Vessels News – Page 158
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NewsRubicon & Righteous - a New Year delivery for PSA
Early in the New Year PSA Marine of Singapore, one of the largest owners and operators of harbour tugs in Asia, took delivery of the ASD tugs Rubicon and Righteous.
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NewsHarley Marine purchases the BRAtt prototype
Harley Marine Services, a leading provider of marine transportation services in the United States, has purchased the prototype training tug BRAtt from Robert Allan Ltd.
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NewsA new RAmparts Class finds favour in China
Late in 2013, the first of a new series of RAmparts 3500 class ASD tugs was delivered to its owners Tianjin Port, a major port in the northern part of China.
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NewsNewbuild tugs for Dutch and Swedish navies
The Dutch and Swedish Navies are joining forces to purchase a total of five harbour and seagoing tugs from Damen Shipyards.
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NewsWorld’s first LNG powered tug is delivered
Borgøy, the world’s first tug to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), left the Sanmar shipyard in Tuzla on 14 January bound for Norway under its own power.
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NewsIssues for diesel-electric development
The push towards diesel-electric power generation is beginning to gather momentum as bigger cranes and powerful onboard equipment results in workboats, construction and lifting vessels facing a very variable power draw.
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NewsSvitzer awarded Australian Wheatstone contract
Svitzer Australia has announced that it will provide tugs and a pilot boat at the Chevron operated Wheatstone LNG Terminal under a marine services contract valued at approximately $650m.
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NewsHypro Marine to distribute propane outboards
Award winning USA based technology company LEHR is continuing its expansion into the European market with the appointment of Hypro Marine as its UK and Eire sole distributor for the latest innovation, the world’s first OEM propane powered outboard motor, including 2.5 hp, 5.0 hp, 9.9 hp and 15hp models.
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NewsAnchorhandlers – an example of the next generation
As offshore oil exploration moves into progressively deeper and more hazardous waters the vessels required to serve that very specialised offshore sector have also grown in size, sophistication and power.
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NewsGarp and Sark delivered to Turkish authority
As the popularity of tug designs from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) continues to grow so too does the wide variety of vessels emerging from the company’s seemingly bottomless portfolio.
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NewsOcean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful harbour tug
On 13 December 2013 the Canadian marine services company Ocean, based in Quebec, held a ceremony to bless the latest addition to its tug fleet, the Ocean Tundra.
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NewsDoosan power does it for Eileen McLoughlin
The latest general purpose harbour tug designed by Macduff Ship Design and built by Macduff Shipyards has been launched, powered by WaterMota supplied engines.
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NewsEnvironment protected by thoughtful salvage
Adler and Allan’s salvage team has helped in the recovery of the luxury motor yacht, Kahu, from the seabed at East Cowes Marina on the Medina Estuary in the UK.
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NewsSimulators for new tug training centre
Iskes Towage & Salvage has signed an agreement with VSTEP for the delivery of two NAUTIS Tug and Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) simulators.
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NewsFairmount Summit tows rig to Canaries
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Summit delivered the rig Ocean Valiant safely to the port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, following a tow of some 3,000 from offshore Cameroon.
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NewsAccommodation support for Costa Concordia salvage
The Costa Concordia salvage mission has been one of the largest and most complex operations of its kind, with around 500 people working together over the past year to bring the cruise liner to an upright position.
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NewsSalvage success with Swedish trawler
Danish salvage company J.A. Rederiet salvaged the grounded Swedish trawler Solvag at Skaw last month.
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NewsFull power from Italian hydraulic drive
An Italian company has introduced a hydraulic propulsion system that offers great flexibility in the way that it can be operated as well as claimed improved fuel consumption and reduced emissions.
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NewsServogear success in windfarm market
Norwegian propulsion system manufacturer Servogear is seeing an increasing number of wind farm support vessels using its equipment.
