Tugs & Salvage – Page 41
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Anchor-handling record for ‘Zwerver II’
Recently delivered multipurpose DP2 workboat/support vessel ‘Zwerver II’ has carried out what is claimed to be the deepest anchor-handling operation by such a workboat.
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NewsResolve Marine rights Indian frigate
Salvage contractor Resolve Marine has completed the US$2.9m salvage of an Indian navy frigate which tipped over at Mumbai naval dockyard in an accident claiming the lives of two sailors and injuring 14 others.
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NewsBusy period for Norwegian Coast Guard
It has been a busy winter period for the Norwegian Coast Guard with one of its patrol vessels tasked to two separate incidents involving a disabled ex-buoy tender and a drifting barge carrier.
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NewsRemembering the ‘Herald’
Services have been held in the UK and Belgium marking the 30th anniversary of the loss of the ferry ''Herald of Free Enterprise'' where 193 people lost their lives, a tragedy that led to a harrowing salvage operation.
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Busy times for Meercat Workboats
UK-based Meercat Workboats recently reported a move to new purpose-built premises and restructuring of its management team along with news of recent deliveries and an order.
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NewsDredging adaptation for Damen tugs
In a complex and interesting deal, two tugs with heavy Dutch influence have been ordered from Damen to be equipped for dredging as well as towing duties in French Guyana.
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NewsUzmar expands its tug portfolio
Turkish tug and workboat builder Uzmar has added to it catalogue following an agreement with Robert Allan Ltd to manufacture the new RAstar 3000-W escort tug.
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NewsFirst US-built Rotortug enters service
The first US-built Rotortug, carrying the name ‘Trident’ and first in a series of three has been delivered to Seabulk Towing of Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
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NewsPiriou seals the deal for a new customer
Concarneau, France-based shipbuilder Piriou has signed a deal with a new customer for an ASD shiphandling tug for operation in the French Caribbean.
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NewsNew tug for Johannsen with more to come?
Luebeck, Germany-based J. Johannsen & Sohn has added to its fleet with the acquisition of a tug from Norway and a hint that more similar additions may be on the way.
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Svitzer’s satisfactory results in challenging markets
Global towage provider Svitzer has described financial results covering the third quarter of 2016 as ‘satisfactory’ in what it also describes as ‘very challenging markets’.
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NewsDamen success with Italian customers
Damen Shipyards Group has reported a flurry of activity involving orders and deliveries of tugs for Italian owners along with delivery of an ASD 3212 shiphandling tug for operation in Mexico.
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NewsBusy year end for Tsavliris Salvage
Reports from Tsavliris Salvage illustrate the importance of professional salvors rendering services that may not make the headlines but quietly avoid situations which otherwise certainly would.
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European influence for Mexican tug deliveries
Two European companies involved in ship design and ship delivery have demonstrated their global connections with two new tugs for Mextug, a part subsidiary of Chilean operator Ultratug.
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NewsMultipurpose hybrid field support vessel of note
Field support vessels with European involvement have been featured of late, a recent US-based delivery is worthy of note however in an area providing opportunities for providers of specialist bespoke towing vessels.
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NewsLatest Russian salvage vessel takes to the water
Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard has celebrated launching of the tug-salvage vessel ''Kalas'', latest in a series of similar vessels for the Russian government and part of its emergency response fleet modernisation programme.
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NewsGSS Marine tug completes marathon round-trip
A Damen Shoalbuster belonging to Rosyth-based GSS Marine Services recently completed a marathon 14,572nm round trip involving two crossings of the Atlantic Ocean.
