In a show of support for breast cancer awareness in October, MoranTowing Corp. had the “M” emblem that appears on the stacks of its tugs painted pink on 100 of its boats. PPG Industries distributor Armorica Sales donated its Pitt-Tech Plus marine paint for the job. The idea for the pink “M”s took root when a Moran employee asked president Ted Tregurtha for approval to paint one on a single tug to honor a family member. When the company president floated the idea to other Moran ports, the response was overwhelming so he authorized it for the company’s entire fleet of tugs. Armorica, a longtime distributor of PPG protective and marine coatings, is based in Staten Island, N.Y..
