JOAN MCALLISTER

  • General
    • Vessel Name : JOAN MCALLISTER 0
    • Operator : MCALLISTER TOWING OF CHARLESTON, INC. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 431 0
    • Vessel Type : 36 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 1800 0
  • Location
    • City : NEW YORK 0
    • STATE : NY 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 89 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 73.3 257
    • Regular Breadth : 24.3 257
    • Overall Length : 83 257
    • Overall Breadt : 24.3 257
    • Load draft : 8.5 257
    • Light Draft : 8.1 257
    • Height : 55 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1977 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 582613 0

MCALLISTER TOWING OF CHARLESTON, INC.

  • Area of Operation : ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL AND CHARLESTON HARBOR AREA 0
  • Principal Commodity : SHIP DOCKING/UNDOCKING, TOWING 0

BRIAN A MCALLISTER

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

BUCKLEY MCALLISTER

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

DOROTHY MCALLISTER

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

JAMES MCALLISTER

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

JANE MCALLISTER

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

PATRICK MCALLISTER

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

SHARON ELIZABETH

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

News

Trauma from Red Sea Attacks Adds to Seafarer Shortage

Trauma from Red Sea Attacks Adds to Seafarer Shortage

When a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi Islamists landed near his ship in the Red Sea, Costas Rassias vowed to stop sailing through the perilous waters."I froze," said the Greek 34-year-old second class marine engineer, describing the close call. "I weighed what was more important - my life, or a better income?"As attacks on merchant ships by the Iran-backed Houthis persist

New Long Island Ferry Launched at Eastern Shipbuilding

New Long Island Ferry Launched at Eastern Shipbuilding

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) on Friday held a launch and christening ceremony for the ferry Long Island at its Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla.Scheduled to be delivered later this year, the new Subchapter H passenger and auto ferry is being built for Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, a subsidiary of McAllister Towing, for operations between Bridgeport, Conn.

Marine News' 2024 US Shipbuilding Report

Marine News' 2024 US Shipbuilding Report

If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a complicated business.In a session on the domestic shipbuilding marketplace, at Marine Money’s late-November 2023 conference held in New Orleans, Ben Bordelon, president and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards (with more than a dozen facilities, in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Former Employee Kills Three at European Navigation

Former Employee Kills Three at European Navigation

A disgruntled former employee shot dead the head of a Greek shipping company and two others before killing himself at the firm's office in Athens on Monday, a police spokeswoman said.Police, fire engines and ambulances were stationed outside the offices of European Navigation in a southern suburb of the capital.

Marine News' Top Vessels of 2023

Marine News' Top Vessels of 2023

The November edition of Marine News magazine highlighted a selection of the most notable American newbuilds delivered of 2023—from a first-of-its-kind green towboat, to the lead vessel in a series of game-changing ships to train U.S. mariners.Empire StateAs the lead vessel in a series of five new training ships being constructed to serve America's state maritime academies

Tug Crew Tows Fire-stricken and Abandoned Trawler to Portland, Maine

Tug Crew Tows Fire-stricken and Abandoned Trawler to Portland, Maine

A tugboat crew was recently called upon to tow in a fire-stricken trawler that had been abandoned in the Gulf of Maine.The 81-foot fishing vessel Three Girls had been adrift since August 11 when an onboard fire forced its crew to evacuate about 105 nautical miles east of Portsmouth, N.H. The U.S.

McAllister Takes Delivery of New Tractor Tug from Washburn & Doughty

McAllister Takes Delivery of New Tractor Tug from Washburn & Doughty

New York based McAllister Towing announced it has taken delivery of its new shipdocking tractor tug Grace McAllister from East Boothbay, Maine shipyard Washburn & Doughty.Equipped with 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines powering twin Schottel SRP 490 Z-drive units, the 93- by 38-foot vessel produces 6,770 horsepower and achieved over 85 metric tons during bollard pull certification.

Workboat Power: Alternatives Join Diesel to Power Current—and Future—Vessels

Workboat Power: Alternatives Join Diesel to Power Current—and Future—Vessels

Analysts and commentators are quick to point out that fossil fuels will power maritime equipment, and indeed dominate the fueling marketplace, well into the future. However, they will do so alongside new fuels, and new technologies, that will be introduced to the maritime sector in the coming years.

Santorini's Locals Call for a Cruise Ship Cap

Santorini's Locals Call for a Cruise Ship Cap

Armed with selfie sticks and phones, the tourists flood into Santorini from everywhere - on dinghies from giant ocean liners, on coaches that zigzag up the steep hillsides, atop donkeys that clip-clop along the narrow cobbled streets.Some brave the afternoon heat to find a good spot among the white-washed houses and blue-domed churches where they then wait hours to watch the Greek island's famed

Eric McAllister Departs McAllister Towing

Eric McAllister Departs McAllister Towing

New-York-based McAllister Towing on Wednesday announced that officer, director and shareholder Eric McAllister is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.Eric and brother Buckley McAllister, the company’s president, represent the fifth generation of McAllisters to lead the 160-year-old, family-owned marine towing and transportation company—one of the oldest and largest in the U.S.

McAllister Chooses Markey Winches for Newest ASD Tug

McAllister Chooses Markey Winches for Newest ASD Tug

McAllister Towing recently ordered a Markey Machine winch and capstan for the fourth ASD tug of a class-build series being constructed at Washburn & Doughty Associates.Markey is providing a DEPCF-52-75 Class II bow hawser winch, which includes the Markey Render/RecoverⓇ system, a line-display screen and a stainless-steel brake drum. A two-speed CEW-60 electric capstan is also included.

McAllister Towing Releases Its First Sustainability Report

McAllister Towing Releases Its First Sustainability Report

McAllister Towing has released its inaugural sustainability report.ABS specialists worked with McAllister’s team to provide greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services, calculating the operational carbon intensity and benchmarking the performance of the McAllister fleet of more than 60 vessels, including tugboats, passenger ferries, offshore supply vessels