Thanks to one of my two peripatetic sisters, I have a treat . . . photos from Cartagena, a major Caribbean container port.
Assisting Athens Glory into the dock is the Turkish-built 2009 tug Capdahl.
Similar size . . at the dock it’s the Chinese-built 2012 GPC Rosario.
RM Marlin IV dates from 2011, from another Chinese shipyard.
RM Odin, 2007, was built in the Netherlands.
And finally . . . RM Scirocco . . . any guesses where it was built? Date?
And the answer is China, 2008.
If the US rescinded the Jones Act, where do you think tugboats used in the US would be built?
Many thanks to my sister for sending along these photos.
tugster: a waterblog 
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April 2, 2022 at 12:22 pm
Les Sonnenmark
In case Congress is foolish enough to abandon the Jones Act, I’d like to see tugs here built in Turkey. It has several shipyards with extensive experience in high quality, high performance tugs. But I dread to think of what would happen to builders like Washburn & Doughty in Maine, who would be competing directly to supply the same tugs.
April 3, 2022 at 7:09 am
Rich Jones
Anywhere except Russia or China hopefully..