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The first of four Saltchuk Marine escort tugs has been launched by Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., has launched the first of the four 84'x42'x14' escort tugs for Saltchuk Marine, marking a step in the Seattle-based towing company’s fleet renewal program. “We are proud to advance this important project for Saltchuk Marine and look forward to continued progress as we move toward delivering these high-quality escort tugs,” Joey D’

Brusco Tug & Barge has taken delivery of another in a long line of Robert Allan-designed ship-docking tugboats. And like its sister tug Sarah, Teresa Brusco works under charter with AmNav Maritime of San Francisco. AmNav won a recent contract docking containerships in Tacoma, Wash. The compact Teresa Brusco helped launch service, working Blair Waterway’s tight confines roughly 25 miles south of Seattle. Diversified Marine of Portland, Ore., built the 78.1-by-30.4-foot Teresa

AWO joined member Amnav Maritime, LLC for a tugboat tour in the Port of Oakland last month, attended by Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains and staff from Senator Bill Dodd and Senator Scott Wiener. During the tour, discussion included AB 1122, a bill to make necessary improvements to the CARB Commercial Harbor Craft Rule.

By Erica E. Phillips and Jennifer Smith Updated Aug. 4, 2017 9:02 pm ET LOS ANGELES—Retailers, manufacturers and other shippers that move their goods through West Coast ports are experiencing something unfamiliar: the prospect of years of tranquil labor relations there. Dockworkers agreed this week to extend their labor contract with West Coast port operators by three years, to July 2022. Ratified Friday, the extension pushes off labor negotiations into the next decade, and

Image courtesy AmNav Published Dec 14, 2020 9:12 PM by The Maritime Executive Keeping business moving ahead in the COVID-19 era, tug operator AmNav has conducted the first remote christening of a new tugboat on the U.S. West Coast. The newly-delivered Sarah Avrick is the second of four ASD-90 ship assist tugs ordered by the Saltchuk family of companies for use by AmNav and sister company Foss Maritime. "Christening a boat is really special. This is going to be a remote christ

By: Saltchuk in Marine Services, People of Saltchuk, PNW, Safety, Western US AmNav’s Assistant Port Engineer wins 2025 Saltchuk President’s Award for Innovation in Safety When a critical engine failure threatened tugboat operations during ship docking maneuvers in 2024, Sean McLaughlin didn’t just see a problem—he saw a puzzle that demanded solving. The 16-year AmNav veteran’s methodical approach to what even the engine manufacturer couldn’t fix has earned him the 2025 Saltc

By: Emily Reiter in Family Ties, Joining the Family, People of Saltchuk, PNW Milt Merritt and his son, Dave, share a passion for all things maritime By Hilary Reeves The 136-foot M/V Willis Shank Milt Merritt was just 13 the first time he carried his sleeping bag onto the 136-foot M/V Willis Shank, a converted Navy minesweeper chartered by Milt’s father, a Navy chaplain for an at-sea retreat for the college age group at his church. Under the direction of Fred “Cap” Stabbert,