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Miller’s Tug and Barge Wiernicki U.S. Coast Guard safety. We feel con? dent that ABS will in San Juan in the near future. The the Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water play a role in our continued success.” electric-powered cranes will be used to Working Group’s 2016 Summary of transfer containerized cargo being car- Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Man-

ABS Advances Safety in ried aboard Crowley’s two new LNG- agement activities. The Great Lakes

Electric Hybrid Innovation powered ConRo ships, one of which is Seaway Ballast Water Working Group

ABS has published the ABS Advisory expected to be in service in the second is a bi-national collection of represen- on Hybrid Electric Power Systems to half of 2017 and the other in the ? rst tatives from the United States Coast provide the critical information marine half of 2018. These are the ? rst new, Guard, the U.S. Saint Lawrence Sea- and offshore owners and operators need specialized gantry cranes to be received way Development Corporation, Trans- to make smarter decisions about energy in San Juan Harbor in ? ve decades. port Canada-Marine Safety & Security, generation and storage. “ABS continues Crowley is investing more than $130 and the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway to lead industry safety with the ? rst com- million of the $550 million total proj- Management Corporation. This is the prehensive Advisory to address the latest ect cost in infrastructure improvements seventh consecutive year that BWWG hybrid electric power technologies,” says to its Isla Grande terminal, including a agencies ensured the examination of

ABS Chairman, President and CEO new pier, cranes, container staging ar- 100 percent of ballast tanks entering

Christopher J. Wiernicki. ABS took a eas, reefer plugs, truck gates, container the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence measured approach to evaluating the handling equipment and more. Seaway. The group anticipates contin- potential advantages and disadvantages, ued high compliance rates for the 2016

US Coast Guard Awards challenges and level of readiness for the navigation season. Read the Report:

Polar Icebreaker Studies primary hybrid electric power systems http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/ and components that are suited for ma- The U.S. Coast Guard awarded ? ve en/pdf/2016_BW_Rpt_EN.pdf ? rm ? xed-price contracts for heavy rine and offshore applications. polar icebreaker design studies and

Georgia Ports Set Tonnage, analysis. The contracts were awarded

Miller’s Tug and Barge Box Records in January to Bollinger Shipyards; Fincantieri The Georgia Ports Authority achieved

Passes RCP Audit

MarineCFO announced that Vessel Marine Group, LLC; General Dy- outstanding January results, with dou- 365 user Miller’s Tug and Barge has namics/National Steel and Ship- building Company; Huntington ble-digit growth across all business sec- successfully passed its RCP audit. The Ingalls; and VT Halter Marine. The tors and a 26 percent increase in total ability to review checklists and access combined total value of the awards tonnage. Containerized trade saw strong historical information made the au- is approximately $20 million. The growth, with 331,468 twenty-foot dit process seamless. Miller’s Tug and contracts require awardees to exam- equivalent units crossing the docks at

Barge, headquartered in Staten Island, ine design cost drivers; approaches to the Port of Savannah, up 16.2 percent,

New York, operates 3 tugs performing address potential acquisition, technol- or 46,167 TEUs. Loaded containers long distance harbor towing, motion ogy, and production risks; and ben- accounted for approximately 268,000 picture work, ship assists, barge assists e? ts associated with different types of TEUs, also a record. The increase in production contract types. The stud- and marine drilling. ies are expected to take 12 months to loaded containers contributed to an im- complete, with study results provided provement in container tonnage of 22.1

Three Cranes for Crowley’s percent (465,710 tons), for a total of incrementally during that time.

Puerto Rico Terminal 2.57 million tons for the month.

Three new, ship-to-shore container

Great Lakes Seaway Ballast cranes have been constructed and are

Point Comfort Towing teams

Water Management Report scheduled for delivery to Crowley Puer- up with San Jacinto College

Released to Rico Services’ Isla Grande Terminal The U.S. Coast Guard has released Point Comfort Towing is sending its

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