Tugs & Salvage – Page 57
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NewsSimulators for new tug training centre
Iskes Towage & Salvage has signed an agreement with VSTEP for the delivery of two NAUTIS Tug and Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) simulators.
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NewsFairmount Summit tows rig to Canaries
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Summit delivered the rig Ocean Valiant safely to the port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, following a tow of some 3,000 from offshore Cameroon.
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NewsAccommodation support for Costa Concordia salvage
The Costa Concordia salvage mission has been one of the largest and most complex operations of its kind, with around 500 people working together over the past year to bring the cruise liner to an upright position.
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NewsSalvage success with Swedish trawler
Danish salvage company J.A. Rederiet salvaged the grounded Swedish trawler Solvag at Skaw last month.
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NewsA prompt delivery for L & R
Early in November Damen Shipyards Gorinchem delivered the shiphandling tug Prompt to Lutchen & Reimers, of Bremerhaven, a subsidiary of URAG.
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NewsShoft Shipyard build for Gujarat
The well established Shoft Shipyard in Bharuch, Gujarat, India has delivered the new ASD tug GMB 3 to the the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB).
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NewsCompetition is stiff in the shiphandling market
Competition in the ship handling market is and always has been extremely fierce.
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NewsBulani - the first of a new breed
Sanmar, the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, has introduced yet another new tug to their design portfolio.
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NewsTOWLINES
Terasea Pte Ltd of Singapore, part of the POSH Terasea consortium, has taken delivery of the Terasea Eagle, the third anchorhandler in a series of four identical vessels to be built by the Universal Shipbuilding Corp in Japan. The 75.3m vessel has a bollard pull of 200 tonnes thanks to ...
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NewsSix new tugs – all to Macduff designs
In the past few weeks six new tugs have been completed, all to designs by Macduff Ship Design Ltd.
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NewsNew president for International Salvage Union
At the Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) in Hong Kong on 24 October, Captain Leendert Muller became the organisation’s new president.
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NewsTOWLINES
A ceremony was held by Seacontractors on 23 October to have Sea Hotel, their latest new Shoalbuster 2709, named by sponsor lady Mrs. Marieke Regoor. The event was held in Dubai Festival City Marina in Dubai in the UAE. Sea Hotel is powered by two Caterpillar 3512B TA/A main engines ...
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NewsSanmar completes the world’s first LNG tug
Early in October, tug builders Sanmar held a massive event to name the world’s first LNG fuelled tug, Borgoy, built for Norwegian tug owners Bukser og Bergings AS (B&B).
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NewsThree more tugs for B&B
Sanmar also have three other vessels under construction for Bukser og Bergings AS (B&B), each of a different type.
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NewsThe first EDDY will soon be ready
Construction has started on the first example of the unique ‘Efficient Double-ended DYnamic’ (EDDY) tug and workboat series, mentioned previously in Tugs & Towing (May 2012).
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NewsCity of Adelaide goes by barge
The hull of the historic clipper ship City of Adelaide has successfully completed the first leg of its long journey to South Australia aboard the pontoon deck cargo barge Lastdrager 28 from the fleet of Van Der Wees (water transport division).
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NewsFire fighters Multratug 26 and 27 in service
On 5 September the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship Towage & Salvage BV of Terneuzen held a ceremony to christen the tugs Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, the latest vessels in their current fleet replacement programme.
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NewsTOWLINES
Early in September the new 20.35m ASD tug TSM Brehat was being prepared for delivery by the Padmos Shipyard at Stellendam in the Netherlands to its owners, Thomas Services Maritimes in Rouen. The tug is sister to the TSM Albatre delivered in February 2013 (MJ – March 2013). Designed by ...
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NewsJohn Reeder QC joins TugAdvise
TugAdvise, the specialist unit of shipping law firm Tatham Macinnes, has announced that John Reeder QC is to join as a consultant.
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NewsDamen deliver Kaikoura to the Tym Group
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has recently completed the Kaikoura, a Shoalbuster 3511 for the Tym Group (Thong Yong Marine).
