McAllister Towing announces departure of Eric McAllister

The multi-generational, family owned and run McAllister Towing said Mr McAllister is leaving "to pursue various other opportunities".

“I want to thank Eric for all of his contributions to the company during his many years here,” said McAllister Towing president Buckley McAllister. “Eric has been an integral part of the team here. We wish him the best of luck in his upcoming endeavours.” 

Having previously held roles as chief financial officer and vice president, Eric McAllister said, “I leave confident in McAllister’s future and have been very gratified in all of my work in my family’s business. The company has a rich history and a bright future. I look forward to watching the company continue to grow and evolve.”

McAllister Towing’s website lists B Buckley McAllister as chairman and chief executive "and a great-great-grandson of the founder, representing the fifth generation of McAllisters at the helm". The company goes on to say that three additional family members work for the company and represent the family’s fifth generation since the company was founded in 1864.

The New York-headquartered company operates a fleet of more than 60 tugboats, crew boats, and barges in 13 locations along the US East Coast from Eastport, Maine, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. McAllister says it is engaged in ship docking, general harbour towing, coastal towing, windfarm support and bulk transport. The fleet includes 38 Z-Drive tractor tugs and more than 20 vessels involved in coastal towing.

McAllister’s fleet list shows 69 active vessels, with one newbuild tractor tug, Isabel McAllister, listed as ’coming soon’.

In January 2024, McAllister Towing added a low-emissions, 28-m newbuild tug, Grace McAllister, to its fleet of vessels operating in New York and New Jersey ports.

And in March 2024, McAllister vessels took part in emergency rescue and response operations in Maryland’s Patapsco River in the immediate aftermath of the Grace Ocean-owned 9,962-TEU, 289-m container ship Dali’s allision with and resultant destruction of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key interstate highway bridge.