P&I Club has published its latest Risk Focus, to promote best practices covering vessel owners and operators with tugs and barges.