At 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a fatal boat collision on the Kuskokwim River. According to AST a 119-foot tug was towing a 285-foot barge on the river near Oscarville when a 14-foot skiff collided the rear end of the barge. The skiff operator, 22-year-old Henry Alexie of Atmautluak, died […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska; Aug. 27, 2019) – Crowley Fuels has signed construction contracts to build a 55,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB) that is specifically designed to serve the Western Alaska market with delivery of clean fuel products. The 410-foot ATB will have enhanced performance features for the demanding river and sea conditions of Western Alaska, an […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is working with contractors Saturday to mitigate the potential pollution threat posed by a derelict barge on the shoreline of Womens Bay on Kodiak Island. The Coast Guard verified an approximate 300-yard long, 1-yard wide, patchy, rainbow-colored sheen coming from the vicinity of the barge that has been grounded […]
The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation will oversee the lifting operation as Alaska Commercial Divers and Pacific Pile & Marine raise the Samson tug Powhatan, which sank at its berth at the dock in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka on April 19th. In preparation of the raising of the tug, crews have placed rigging and lifting chain around the […]