Vessels News – Page 183

  • St Elmo is equipped to carry out work normally expected of much larger tugs.
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    St Elmo a new customised tug for Malta

    2012-02-20T09:00:00Z

    Towards the end of 2011 Tug Malta Limited, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug St Elmo.

  • This Rolls-Royce graphic shows the location of the Bergen LNG engines, the drive line and LNG tank.
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    Buksér og Berging to build world’s first LNG tugs

    2012-02-17T09:00:00Z

    The world’s first LNG powered escort tugs have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS.

  • Voith tractor tug Bugsier 16 regularly breaks ice in Germany’s Baltic ports. (photo courtesy of Voith)
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    A study of Voith tractors in ice

    2012-02-16T10:00:00Z

    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.

  • LNG Guardian is designed to operate offshore for long periods at very slow speeds in the standby role.
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    Gondan deliver LNG Guardian

    2012-02-13T15:33:00Z

    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.

  • The RT Tango is seen prior to leaving Singapore for Europe as the Smit Emoe. Photo courtesy of Piet Sinke.
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    Smit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    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).

  • Three more tugs are to be built to the same Jensen design as the Capt Jimmy T Moran.
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    Jensen is busy with new designs

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    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 .

  • Bollinger shipyard has launched Ocean Wave, the first of four deepsea tugs for Crowley.
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    TOWLINES

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld will build two ASD 3212 Hybrid tugs for Iskes.
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    Damen to build two ‘Green’ tugs for Iskes

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has signed a contract with Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden and Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) to construct two ‘Green’ tugs.

  • Taikoo and its three sisters are the latest examples of the RAmparts 3000, built for use in Hong Kong.
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    Taikoo is first of a new quartet for Hong Kong

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    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.

  • Yong Gang Tuo29 is the seventh RALdesigned tug for Ningbo port in China and the first RAmparts 3300.
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    A new RAmparts 3300 for Ningbo Port

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    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.

  • The ETV Anglian Sovereign is operating in Scottish waters along with Anglian Monarch until March.
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    ETV contract in Scotland extended to March

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    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.

  • Iceland has taken delivery of the ‘state of the art’ patrol vessel Thor.
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    A new patrol vessel/tug for Iceland

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    After a long and anxious wait, the Icelandic ‘Landhelgisgaeslan’ (Coastal Guard) (LHG) has taken delivery of its new multipurpose offshore patrol vessel Thor.

  • Rising from a depth of 110 feet, the bow of the Angeln container vessel is seen breaking the surface during the refloating operation.
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    Sunken boxship in shipping lane resolved

    2012-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Following an agreement between St.Lucia Air & Seaports Authority and Resolve Salvage & Fire, Resolve has refloated the sunken container vessel Angeln then scuttled the vessel at a deep water reefing site.

  • Fairmount Alpine successfully refloated MV Ikan Sepat.
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    Successful salvage of grounded bulker

    2012-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has successfully assisted in the refloating of the grounded MV Ikan Sepat just offshore Puerto Cortés, Honduras. The salvage operation was directed by T&T Bisso Salvage.

  • The semi-planing pilot boats will be equipped with twin IPS450 packages providing a maximum speed of 22 knots.
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    IPS powers pilots for Rosmoport

    2012-01-20T16:18:00Z

    Russian state owned company Rosmorport has ordered six pilot boats powered by Volvo Penta´s high efficiency drive system, Inboard Performace System (IPS).

  • The four most powerful tugs will each be equipped with a pair of Rolls-Royce US305 Azimuth thrusters with fixed pitch propellers measuring 3m in diameter.
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    Rolls thrusts into Chinese tug market

    2012-01-20T16:17:00Z

    Global power systems provider Rolls-Royce has won orders worth some £18m for the supply of Azimuth thrusters to power 18 new tugs being built in China.

  • The new QSK95 marine engine makes its debut recently in the USA.
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    New QSK95 sees Cummins power up for tugs

    2012-01-20T16:16:00Z

    Commercial marine diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has introduced an engine which takes it into the tugs sector with the new QSK95 model rated at 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) output.

  • Moteurs Baudouin current engine range includes inline 6 cylinder, V 8 and V12 propulsion engines from 80 kW to 808kW.
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    Baudouin gets British Isles distribution

    2012-01-20T16:15:00Z

    Golden Arrow Marine has been appointment as the Moteurs Baudouin distributor for UK and Eire as last month.

  • The Macduff 23m twin screw tug is to be built in Turkey and China.
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    Macduff to supply tug design package to Turkey

    2012-01-17T10:00:00Z

    Macduff Ship Design has been awarded a contract to provide a design package for a new 23m harbour tug to be built by Torgem Shipbuilding Ind & Trade AS, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Cyclone Power already has a 100 hp steam engine up and running in a boat.
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    Steam engine powers back to the future

    2012-01-16T12:00:00Z

    A new type of steam engine has been developed in the US, with the design of the Cyclone Power unit enabling it to operate on any type of fuel, including powdered coal.