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NewsDMS Osprey evolved from a flexible design - by Jack Gaston
On 27 April Damen Marine Services took delivery of the new tug ‘DMS Osprey’ and ‘DMS Pelican’, a Multicat 2409. The ‘DMS Osprey’ has a striking resemblance to the ‘Pushbuster’ class of tugs introduced in 2008 but bears the designation Shoalbuster 3511. The explanation lies in some slick redesign and ...
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NewsFairplay Towage charter the Italian Fox - by Jack Gaston
Hamburg based tugowners Fairplay Towage have taken the anchorhandling ASD tug ‘Fox’ on a two year bare boat charter from Ocean Srl of Trieste. The deal was completed at the end of April and the tug sailed from Trieste in Fairplay colours under the name ‘Fairplay 27’.
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The International Tugmasters Association is formed - by Jack Gaston
A new International Tug Masters Association has been formed to represent tugmasters throughout the world, largely by means of a new and most comprehensive web site. The launch is backed by a host of influential personalities representing a wealth of experience from all sectors of the towage industry.
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NewsTOWLINES June 2010 - by Jack Gaston
Kompania di Tou Korsou (KTK) took delivery of the ‘Orca VI’, a powerful Damen Stan Tug 4011 built by PT Dumas in Surabaya, Indonesia on 2 April. With its bollard pull of 70 tons the new vessel will give an important boost to KTK’s capabilities in the international towing and ...
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NewsSuperferry sails on Sunday
The first of the world’s two largest Superferries will sail the North Sea between Harwich and the Hook of Holland when Stena Line puts it into service on Sunday.
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NewsUSCG approves salvage and firefighting services contract
Marine Response Alliance, LLC (MRA) has received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard of its Salvage and Marine Firefighting Contract and Funding Agreement.
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NewsA long haul home for ‘RT Peter’ – by Jack Gaston
The latest addition to the Kotug fleet, the Rotor Tug ''RT Peter'' arrived in Rotterdam in mid-April after a very lengthy delivery voyage from the Far East.
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NewsA tug and barge service delivers new Aircraft Carrier sections – by Jack Gaston
The first major transfer of prefabricated blocks (sections) for the new aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’, was completed on 8 April when the barge ‘Osprey Carrier’ arrived in the Firth of Forth, towed by the tug ‘Vigilant’.
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NewsHerman Sr BV get a new Tarka 3 – by Jack Gaston
The names ‘Herman Sr’, and ‘Tarka’, well known in the dredging and marine civil engineering business. Dutch tugowners Herman Sr BV took delivery of their first Shoalbuster named ''Tarka'' from the Damen Shipyard at Hardinxveld in 1996.
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NewsITC continues to diversify – by Jack Gaston
In recent years the Dutch towage specialist ITC applied a strategy to progressively diversify its activities more into offshore support and other similar activities, alongside its traditional core business of deepsea ocean towage.
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NewsTOWLINES May 2010 – by Jack Gaston
Dutch tug owners F J M Hubregte van der Berge have taken delivery of the new anchorhandling tug Dutch Pearl. The new tug was built by Scheepswerf Gebr Kooiman of Zwijndrecht and is a further example of the successful 31m shallow draft, twin screw design that has proved popular with ...
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NewsSmit Salvage teams save storm casualties
SMIT Salvage expertise was in strong demand during the final quarter of 2009 and the opening weeks of 2010. The assignments included a number of ‘rescue tows’, successfully confronting emergencies which could threaten life, the environment and property.
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NewsURS introduces Union Warrior - by Jack Gaston
Antwerp based towage organisation URS, a subsidiary of Smit International, is in the process of introducing a new class of four anchorhandling tugs for their offshore fleet.
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NewsActa Marine Group consolidates and grows - by Jack Gaston
The Acta Marine Group, based in the Netherlands at Den Helder, has recently taken several significant steps to consolidate and modernise their growing organisation.
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NewsRimorchiatori Napoli gets the first big 'Compact' RAstar 2700 - by Jack Gaston
Italian tugowner Rimorchiatori Napoli of Naples has taken delivery of ''Cheradi,'' the first of a new RAstar 2700 class, a design intended to take the concept of the ''compact'' tug to a new level of performance.
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NewsAnglian Sovereign makes a towing connection in heavy weather - by Jack Gaston
In the early hours of 19 March, Shetland Coastguard tasked the Emergency Towing Vessel ‘Anglian Sovereign’ to go to the assistance of the general cargo ship ‘Wilson Dover’, disabled with steering problems 45 miles north east of Cape Wrath.
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NewsTOWLINES April 2010 – by Jack Gaston
The powerful twin screw tug ‘Mustang’ has been sold by Dutch owners Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV to Ippo Marine Ltd of Nicosia, Cyprus.
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NewsRORO 2010 rolls up in Bremen
RORO, the only exhibition and conference dedicated to the ro-ro shipping industry, takes place in Bremen, Germany, this year from 18-20 May.
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NewsAfter-treatment NOx socks off emissions
Engine manufacturers have put a great deal of thought and money into reducing emissions in recent years. As regulations, particularly in the US and Europe, are becoming more stringent, the engineers have responded by tuning the engine design with everything from electronic injectors to redesigned combustion chambers.
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NewsBreakthrough aximuthing order for Kort Propulsion
Kent UK based Kort Propulsion has completed an order far from home, supplying an Indian shipyard with 12 KT300AZ azimuthing units which will drive six new workboats being built for the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
