Tugs & Salvage – Page 32
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NewsSalvors and insurers working together
The International Salvage Union (ISU) has repeated its message of the changing face of the industry while insurers express serious concern for the hull sector.
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NewsCleaning up old oil the Ardent way
Ardent Global has completed a complex pollutant removal operation from a cargo vessel that sank in Canadian waters over 30 years ago.
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NewsSeacontractors’ ‘Atlantis’ to the rescue
Dutch towage contractor Seacontractors BV has carried out three back-to-back emergency response operations in the space of just six days.
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NewsSchottel reveals US Navy order details
German Propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has reported details of the Rudderpropeller element of the four-vessel tug order for the US Navy.
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NewsCoordinating tug and ship activity in Hamburg
Hamburg Vessel Coordination Centre (HVCC) and Kotug Smit Towage are to work together to optimise the efficiency and quality of shiphandling activities in the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsCelebrations all round for Damen
Damen has enjoyed a period of celebrations including an award, a birthday and a new appointment involving two of its yards well known for their activities in tug building.
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NewsKotug demonstrates its remote-controlled tug at Innovation Expo 2018
Kotug has used the occasion of Innovation Expo 2018 in Rotterdam to demonstrate once again its remote-controlled tug development.
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NewsCorvus Energy battery for all-electric tug
Turkish ship designer and builder Navtek Naval Technologies has reported that the Corvus Orca energy storage system (ESS) has been selected for the world’s first battery-powered, all-electric tug.
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NewsDouble ship delivery tow
Rotterdam-based, family-owned Transport & Offshore Services (TOS) include ship delivery in its range of services, recently delivering three tugs from Nigeria to Greece in one towing operation.
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NewsISU reveals a new vision for the salvage industry
At the recent Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) in Cape Town, a new, more forward-looking vision for the industry was announced with members agreeing not to support the suggestion for a new so-called ‘LOF-Light’ contract.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up
This month’s round-up of news reveals a different pattern to usual with just one newbuild tug to report but four significant orders involving nine vessels worthy of examination in more detail.
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NewsWorkboat apprenticeship scheme combats crewing challenges
The National Workboat Association (NWA) has finalised its Workboat Crewmember Apprenticeship standard as the industry faces growing skills and crewing challenges in the thriving workboat sector.
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NewsA close look at Sanmar’s four new tugs for Svitzer
Last month this column briefly mentioned the impending delivery of Sanmar’s latest development, the Bigaçay class ASD tugs for Svitzer so with the arrival of the quartet at the Tanger Med 2 terminal in Morocco a closer look at this significant order is called for.
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NewsYanmar dual-fuel engines to feature in Japanese tug
Osaka-based Yanmar Co has delivered two dual-fuel commercial marine engines to Kanagawa Dockyard for installation in what will be the first occasion of an LNG-fuelled tug constructed in Japan based on the IGF Code.
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NewsTug Training & Consultancy acquires ISO certification
Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) has been approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance to ISO 9001:2015 standards further endorsing the Rotterdam-based establishment’s services to the training of tug masters.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up
This month’s review of new additions and orders to the tug scene reports seven deliveries and one notable order worthy of examination.
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NewsBriggs Marine’s response to Kea Trader stranding
UK-based Briggs Marine & Environmental Services has provided ‘MJ’ with details of its emergency environmental response work following stranding of the container ship ‘Kea Trader’.
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NewsSalvage issues debated at ITS 2018
During the conference sessions at ITS 2018 organised by The ABR Company Ltd in Marseille (see ‘MJ’ August 2018) five high-quality papers were presented on salvage – your correspondent sat in and briefly describes three of them.
