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Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her husband Andrew Foss. The company is now the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast of the United States .
GLT is the largest U.S.-flag tugboat company engaged in towing on the Great Lakes. [3] The company is widely referred to as “The Towing Company.” 1, 10 GLT provides services such as local harbor towing, docking and undocking, interport towing of vessels and barges, icebreaking, as well as rescue and assistance to grounded or damaged ships with a fleet of nearly forty tugboats stationed ...
Ingram Barge Company (IBCO) was founded in 1946 by Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr., also known as Hank. [1] [2] The company started out as Ingram Products Company, transporting primarily petroleum and running terminals in St. Paul and Louisville. Over time, Hank expanded the barging side of the business and reorganized his fleet under a new subsidiary ...
A tugboat is typically rated by its engine's power output and its overall bollard pull. The largest commercial harbour tugboats in the 2000s–2010s, used for towing container ships or similar, had around 60 to 65 short tons-force (530–580 kN) of bollard pull, which is described as 15 short tons-force (130 kN) above "normal" tugboats. [5] [6]
Seaspan was created in 1970 by the merger of two prominent coastal towing firms: Vancouver Tug Boat Company (formed in 1898 by Harry A Jones) and Island Tug & Barge (formed in 1924 by Harold Elworthy). [8] In addition to being the largest tug and barge operation on the lower coast, Vancouver Tug also owned Vancouver Shipyards.
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As of July 2016, Crowley was ranked as the 13th largest private company in Florida, employing approximately 5,300 people worldwide with revenues of $2.2 billion. [4] It provides its services using a fleet of more than 300 vessels, consisting of RO-RO vessels, LO-LO vessels, tankers, Articulated Tug-Barges (ATBs), tugs and barges. Crowley's land ...
Company name Primary Industry 2016 Revenue (USD billion) 2015 Revenue (USD billion) 2010 Revenue (USD billion) 2009 Revenue (USD billion) 2008 Revenue (USD billion) Headquarters Founded Employees (thousands) Executive head 1: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries: Shipbuilding: $33.89: $39.33: $19.67: Ulsan, South Korea: 1972: 26.0 (2011) Lee Sang-kyun ...