Our marine resources group owns and operates a fleet of 94 tugboats and 75 barges, and employs 1,700 persons worldwide. The companies include Foss Maritime Company, based in Seattle, Washington, and its subsidiary companies: Boston-based Constellation Maritime Company and Seattle-based America Cargo Transport Corp. The MRG family of companies also includes Oakland-based AmNav Maritime Services, and two companies based in Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Tug and Barge and Young Brothers. MRG companies are also active outside the U.S. The Mercosur Shuttle Group consists of three companies, CMSA, CMSP and CMSU, and is operated from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The group offers the following services:
Domestic harbor services, including ship assist, escort, bunkering, and offshore moorings and construction support;
Domestic regional towing - both long-term charter and spot contract;
Global ocean towing;
Global lightering, bulk handling, project cargo and logistics;
Global barging of general cargo - including bulk, roll on-roll off, and containerized; and both scheduled liner and special charter; and
Technical engineering and small vessel new construction and repair. The group’s primary customer base is the world’s largest oil and gas companies followed by international shipping companies.
Marine Resources Group owns and oversees seven independently managed companies and is headquartered in Seattle.
Corporate Headquarters: 1177 Fairview Avenue North; Seattle, Washington 98109; 206-381-5800;
AmNav Maritime Services is a Northern California-based harbor services company. AmNav provides ship assist, regional towing and construction support services. The company owns and operates twelve harbor tugs and barges.
Corporate Headquarters: 201 Burma Road, Oakland, California 94607; 510-834-8847;
Mercosur Shuttle Group is a group of three companies operating a container shipping business in South America. Mercosur operates a fleet of four tugs and seven barges on the Hidrovia Waterway system, made up of the River Plata, Paraná River and Paraguay River.
Corporate Headquarters: Independencia Nacional 811, Piso 15 – Edificio "El Producton", (1245) Asuncion – Paraguay; 011-595-21-444-695;
www.msgcontainerline.com; CMSA, an Uruguayan Company providing marine transportation between Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay on the Rio de La Plata, Parana and Paraguay rivers.
Foss Maritime Company provides harbor services (including ship assist and tanker escort), bunker and petroleum transportation, regional and worldwide ocean towing, engineering and small vessel repair and construction, marine logistics, lighterage and bulk handling, and emergency response, rescue and repair. Founded by Thea Foss in 1889, Foss today owns and operates roughly 150 tugs and barges.
Corporate Headquarters: 660 West Ewing, Seattle, Washington 98119; 206-281-3800;
Hawaiian Tug & Barge is based in Honolulu and provides harbor services and regional towing services throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The company owns and operates five harbor tugs.
Hawaiian Tug & Barge, 1331 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817; 808-543-9311;
Young Brothers provides common carrier transportation service between the Hawaiian Islands. Founded in 1900, YB is regulated by the Hawaiian Public Utilities Commission and has terminal facilities in Honolulu, Hilo, Kahului, Kawaihae, Lanai, Molokai and Nawiliwili. Young Brothers provides its regularly scheduled service with its fleet of 16 ocean tugs and barges.
Corporate Headquarters: Young Brothers, 1331 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817; 808-543-9311;
