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Crowley’s Second Annual Sustainability Report Details Progress on Environmental Strategy and Continued Commitment to Employees
Crowley has released its second annual sustainability report today, which details progress toward its sustainability goals in 2022 and previews continued efforts for 2023 and beyond. The report demonstrates how Crowley has accelerated the integration of sustainability...
Tugdock, Crowley Partner to Innovate Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind Energy
Crowley announced a new investment in Tugdock, developers of the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), to help advance offshore wind energy in the U.S. Crowley, a U.S.-based supply chain solutions company...
Seaspan Shipyards has cut steel on a ‘Prototype block’ setting a course for building the first Polar Icebreaker in Canada in more than 60 years
Seaspan Shipyards cut steel to build a ‘Prototype Block’ marking a critical step in Seaspan’s Polar Icebreaker Program. Seaspan is designing and building the first heavy Polar Icebreaker in Canada in more than 60 years, harnessing strengths across its...
BIO-SEA BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPED FOR US NAVY
BIO-UV Group is delighted to announce that a BIO-SEA Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) designed for the Unites States Navy (USN) completed Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) at the production facility in France. BIO-UV Group now has approval to ship the system to a...
KOTUG CANADA AND GIT WORK TOGETHER TO HELP REDUCE UNDERWATER RADIATED NOISE IN OCEANS
KOTUG Canada has worked extensively with Graphite Innovation and Technologies (GIT), an industry leader focused on manufacturing graphene-based sustainable marine coatings to meet these goals. KOTUG Canada used GIT’s XGIT-URN coating to help reduce underwater radiated...
Not a TugBoat, but a Tub-Boat
This is the electric boat with a hot tub built into its deck. Engineered and built in Seattle, WA by a marine carpenter that specializes in custom house boats, the craft's Vinylester hull is topped with a slatted deck handcrafted from African teak. The hot tub...


