Curtis Bay Towing

  • Paul P. Swensen has been elected vice president and general manager of the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement by Malcolm W. MacLeod, president.

    Mr. Swensen came ashore in 1976 to join Curtis Bay Towing as a dispatcher in the Baltimore office.

    In 1978, he was promoted to corporate sales representative and continued in that capacity until April of 1985, when he was assigned to Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania as acting general manager.

    Prior to joining Curtis Bay Towing, Mr. Swensen sailed as mate and relief captain aboard coastwise and oceangoing tugboats. He is a graduate of the National River Academy and served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He has had an active role in The Propeller Club of Baltimore, The Maryland Marine Club and is a member of The Seascout Executive Committee of Baltimore.

    Curtis Bay Towing Company operates transporation and marine towage services in the mid-Atlantic Region.

  • the former manager of Curtis Bay's Philadelphia, Pa.-based operation, Eric W.L. Heeley, who passed away January 3, 1980, after a short illness. Curtis Bay Towing has tug fleets based in Baltimore, Md., and Hampton Roads, Va., as well as Philadelphia, and provides harbor, inland, and ocean towage to the

  • Curtis Bay Towing Company has announced two promotions to its executive staff. Effective January 1, 1980, Malcolm W. MacLeod, executive vice president, has been elected president and chief executive officer of the firm. He succeeds Capt. Frank J. Hughes who has served in that position since 1966

  • Thomas E. Moran, chairman of Moran Towing Corporation, recently announced that Curtis Bay Towing Company, the 78-year-old marine transportation company, will change its name at its three ports of operation to Moran Towing of Maryland, Inc., Moran Towing of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Moran Towing of

  • his career aboard tugs in New York Harbor, coming ashore to work in both operations and chartering for Boyd, Weir and Sewell. He later joined the Curtis Bay Towing Company as a sales representative in its New York office. Mr. Moran holds a degree in business administration from Gettysburg College

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  • MR Apr-24#38 Tech Files
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    FEATURE INTERVIEW “Over the next decade, 12 new classes of ships will come online and MSC will see up to 20 new ships deliver to the ? eet in the next ? ve years. This includes new oilers, towing, salvage and rescue tugs, and expeditionary fast transports and emergency medical ships. A large

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  • MN Apr-24#42 People &
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  • MN Apr-24#40 Vessels
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Shipbuilding 
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    Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with

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    Feature Navigation cables, 9 miles of cables connecting substations and up to blurred, undependable information for vessel crews. two export transmission cables with “associated secondary In the fairways Notice, the USCG references the NAS cable protection” (text is from the permit) within a 42-mile-

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    Insights century technology in 2024.” That’s an area of focus. industry. We want to do that in a realistic way. These are We also want to make sure that we have workers on our great careers where a hardworking person can make a six- vessels who are ? t for duty. One of the things that we have ? gure

  • MR Feb-24#22 R&D
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    People & Companies Rella Hired as Wiltshire Leading Port Everglades St. Johns President Glenn A. Wiltshire has taken over as Joe Rella has been appointed as presi- acting director of Broward County’s Port Rella Barton dent of St. Johns Ship Building. Everglades Department. Barton Named Vineyard CEO New

  • MN Feb-24#41 Vessels
WINDEA Intrepid & 
WINDEA Courageous
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    Vessels WINDEA Intrepid & WINDEA Courageous The ? rst two designed, BV-classed CTVs for WINDEA CTV. The third newbuild crew and fourth vessels are under construction at St Johns, and transfer vessels construction of the ? fth vessel is well underway at Breaux (CTV) for WIN- Brothers in Louisiana.