ISLAND EXPRESS

  • General
    • Vessel Name : ISLAND EXPRESS
    • Operator : STEVENS TOWING CO., INC.
    • Ships Type (ICST) : Tugboat
    • Vessel Type : Tugboat
    • Construction : Steel
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 750
  • Location
    • City : YONGES ISLAND
    • STATE : SC
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 57
  • Size
    • Register length : 55.6 Feet
    • Regular Breadth : 20 Feet
    • Overall Length : 55.6 Feet
    • Overall Breadt : 20 Feet
    • Load draft : 8.5 Feet
    • Light Draft : 7.5 Feet
    • Height : 34 Feet
  • Other
    • Year : 1976
    • EQUIP1 : NONE
    • Coast Guard Number : 570877

STEVENS TOWING CO., INC.

  • Area of Operation : AIWW - JACKSONVILLE, FL TO WILMINGTON, NC; BALTIMORE TO MIAMI & TAMPA; U.S. ATLANTIC, GULF & WEST COASTS; CARIBBEAN SEA & NORTH COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA; GIWW - BROWNSVILLE TO APALACHICOLA; WESTERN RIVERS
  • Principal Commodity : GENERAL TOWING AND GENERAL FREIGHT

COASTAL VENTURE

  • Type : General Cargo Freighter
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND BOY

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND EXPLORER

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND LOOKOUT

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND PILOT

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND TRADER

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ISLAND VENTURE

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

ROYAL ENGINEER

  • Type : Pushboat
  • Construction : Steel

SEA CRESCENT

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

SJ

  • Type : Open Hopper Barge
  • Construction : Steel

STEVENS

  • Type : Flat / Deck Barge
  • Construction : Steel

STEVENS OCEAN

  • Type : Flat / Deck Barge
  • Construction : Steel

STONO RIVER

  • Type : Flat / Deck Barge
  • Construction : Steel

TOOGOODOO CREEK

  • Type : Flat / Deck Barge
  • Construction : Steel

News

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Hornbeck Offshore Services to Complete Ultra-High-Spec MPSVs After Legal Settlement

U.S.-based offshore vessel operator Hornbeck Offshore Services confirmed Monday it had reached a final settlement agreement with the surety (the “Surety”) for two Multi-Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) that had been under construction at Gulf Island Shipyards.Gulf Island Shipyards (GIS) sued Hornbeck Offshore in 2018 over what it said was the wrongful termination of two shipyard construction

Hapag-Lloyd Welcomes "Berlin Express" - the First of its Hamburg Express Class Ships

Hapag-Lloyd Welcomes "Berlin Express" - the First of its Hamburg Express Class Ships

German container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd on Monday welcomed into its fleet the “Berlin Express”, the first ship of its new Hamburg Express class. At an event attended by some 300 guests from business and politics, naming patron Elke Büdenbender performed the ceremonial christening of the ship at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (Athabaskakai) in the Port of Hamburg.

Iran's Navy Unveils New Vessels Equipped with 600-kilometer-range Missiles

Iran's Navy Unveils New Vessels Equipped with 600-kilometer-range Missiles

Iran's Revolutionary Guards' navy has unveiled new vessels equipped with 600-km range missiles at a time of rising tensions with the U.S. in the Gulf, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.The announcement was made during a military exercise off the coast of Abu Musa island, one of three Gulf islands under Iranian control but disputed by the United Arab Emirates.

Car Carrier Still Burning off Dutch Coast as Hunt for Cause Begins

Car Carrier Still Burning off Dutch Coast as Hunt for Cause Begins

A burning car carrier was drifting off the Dutch coast on Thursday, the coastguard said, a day after the Panamanian-registered ship caught alight, causing the death of an Indian crew member and injuring several others.The 199-metre (653 ft) Fremantle Highway caught fire overnight Tuesday and several of the 23 crew jumped overboard to escape the flames and were rescued by the Dutch coastguard.

Crossing Death's Door Daily

Crossing Death's Door Daily

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New Hybrid-electric Ferry Being Built for New York City

New Hybrid-electric Ferry Being Built for New York City

New York City is set to receive its first public hybrid-electric ferry, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday.The first-of-its-kind vessel—currently under construction at Conrad Shipyard’s facility in Morgan City, La.— will begin transporting passengers to Governors Island in summer of 2024. It will replace the diesel-powered Lt. Samuel S.

China Firm Wins Solomon Islands Port Project as Australia Watches On

China Firm Wins Solomon Islands Port Project as Australia Watches On

The Solomon Islands has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a Chinese state company to upgrade an international port in Honiara in a project funded by the Asian Development Bank, an official of the island nation said on Wednesday.The United States and its allies, including Australia, New Zealand and Japan

China-flagged Cargo Ship Sinks Off Russia's Sakhalin Island

China-flagged Cargo Ship Sinks Off Russia's Sakhalin Island

A China-flagged cargo ship sank in the Strait of Tartary off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin island, the press service of Russia's Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport told TASS on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties."The crew of 21 citizens of the People's Republic of China got onto the ice and was then taken on board of an approaching ship," TASS cited the press service.

2023 Shipbuilding Report: US Passenger Vessels

2023 Shipbuilding Report: US Passenger Vessels

With travel and tourism nearing pre-2020 levels, and transit systems benefiting from a return to work, passenger vessels have seen renewed activity. In its year-end review, John Groundwater, Executive Director of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA), which advocates for the sector in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds Evacuated from Staten Island Ferry After Engine Room Fire

Hundreds Evacuated from Staten Island Ferry After Engine Room Fire

Five people were injured and hundreds more evacuated after a fire broke out aboard a ferry traveling from Manhattan to Staten Island on Thursday evening, officials said.The Sandy Ground, one of the Staten Island Ferry's newly commissioned Ollis-class vessels, was carrying 868 passengers and 16 crew members when the engine room fire started shortly after 5 p.m.

Conrad Launches Great Lakes' New Hopper Dredge

Conrad Launches Great Lakes' New Hopper Dredge

U.S. shipbuilding group Conrad Shipyard recently launched Galveston Island, the first of two newbuild hopper dredges being built for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the United States' largest provider of dredging services. The new 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge is in the water and is scheduled to be in operation the first half of 2023 as planned

Nigeria Stowaways Who Survived 11 Days on Ship Rudder Must Return Home - Spanish Police

Nigeria Stowaways Who Survived 11 Days on Ship Rudder Must Return Home - Spanish Police

Three migrants rescued in Spain's Canary Islands, after apparently enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a fuel tanker, should now be returned home under stowaway laws, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the Spanish coast guard on Monday, the three stowaways are shown crouching on the rudder under the hull