Washington State Ferries announced it has sold a pair of retired vessels for recycling in Ecuador.Sold for $100,000 apiece, the ferries Elwha and Klahowya have been acquired by Nelson Armas, who has ...
Friends of the Earth, an environmental nonprofit, has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Western Towboat Company of illegally polluting Elliott Bay and Puget Sound by discharging industrial waste during ...
In 2018, a towboat sank in the Big Sandy River between West Virginia and Kentucky and discharged oil and other substances. The towboat, which had the potential to spill 5,000 gallons, caused Kenova, ...
Western Towboat leads the way with tractor tugs. For a first-hand look at how tractor tugs are used for ocean towing on the West Coast, I took a ride on the first Titan class vessel built by Western ...