Tugs & Salvage – Page 100
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NewsQuiet Spanish Tractors for Israel
The Spanish shipyard Union Naval Valencia (UNV) is gaining a considerable reputation for the construction of modern shiphandling tugs and Voith tractors in particular.
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NewsMore work for Smit with Bonga
Dutch based towage, salvage and marine contractors Smit are continuing to support work to complete the 300,000 tonne FPSO Bonga on Tyneside.
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NewsSvitzer Announce Huge Tug Order
The giant towage and salvage operator Svitzer-Wijsmuller, with it''s headquarters in Copenhagen, have announced a massive tug-building programme representing orders and options for 29 vessels of various types.
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NewsKlyne Rescues New Hulls
Whilst waiting to resume her duties as an Emergency Towing Vessel under contract to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in April the Klyne tug Anglian Prince has spent the winter months on station in western approaches to the English Channel.
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NewsPlymouth's Cattewater Order New Harbour Tug
Cattewater Harbour Commissioners have awarded a contract to VT Halmatic of Portsmouth for the construction of a new harbour tug. Following a comprehensive tendering process the order was placed for a Halmatic WB18 tug/workboat for delivery later this year.
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Tsavliris tow Atwood Eagle
The Tsavliris Salvage Group has been awarded a contract to tow the semi-submersible drilling rig Atwood Eagle from Greece to Angola, a journey of 5,500 miles expected to take two and a half months. Towing commenced in late November using one of the world''s largest and most powerful salvage tugs, ...
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NewsEuropean Tug Owners Raise Their Profile
This month the European Tugowners Association (ETA) celebrates it''s 40 year anniversary and has declared its intention to become a more proactive organisation.
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NewsAn Arctic Tow by ITC
During the recent winter weather in Europe a report was received from Dutch towage specialists International Transport Contractors (ITC) concerning an interesting Arctic tow carried out last summer. The tow involved the relocation of the purpose built arctic drilling platform SDC from Port Clearance to an offshore location in Prudhoe ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty Build ASD Tugs for Boston
The increasingly popular US tug builder Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc of East Boothbay, Maine, USA is currently building two powerful shiphandling tugs for the Boston Towing & Transportation Company of Massachusetts. Boston Towing are a division of Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, New York.
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NewsTowlines
France''s largest towage organisation Groupe Bourbon is to withdraw from the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Sete and Noumes due to lack of profitability. It is reported that activities in those ports will be sold to Saint Victor a company headed by former Marseilles tug owner Guy Chambon.
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Briggs Lands Three Year APT Marine Services Contract
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd have won the Marine Services contract with Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd.
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News'Tricolor' Collisions Prompt Renewed Safety Calls
Following the initial collision which sank the car transporter Tricolor in the English Channel last month and two subsequent incidents where other vessels collided with the barely submerged hulk, Deep Sea and Coastal Pilots has renewed its call for ship owners and masters to seek help in the busy lanes ...
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ISU Offers New Thinking on Shelter for Ship Casualties
The International Salvage Union (ISU) is to help governments tackle the controversial issue of refuge for ship casualties, especially in cases threatening severe pollution.
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NewsISU Calls for Faster Action on Places of Refuge
Following the loss of the tanker Prestige last month, other industry organisations have added their voices to the International Salvage Union''s call for more action on the controversial places of refuge issue.
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NewsURS Announces Massive Fleet Improvement
Belgium''s largest provider of towage and salvage services, Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst NV (URS), has announced an investment representing a massive investment of over 135m.
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News'Savannah', a New ASD for Crescent Towing
Bollinger Shipyards Inc of Lockport, USA has delivered the compact and powerful azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug Savannah to Crescent Towing of New Orleans.
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NewsASD Tugs Built for Pushing in Turkey
The Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd of Izmir, Turkey have delivered two high performance ASD tugs to the German company Egon Oldendorff to handle a pair of 10,000dwt self-unloading coal barges at an offshore lightering station at lskenderun in the south of the country.
