Tugs & Salvage – Page 38
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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.
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NewsSalvage incidents round-up
It may be major ship casualties that grab mainstream media headlines, but other salvage jobs can also be newsworthy, we take a look at three representative salvage operations from recent weeks.
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NewsISU Annual Review examines the pressure on the salvage industry
Charo Col, International Salvage Union president describes the salvage industry as “under financial pressure” despite gross revenues from all sources recovering slightly in 2017 from 2016 but still weak compared with the period 2013 to 2016.
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NewsAre ships’ deck fittings up to the task of towing?
With the increasing use of escort towing involving ever more powerful tugs, has the old design principle of the towline being the ‘weak-link’ been replaced by the ‘Achilles-heel’ of adequate ships’ deck fittings?
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NewsDamen’s new RSD Tug 2513 is put to the test
Following a European tour including Southampton where it was presented to ‘MJ’ and other industry media, Damen’s new Reversed Stern Drive Tug 2513 ‘Innovation’ has been put to the test in a series of trials at Felixstowe.
