Vessels News – Page 177
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NewsFirst VSP equipped X-BOW under build
The Siem Moxie, an infield support vessel (ISV), will be put into operation in spring of 2014 as the first workboat with the Ulstein-designed X-BOW to be fitted with two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP).
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NewsPreparations for Costa Concordia righting
Scotland based subsea grouting specialist FoundOcean has been working at the Costa Concordia wreck removal site since October 2012.
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NewsTug delivery crews dice with cyclones
During the first three month’s of 2013 some 13 tugs, two of which were towing barges, an OSV, a landing craft and three dredgers were mobilized and safely delivered to their new destinations.
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NewsNew diesel engine concept powers up
A new concept of diesel engine that could transform the diesel outboard market has received a significant development boost with support from the British Ministry of Defence.
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NewsFairmount Sherpa delivers rig in Las Palmas
The tug Fairmount Sherpa, operated by Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine, has safely delivered the rig GSF Arctic I in Las Palmas, having been towed from off Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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NewsFour sets of deck equipment delivered
America based manufacturer JonRie has delivered four ship sets of deck equipment to Seabulk Towing.
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NewsAward for EU Hybrid Marine (HyMar) project
The EU Hybrid Marine (HyMar) Project won the ‘Ocean Going and Coastal Division Technology Award’ at the Royal Thames Yacht Club’s Mansura Trophy Awards Ceremony in London last week.
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NewsRolls contract for battery powered ferry
Rolls-Royce plc has signed a contract for the delivery of its highly efficient Azipull propulsion and control system for the ''ferry of the future'', a new vessel which will operate on battery power alone.
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NewsPOSH and TeraSea form a powerful alliance
A newly formed joint venture entitled ‘POSH TeraSea’ has resulted in world’s largest and youngest tug fleet of vessels for ocean towage services.
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NewsTOWLINES
Among a number of the recent high profile tows carried out recently by Fairmount Marine of Rotterdam was the delivery of the 156,907 dwt container ship Emma Maersk from the Suez Canal Container Terminal in Egypt to Fincantieri’s repair yard in Palermo, Sicily. The 398m long Emma Maersk was disabled ...
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NewsDamen delivers Ice class ASDs to Ukraine
Damen Shipyards has delivered two ‘Ice class’ variants of their increasingly popular ASD Tug 3212 shiphandling tug to the Ukrainian State Enterprise – Mariupol Sea Commercial Port.
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NewsMacduff tug designs grow in popularity
Over the past year or so substantial orders have been secured for tugs, workboats and other craft to be built to designs from Scotland based naval architects and marine consultants, Macduff Ship Design.
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NewsKOTUG news from Australia and the UK
Teekay Shipping - Australia has chartered three more high powered Rotor Tugs from KOTUG International to boost maritime services for the mining industry in Western Australia''s North-West region.
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NewsStatesman joins the SMS fleet
British tugowner SMS Towage Ltd, with headquarters in Hessle on Humberside, has recently purchased the former Ulupinar 14 from Sanmar, the Turkish tugowners and shipbuilders.
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NewsMacleod a unique ‘dual-draft’ ASD
Over the past few months a variety of RAmparts 3000 series of ASD tug designs by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been described in these pages.
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NewsA brief look at Aiviq
The world’s media focused on Alaska at the beginning of the year when the Royal Dutch Shell ‘Arctic’-class drilling unit Kulluk was driven aground by violent weather on the southeast shoreline of nearby Sitkalidak Island on December 31, 2012.
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NewsSL Gabon, an important delivery for Smit Lamnalco
During the last few days of December 2012 the new SL Gabon sailed from the Damen Shipyard in Galati, Romania, bound for Port Gentil in Gabon.
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NewsBommel joins the expanding fleet of Herman Sr
The Zwijndrecht based tugowners and marine contractors Holding Herman Sr BV has been transformed over the past few months from the original family firm to become a major player in the marine civil engineering and dredging industries.
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NewsKootenay - compact and agile
Kootenay, an extremely powerful, agile and innovative ‘compact’ ASD tug of only 19.6m in length has entered service in British Columbia.
