Vessels News – Page 177
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NewsFast electric ferry rides on air-support
Development is well underway with the world’s first fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone.
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NewsTowlines
SMS Towage Limited, based in Hessle on HumbersideUK, has moved into the Bristol Channel with a new subsidiary SMS Towage (Bristol Channel) Ltd and is currently offering towage services in the South Wales ports of Newport, Cardiff and Barry. The 22.6m ASD tug Trueman, a tug of 32 tonnes bollard ...
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NewsDMC develops single weld nozzle spinning
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has developed a pioneering nozzle production method bases on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle.
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NewsFirst of three Algerian ETVs is delivered
EL Moundjid, the first of three ‘state of the art’ Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), has been handed over to the Algerian Government by STX OSV Braatvaag in Norway.
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NewsHunter clocks up the miles for Svendborg
The Danish tug owner Rederiet Junior ApS, a fully autonomous subsidiary of Svendborg Bugser A/S, is delighted with the twin screw tug Hunter they purchased in January 2011.
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NewsExtensive newbuild programme for Svitzer
International towage provider Svitzer continues to maintain a large ongoing construction programme in order to replace outdated tonnage and support new contracts.
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NewsThe first RAmpage 4500 enters service
AOS Power, a highly versatile offshore support tug, is now in service with its owners the Atlantic Maritime Group, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsTOWLINES
Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd have signed a contract for the supply of marine services at the Gorgon LNG Project terminal on Barrow Island, Western Australia. Four Svitzer designed, diesel-electric hybrid escort tugs with 80 tons bollard pull, based on the Svitzer S80/33 design, will be ...
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NewsSt Elmo a new customised tug for Malta
Towards the end of 2011 Tug Malta Limited, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug St Elmo.
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NewsBuksér og Berging to build world’s first LNG tugs
The world’s first LNG powered escort tugs have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS.
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NewsA study of Voith tractors in ice
Hard winters frequently lead to the formation of ice in many ports and harbours. Tugs often act as icebreakers and to the uninitiated some modern tugs appear to be particularly susceptible to damage.
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NewsGondan deliver LNG Guardian
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan delivered the 75 ton bollard pull standby vessel LNG Guardian to its Italian tug owner Fratelli Neri SpA on 12 January.
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NewsSmit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’
Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011).
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NewsJensen is busy with new designs
Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean TugZ .
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NewsTOWLINES
Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ – Sept 2011). This first vessel will be delivered during the next three months and be followed by ...
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NewsDamen to build two ‘Green’ tugs for Iskes
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has signed a contract with Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden and Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) to construct two ‘Green’ tugs.
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NewsTaikoo is first of a new quartet for Hong Kong
In October of last year Cheoy Lee Shipyards handed over the first of a series of four powerful terminal support tugs to Hong Kong United Dockyards.
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NewsA new RAmparts 3300 for Ningbo Port
News regarding the use and construction of new Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs of the ‘RAmparts’ class and its various derivatives is coming in thick and fast.
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NewsETV contract in Scotland extended to March
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded a new short term contract with J P Knight (Lowestoft) Ltd to enable the Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) Anglian Sovereign and Anglian Monarch to remain in service in Scottish waters until the end of March 2012.
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NewsA new patrol vessel/tug for Iceland
After a long and anxious wait, the Icelandic ‘Landhelgisgaeslan’ (Coastal Guard) (LHG) has taken delivery of its new multipurpose offshore patrol vessel Thor.
