Agua Hedionda Lagoon, located north of San Diego in Carlsbad, California represents the best a waterway can be. It is an ecologically diverse, dynamic, and beautiful place which also plays an important role for residents…
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How About a Little Wire, Scarecrow?
At Pacific Maritime Group we love our wires. Tow wires. Face wires. Trip wires. Bridles. Whip lines and tugger wires. Wire slings and chokers. Dozens of wires, thousands of feet of wire. When we talk…
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Hidalgo Re-Power
Someone once described a tug as “an engine surrounded by fuel tanks and sprinkled with crew”. It is true that a tug’s engines are its power, its push and pull. When we talk about tugboats…
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SAN DIEGO TUG “HARBOR COMMANDER” RE-POWERED
The tug HARBOR COMMANDER is a San Diego fixture. It was the first tug in the PMG fleet and was designed and built by one of the original founders Doug Lotoski. To this day it…
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SOVIET SUBMARINE SPOTTED OFF CALIFORNIA!
Fortunately, this was not an act of war, it was to be the final voyage of the B-39 Project 641 Class Soviet era submarine, dubbed “Foxtrot” by NATO. The sub had been part of the…
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Pile It On
We have all seen the backlogs of container ships in California. They are anchored near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach or drifting nearby. Waiting. The reasons for the wait, sometimes weeks long,…
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Ticklish
Are you ticklish? I don’t mean the tendency to squeal, wriggle and scream when someone touches the bottom of your feet. I mean the hunched up feeling when some job you are doing has little…
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LADWP Vault Removal
For Pacific Maritime Group, as with other marine construction firms, “Infrastructure Week” is not a joke; it is this week, last week and weeks to come. Infrastructure is a catch-all for roads, water, electricity, bridges,…
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Cleanup at Laguna Beach
Recently Pacific Maritime Group helped clean up a diesel fuel spill at Laguna Beach, Orange County. This part of the California coast is rugged, known for its surf and is indescribably beautiful. Unfortunately, an accidental…
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Hydraulic vs Mechanical Dredging
Hey, buddy, need a dredge? Dredging is the removal of material from within or near to a body of water. A marina may require dredging to maintain water depth for boats, or a port may…
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