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McAllister/Rosemary McAllister McAllister Towing and Transportation Co./Staten Island, N.Y. ...........23 Caden Foss 45 Foss Maritime/Seattle ..................................................................... 28 Fishing Creek Vane Brothers/Baltimore ........................................................ 31 31 Cleveland Great Lakes Towing Co./Cleveland ................................................. 35 Clayton W. Moran Moran Towing Corp./New Canaan, Conn. ..................................... 38 Christine S. Petchem Inc./Cape Canaveral, Fla. .......................................... 42 Douglas B. Mackie Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co./Oak Brook, Ill. .. .......................... 45 Workboat 38 General Dynamics NASSCO/San Diego . ......................................... 48 Independent 42 Marine Towing of Tampa/Tampa. 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For the six years by Casey Conley between 2010 and 2016, the building boom, oil woes average was about 108 new tug and towboats a year. he rush to lay keels Around this time last year, were true,” said Brandon The start of 2017 has been before EPA Tier 4 emis- shipyard managers with a Durar, president of JonRie noticeably slower. Through sions rules took effect yearlong backlog expressed InterTech, maker of winches May 1, 27 tug and towboats Tcontributed to a surge concern about the lack of new and deck gear. “We are still have been delivered. Plenty of new construction in recent work in the pipeline. Suppliers building rapidly, but there is more vessels will be completed years. Those better days in also noticed an impending not much backlog left.” later this year, but the total some ways contributed to the dropoff. There are no firm num- number could fall below 100. current slowdown in building “I made the comment last bers for vessel deliveries in a Well-documented trends that’s been compounded by year that we had a backlog given year, but the website led to the recent surge in new economic headwinds. until the middle of this year Shipbuildinghistory.com is construction, and in many Many in the marine indus- and then it looked like it was one comprehensive source. ways foreshadowed the cur- try saw the change coming. slowing down. My predictions The site, compiled by Tim rent challenges. In particular, tug and towboat operators pushed ahead with ambitious Tier 3 projects ahead of the A welder work- Tier 4 cutoff, which has since ing on Rosemary come and gone. Shipyards on McAllister, the all three coasts are still work- second of three ing through backlogs caused Tier 4 tugs under construc- by this surge in orders, but tion at Horizon most will be finished by 2018. Shipbuilding. Despite some early adopt- Brian Gauvin ers, orders for boats that meet Tier 4 emissions standards have been slow to materialize. 4 American Tugboat Review 2017 EASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP, INC. FULL STEAM AHEAD We are eager to serve you in 2017 and beyond! To add an ESG built vessel 2200 Nelson Street, Panama City, FL 32401 to your fleet, contact us at: 13300 Allanton Road, Panama City, FL 32404 Tel: 850-763-1900 ext 3216 Fax: 850-763-7904 www.easternshipbuilding.com Email: [email protected] www.youtube.com/user/EasternShipbuilding NEW CONSTRUCTION • REPAIRS • CONVERSIONS FullSteamAhead-Tugs2017-PM8.25x11.125.indd 1 4/28/2017 12:20:57 PM Meanwhile, the steep drop in it’s better