Vessels News – Page 178
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NewsTwo new Shoalbusters enter service
Much has been written in Tugs & Towing over the years on the subject of the Damen Shoalbuster shallow draft multipurpose tug and its development.
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NewsFoss unveil their second Hybrid tug
One of America’s major towage organisations, the Foss Maritime Company, unveiled its second true ‘Hybrid’ tug at an event held on 20 September at the company’s Rainier shipyard in Oregon.
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NewsTOWLINES
The anchorhandling twin screw tug Primus, built in 2004 by Mutzelfeldtwerft GmbH Cuxhaven, has recently been placed under the management of Unterweser Reederei GmbH Bremen (URAG). Owned by Primus GmbH & C0 KG, the 120 tons bollard pull tug has been under the management of Harms Offshore since its delivery ...
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NewsJetpower drives fast aluminium crewboat
Aluminium boat builder Armstrong Marine of Washington state in the USA has recently delivered Arctic Solution, a landing craft to transport equipment and personnel to and from oil producing regions in Alaska.
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NewsNew heavy duty marine diesel from Volvo
The new Volvo Penta D13 MH for medium and heavy duty marine commercial applications is a powerful and fuel efficient Tier 3 engine.
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NewsWorkboat operators could benefit from CCV
The latest wave of crankcase ventilation separation system (CCV) filtration technology will simplify the task of meeting emission standards, says Adam Pearce of Parker Hannifin’s Racor Filter Division Europe.
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NewsWärtsilä dredges propulsion package orders
Wärtsilä has recently been awarded a series of orders to supply propulsion solutions for dredging vessels to be built in China and the Netherlands.
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NewsFuel monitoring for Tug Malta newbuild
Tug Malta, the only company licensed for towage operations in Malta, is having a Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system fitted to its newest tug.
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NewsCranes bridge the gap from Goole to Hull
Associated British Ports has successfully transported two large Liebherr mobile harbour cranes from TransAtlantic’s Aldam Terminal in Goole to Hull by barge
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NewsDual-fuel solution for Finnish ferry
Wärtsilä has won a contract from shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for ship owner Viking Line.
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NewsAntwerp hosts Tugnology ‘11 next month
Following the great success of the two previous Tugnology conferences, delegates are eagerly awaiting Tugnology ‘11, to be held in the Antwerp Hilton on 17 and 18 May.
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NewsITC sell the oceangoing tugs Suhaili and Simoon
International Transport Contractors (ITC), a member of the Tschudi Group, based in the Netherlands has sold two of their traditional ‘S-Wind’ class ocean going deepsea tugs.
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NewsDual control for Swedish waterjets
Swedish based MJP Waterjets has succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic control.
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NewsTOWLINES
Italian tug owners Ocean Srl have purchased the Voith tractor tug Bremen from the fleet of German operators Unterweser Reederi AG (URAG) of Bremerhaven. The tug had been employed for some time by URAG associate Lutgen & Reimers in Hamburg as the Accurat but the name Bremen was reinstated before ...
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NewsThames tug Chiefton capsizes in a tragic accident
During the morning of Friday 12 August, the tug Chiefton capsized and sank on the river Thames while towing the crane barge Skyline near Convoys Wharf, a short distance from Greenwich Pier.
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NewsITC sells Sirocco and Sumatras
Dutch towage contractor ITC has sold its last two ‘S-Wind’ class vessels, Sirocco and Sumatras, just a few months after announcing the sale of the Simoon and Suhaili. (See MJ May 2011)
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NewsCrowley looks forward to its first ‘Ocean’ class tug
The first of four ‘Ocean class’ deepsea tugs destined for the fleet of Crowley Maritime in the USA is rapidly nearing completion at the shipyard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators LLC in Amelia, Louisiana.
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NewsNo reprieve for UK Emergency Towing Vessels
In spite of substantial opposition from the Government Transport Select Committee, shipping interests, local authorities and the general public, there is no sign of a Government ‘U turn’ with regard to its decision to scrap the provision of four Emergency Towing vessels (ETVs) employed to help protect the UK coastline ...
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NewsFairstar transport a whole fleet of tugs to Venezuela
Fairstar Heavy Transport, with headquarters in Rotterdam, is in the final stages of transporting a massive flotilla of 42 tugs from Singapore to Maricaibo in Venezuala.
