McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc.

Transportation service North Charleston, SC
43 / 100

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About McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc.

McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc. is a transportation service in North Charleston, SC. The company provides towing and harbor assist services in Charleston Harbor, as well as offshore towing on the East Coast, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. McAllister arrived in Charleston in the early part of 1987 and shortly thereafter purchased Marine Contracting and Towing Company from the Seabrook family. The local team includes Vice President Joe Buckheister, who has over 30 years of experience in the tug industry, and General Manager and Vice President Captain Steven Kicklighter, who holds an Operator of Uninspected Towboat License with the U.S.C.G. and has been in the Port of Charleston since 1992.

McAllister Towing operates a fleet of more than 60 tugboats, crew boats, and barges in 13 locations along the U.S. East Coast from Eastport, ME to San Juan, PR. The fleet includes 38 Z-Drive/tractor tugs and 20-plus vessels involved in coastal towing with more than a combined 270,000 H.P. In each port, the company is engaged in ship docking, servicing more than 1,000 steamship companies, general harbor towing, coastal towing, windfarm support, and bulk transportation. The company is currently building two new tractor tugs at Washburn & Doughty, which will add more than 13,000 hp to the fleet.

McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc. provides reliable marine transportation services to the Port of Charleston.

BizScoreAI gives McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc. a Schema and Structure score of 100 out of 100. This excellent rating shows the website uses structured data and clear headings so AI assistants and search engines understand exactly what the business offers. The company also holds a Performance score of 81 out of 100. This strong result reflects fast website loading that keeps visitors on the page and helps ranking with search engines.

Services:

  • container and intermodal port services
  • harbor assist services
  • offshore towing
  • towing

Score Summary

BizScoreAI scanned the website mcallistertowing.com on June 5, 2026. McAllister Towing of Charleston, Inc. has a BizScore of 43 out of 100. The website audit behind the SEO score ran on October 24, 2026.

  • AI Visibility15 out of 100
  • SEO60 out of 100

AI visibility scan by category: AI Discovery 0 of 25 points, Structured Data 0 of 25 points, Content Readiness 5 of 30 points, AI Trust Signals 10 of 20 points.

Website audit sub-scores (out of 100): On-Page 91, Technical 29, Performance 83, Content 36.

Strengths: 4 checks passed. AI Content Blocking, AI-Parseable Headings, Meta Description, About/Team Page.

Areas to improve: 6 checks. llms.txt (failed), Structured Data (failed), Q&A Content (failed), Content Too Thin (failed), XML Sitemap (warning), Author Signals (warning).

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Read by AI engines 1 time in the last 30 days.

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AI Visibility Score

How visible is this business to AI-powered search engines

15 /100
AI Discovery
0/100
Structured Data
0/100
Content Readiness
17/100
AI Trust Signals
50/100

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SEO Score

Technical SEO health and search engine optimization

60 /100
On-Page
91/100
Technical
29/100
Performance
83/100
Content
36/100

Ways to improve this score

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