Back to Mobile we go

Following a successful TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event held in Mobile, Ala., last year, we are excited to return to the river city for at least one more year before we take our show to a new location.

As is the trend of late, TTB 2023 will focus on “making the green transition work.” And with our current lineup, which includes numerous tug, towboat and barge owners and operators, there is little doubt that attendees will glean something from their experiences.

The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a transition to a low-carbon future that is already seeing trucking companies add electric vehicles to their fleets and railroads eye emerging technologies for zero-emissions locomotives (some of which could be applicable to marine).

To convey all of this to the marine space, TTB will bring together owners, operators, naval architects, shipbuilders and others to discuss these advancements in technology and design, as well as methods of meeting environmental and economic goals.