Tugs & Salvage – Page 36
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NewsMultraship’s game-changer enters service
The new ‘game-changing’ Carrousel RAVE tug ‘Multratug 32’ has entered service with Dutch towage and salvage company Multraship.
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NewsWorkboat Festival success for Damen
The New Orleans Workboat Festival was the venue recently for signing of an order for two Damen Modular Multi Cats for Canadian principles.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up
The pattern of delivery and order news is back in full swing this month with significant deliveries from European builders, orders of note from further afield and related news from engine supplier Cummins.
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NewsOSD expands its Azistern tug series
Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has revealed the latest addition to its Azistern tug series with a compact, fuel-efficient tug featuring low wash and offering a degree of adaptability to suit specific requirements.
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NewsLankhorst making the right connection
Maritime rope supplier Lankhorst Ropes has introduced a new towline connection aimed at providing tug owners with a quicker and safer method of connecting the various components that make up a towline.
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Important reference for new Cummins engine
Following delivery from a Spanish shipyard of two waterjet catamaran crew boats, Cummins has contracted Robert Allan Ltd to prepare drawings of its proven RAstar 3500 tug featuring the former’s new QSK95 marine diesel.
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NewsKooiman supplies towing pins to Multraship
Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands-based Kooiman Marine Group has received an order for the supply and installation of a 100 tons Delta Pin unit for one of Multraship’s larger tugs.
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NewsCartel fines for harbour towage providers
The independent German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has imposed fines amounting to approximately 13m Euros on three harbour towage service providers following an investigation into a cartel agreement.
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NewsFirst HY 2 Hybrid tug reference for Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä Corporation has received the first order for its HY 2 hybrid power modules for a new escort tug to serve the Swedish port of Luleå in the Gulf of Bothnia at the northern end of the Baltic Sea.
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NewsAustralian expansion for Kotug
Existing requirements along with potential expansion at the world’s largest bulk export facility in Australia has led to the award for Kotug’s Australian subsidiary of a contract to operate nine powerful tugs at the port.
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NewsEuropean expansion for Iskes
Iskes Towage & Salvage has announced a flurry of news concerning expansion at ports in the Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands.
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NewsDrones, making the connection
Rotterdam-based Kotug has applied for a patent to use drone technology to reduce the risks for tugs operating in the so-called danger zone when connecting towlines to ships.
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NewsTug deliveries and orders
Despite the recent holiday period with the traditional slowdown of deliveries and orders we can report follow-up news of a previously reported order in Europe and developments from further afield.
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NewsSMS Towage moves into Portsmouth
Portsmouth International Port and Hessle-based SMS Towage Ltd have launched a dedicated towage service for commercial ships using the UK south coast port.
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NewsStorm force 10 New Year’s Eve tow
“I am afraid this is going to be one of those ‘spoil your day’ phone calls.” That call from a UK broker to a UK-based tug owner on New Year’s Eve was to herald a dramatic rescue tow carried out in a force 10 storm.
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NewsClearing old wrecks with Koole Mammoet Salvage
Koole Mammoet Salvage has taken part in two wreck removal projects in the Caribbean, one involving a vessel that was stranded nearly 20 years ago.
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NewsISU appoints new President
At the annual general meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) recently in Singapore, Ms Charo Coll was appointed president, taking over from Mr John Witte who continues as a member of ISU’s executive committee.
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NewsExtended salvage operation for Ardent
Ardent Salvage has been involved in a protracted salvage operation dogged by bad weather involving a grounded container ship in the South Pacific
