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USA

Alabama - California - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Great Lakes - Louisiana - Maryland - Massachusetts -  New York - Pacific Northwest - Texas - Virginia

Alabama

Parker Towing Company, Inc.  Parker Towing is one of the leading carriers on the inland system.  Operating one of the largest towboat fleets in the region with vessels ranging from 1000 horsepower to 4200 horsepower, concentrating primarily on the Black Warrior, Tennessee-Tombigbee, Tennessee, Cumberland and East Canal Waterways.  Also provides service to points such as Minneapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Houston.

California

Crowley Maritime Corporation  Operating mostly on the west coast but have large Ro-Ro barge runs from Florida to Puerto Rico.  Involved in all facets of marine towing work including petroleum transportation.  They also have operations in Jacksonville, FL and Lake Charles, Louisiana.  (SIU)

Millennium Maritime  Operates a fleet of state of the art tugs in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors.

Connecticut

Gateway Towing  Operating tugs and terminal in the Long Island Sound Area.  (Independent)

Delaware

Wilmington Tug, Incorporated  Operates a fleet of five shop docking tugs on the Delaware River and Bay.  Three of these are tractor tugs.

Florida

Florida Keys Harbor Service, Inc.  Provides docking and undocking assistance for a variety of ships and barges visiting Key West and Stock Island.

Maritrans, Inc.  Clean oils transportation.  Tug and barge hawser units.  ATB's.  Providing petroleum transportation on the Gulf and eastern seaboard.

Smith Maritime  Deep sea tugboats operating primarily between the U.S. and Caribbean & South America, offering ocean & coastal towing, and salvage and rescue services.

Tampa Bay Towing  One of the most modern fleet of tugs available on the U. S. Gulf, including powerful tractor tugs and Ship Docking Modules™.  Provides ship docking services for tankers, barges, cargo vessels, cruise ships, navy, and shipyard work throughout Tampa Bay and the Florida West Coast.

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Great Lakes

Gaelic Tugboat Company  Providing general towing, ship docking, dry and bulk oil transport.

McKeil Marine  Operates more than 45 Canadian flagged vessels ranging in size from 180 HP shallow draft workboats to 6000HP ocean going tugs.

Louisiana

Huey L.Cheramie, Incorporated  A full service marine towing contractor consisting of a diversified fleet of 18 offshore and inland tugs ranging from 400 to 5000 horsepower with a geographic area of operations include the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Seaboard, Caribbean, Mexico, and the entire US inland waterway system.

Inland Marine Management Corporation  A full service marine towing contractor consisting of a diversified fleet of 18 offshore and inland tugs ranging from 400 to 5000 horsepower with a geographic area of operations include the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Seaboard, Caribbean, Mexico, and the entire US inland waterway system.

Maryland

Vane Brothers Company  Providing a wide range of maritime services in the Port of Baltimore and down the Chesapeake Bay to Hampton Roads Virginia, from water to fuel to marine safety and services, but best known for their bunkering services.

Massachusetts

Acushnet Towing and Transportation  Currently operates two harbor and coastal tugs in the Boston area.  In addition to tugs, they also operate small boats and barges, a welding service, and shore support for marine construction operations.

Boston Harbor Docking Pilots  A group of seven highly-experienced, master ship handlers who assist Boston Towing and Transportation in all forms of ship maneuvers.

Boston Towing and Transportation  The largest New England-based marine transportation company providing regularly scheduled petroleum transport, ship docking and general and specialized towing services.  (NMU)

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New York

Penn Maritime, Inc.  Safely transporting asphalts and residual oils using articulated tug and barge units in the Gulf and Caribbean; towed manned barges in the northeastern U.S.  They also have an office in Slidell, LA.  (SIU)

Hornbeck Offshore Services  A leading transporter of petroleum products with tug and tank barges serving the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico

Intracoastal Transportation, Inc.  A full-service marine service provider with state-of-the-art technology and equipment, and experienced crews. For 20 years have provided quality and timely towing through the inland waterways, including the New York State Barge Canal System, and throughout the eastern seaboard.

K-Sea Transportation  Domestic  company specializing in the transportation of petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil and bunker fuel.  (Local 333)

Moran Towing Corporation  Ship docking, LNG activities, and general towing, transportation of petroleum and dry bulk products, contract towing and specialty towing.  Although the main office is in New York, they can be contacted in New Hampshire, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, and Texas.

New York State Marine Highway Transportation Company  Based in Troy, NY on the Hudson River shipping direct and project cargo between inland and coastal ports via the New York State Canal System.

Roehrig Maritime, LLC  Owns and operates 6 tugs capable of towing most anything along the entire East Coast of the U.S. and Gulf of Mexico.

Reinauer Transportation Companies  Large company operating tugs, barges and ATB's in the transportation of a wide variety of petroleum products.  (Local 333)

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Pacific Northwest

Dunlap Towing Company  Based in LaConner, Washington, Dunlap Towing has steadily grown into an operation of twenty-five tugboats, seven barges, and more than 225 employees in a variety of ocean towing markets. These include the barging of general cargo, containerized cargo, oil, and wood chips (fibers). The company also operates a ship assist service in Dutch Harbor, AK.

Foss Maritime  Large marine towing outfit out of the Seattle/Tacoma area operating tugs and barges on the entire west coast of the US.

Hodder Tugboat Company, LTD.  Specializes in log and barge towing on the North Arm Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.  Working on the southern coast of B.C. towing from the Washington coast to Alaska with a fleet of 5 tugs and a water taxi.

Olympic Tug and Barge, Inc.  Providing general towing, ship docking, dry and bulk oil transport.

Western Towboat Company  Since 1948, they've been operating tugs and barges from Puget Sound to the Aleutian Islands, from Arctic Alaska to the Hawaiian Islands, and to the Panama Canal.  They provide customers with one of the most modern, custom designed and built tug and barge fleets on the West Coast.

Texas

Kirby Corporation  Operates the nation's largest fleet of inland tank barges and towing vessels on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the Mississippi River System, the Illinois River, the Ohio River and numerous other waterways.

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Virginia

Bay Towing Corporation  They appear to have gone out of business.  Any information on their web site would be appreciated.

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Here's a guide to help you get started in the tugboat industry.  The questions are easy to navigate and will ask you the same things we would if you called us up.  You can first see if you'd like to try it out and then you can choose a route to follow- inland or offshore. Go to the Employment Guide

 

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