Read this exciting article on the use of a retired MORAN tug for an artificial reef. The tug will be used for reasearch by the Jacksonville Reef Research Team.
Moon Mountain publishing has devloped a series of books that seek to educate children about the importance of the mairitme world and featured in these books are MORAN and the famous MORAN tugboats.
Tying knots and "nesting a line" are learned aboard a "floating classroom" in Mathews High School.
The tugboat, donated by Moran Towing in the Port of Norfolk, is a work in progress.
Editor’s note: To the outside world, Portsmouth’s working waterfront is like another country. We see tugboats escorting ships from foreign lands to and from our shores, but know little about the people who act as shepherds aboard these mighty vessels.
A ride on a tugboat is a tour through history.
No local family understands this better than the Holts, whose time on the tugs stretches back far longer than any towline they may use day-to-day to guide ships to safe harbor.
NORFOLK - The Savannah, described by some as the most famous ship in the James River Reserve Fleet, arrived under tow Tuesday at Colonna's Shipyard for a sprucing up - and the start of a new life.
50 Locust Avenue | New Canaan, CT 06840-4737 USA | Tel: 203.442.2800
