MATTHEW K

  • General
    • Vessel Name : MATTHEW K
    • Operator : BAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.
    • Ships Type (ICST) : Tugboat
    • Vessel Type : Tugboat
    • Construction : Steel
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 4300
  • Location
    • City : GALVESTON
    • STATE : TX
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 167
  • Size
    • Register length : 96 Feet
    • Regular Breadth : 38 Feet
    • Overall Length : 100 Feet
    • Overall Breadt : 38 Feet
    • Load draft : 17.1 Feet
    • Light Draft : 12 Feet
    • Height : 52 Feet
  • Other
    • Year : 2000
    • EQUIP1 : NONE
    • Coast Guard Number : 1099166

BAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.

  • Area of Operation : FREEPORT, GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL AND TEXAS CITY CHANNEL TO GULF OF MEXICO
  • Principal Commodity : TOWING

ANDREW K

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

C. R. HADEN

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

CAPTAIN W. D. HADEN

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

CHLOE K

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

FRANCES E. HADEN

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

HADEN II

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

HARRIS II

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

HUNTER M

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

LEXIE M

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

MARK K

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

PHILIP K

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

W. D. HADEN II

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

WESLEY A

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

WILLIAM M

  • Type : Tugboat
  • Construction : Steel

News

ABS Approves Bumi Armada's Floating Concept for Carbon Storage and Injection

ABS Approves Bumi Armada's Floating Concept for Carbon Storage and Injection

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) for Bumi Armada’s pioneering design for a floating carbon storage and injection unit (FCSIU).Bumi Armada’s FCSIU concept is a floating terminal capable of storing and injecting liquified carbon dioxide (LCO2) into depleted oil and gas fields or aquifers.

US Offshore Wind Sector Faces Key Test After Weak Gulf Auction

US Offshore Wind Sector Faces Key Test After Weak Gulf Auction

The low interest in the first-ever auction of offshore wind farm development rights in the Gulf of Mexico marks a potentially serious setback for U.S. President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, and the U.S. offshore wind sector in general.U.S. officials had touted the auction as a key milestone in Biden’s agenda to make offshore wind a cornerstone of U.S.

Iranian Oil Remains Stuck Off US Coast

Iranian Oil Remains Stuck Off US Coast

A cargo of sanctioned Iranian crude oil that was confiscated by the U.S. has sat off the Texas coast for eight weeks, unable to unload because commercial agents fear any vessel that takes it will be shunned by customers, people familiar with the matter said.Suez Rajan, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, has been anchored off Galveston, about 50 miles (80 km) outside of Houston, since May 30

UN Starts Removing Oil from Decaying FSO in Red Sea

UN Starts Removing Oil from Decaying FSO in Red Sea

The United Nations said on Tuesday it had started the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast in a complex operation it hopes will ward off a regional disaster.U.N. officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was at risk as the Safer tanker could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez

Methanol Bunkering Gaining Interest Among Global Players

Methanol Bunkering Gaining Interest Among Global Players

Denmark's Maersk said on Monday it has secured fuel for the world's first container vessel able to run on carbon-neutral methanol for its inaugural journey.Interest in methanol as an alternative fuel for bunkering has grown in the shipping industry, which seeks to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Employers Say Union is Disrupting Work at Southern California Seaports

Employers Say Union is Disrupting Work at Southern California Seaports

The Pacific Maritime Association on Thursday said the largest longshore union local on the West Coast disrupted work at the nation's busiest seaport complex for the second week in a row, as labor talks covering 22,000 dockworkers from California to Washington state approach the one-year mark.Frustration is growing over the lack of resolution in the talks, which started in May.

US Firm Says Mexican Authorities Illegally Seized Its Port Terminal

US Firm Says Mexican Authorities Illegally Seized Its Port Terminal

U.S. construction materials firm Vulcan Materials Co said on Monday that Mexican security forces illegally took possession last week of its port terminal in southern Mexico, as an extended legal battle over its nearby limestone mining activities plays out.The incident took place last Tuesday night at the terminal in the popular tourist hub of Playa del Carmen

Lack of Dredging Could Delay Chevron's Venezuela Oil Exports

Lack of Dredging Could Delay Chevron's Venezuela Oil Exports

A shipping channel snafu is slowing Chevron Corp’s efforts to load tankers at one of its four Venezuelan joint ventures and bring heavy crude to the United States, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.Washington in November authorized the last major U.S. firm still operating in Venezuela to restore lost output and begin exporting oil as a way to encourage talks between Nicolas

Ship Insurers to Cancel War Cover for Russia, Ukraine

Ship Insurers to Cancel War Cover for Russia, Ukraine

Ship insurers said they are cancelling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region by reinsurers in the face of steep losses.Reinsurers, who insure the insurers, typically renew their 12-month contracts with insurance clients on Jan. 1, giving them the first opportunity to scale back exposure since the war in Ukraine started

Louisiana Announces $1.8 Billion Port Expansion Project

Louisiana Announces $1.8 Billion Port Expansion Project

A public-private partnership between the state of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans and two global maritime industry leaders will build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced.The new Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) in St.

US Charges former Boxer Over $1 Billion Containership Cocaine Seizure

US Charges former Boxer Over $1 Billion Containership Cocaine Seizure

A former heavyweight boxer from Montenegro was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday with trafficking in 22 tons of cocaine worth over $1 billion, most of which was part of one of the largest cocaine seizures in American history.Goran Gogic, 43, was arrested on Sunday night while trying to board a flight to Zurich from Miami International Airport

US Corn, Soy Exports Lag Normal Autumn Pace Amid River Shipping Woes

US Corn, Soy Exports Lag Normal Autumn Pace Amid River Shipping Woes

U.S. soybean exports are trailing their normal autumn pace despite rising supplies from an accelerating harvest, as low river levels have slowed the flow of grain barges to export terminals, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data issued on Monday.Corn exports are also lagging their typical harvest-time rate, weekly USDA export inspections data showed.