In 1917, as he walked along the Brooklyn waterfront near his Greenpoint home, 17-year-old John McKay had absolutely no interest in a maritime career. But the recent high school graduate needed a job.

Jacksonville, FL — The firefighters hurt in a cargo ship fire and explosion at Blount Island are now back at home recovering. Captain Mark Raffield and his crew are contract workers with the U.S. Navy ...

A veteran tugboat captain claims Bermuda’s new tugboats, the Faithful and the Powerful, are inadequate for the type of open sea work required for the job. Roy Kenneth Todd also said staff within the ...

In one horrifying moment, tugboat Capt. William Joe Dedmon told federal investigators, he went from happily chatting with a deck hand to suddenly waking up and seeing his barges under part of the ...

The hovering U.S. Coast Guard helicopter got the teens' attention. The tugboat maneuvers were also a big hit. But one of the best things about Thursday's career fair at Odyssey, Maritime Discovery ...

The James and Elizabeth rivers were calm Friday as the Karen Moran tugboat glided through the waters. It sailed past amphibious assault ships, destroyers and an aircraft carrier while dolphins ...

This article appears in the April 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Jason Woods, a longtime tugboat worker and the president of International Longshore and Warehouse Union ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A historic tugboat is making waves at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, providing cadets with new training opportunities. The Robinson Bay, donated by the U.S. Great ...