Tugs & Salvage – Page 65
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NewsCrew of Crowley’s Alert recognised for courage
The captain and crew of Crowley’s Prevention and Response Tug (PRT) Alert were personally recognised by Eric Feige, Representative from the Alaska State Legislature, for courage, teamwork and professionalism.
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RESOLVE expands European presence
RESOLVE Salvage & Fire (Europe), Ltd, the European emergency response subsidiary of USA based RESOLVE Marine Group, Inc, has added a new office at 23, Austin Friars, London, expanding the company’s UK operations base.
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News‘Super- tug’ in trans-Atlantic rig delivery
The ‘super tug’ Fairmount Glacier, from the fleet of Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine, has delivered rig Falcon 100 safely offshore Pointe-Noire, Congo.
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NewsMultraship expands fleet with ‘Multratug 20’
Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship has further strengthened its multipurpose fleet with the addition of the ASD tug Multratug 20.
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Redwise delivers Svitzer duo to Newcastle
The delivery voyages of the tugs Svitzer Neso and Svitzer Nixie from Singapore to Newcastle in Australia were contracted by Svitzer to Redwise Maritime Services of the Netherlands.
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NewsHawaii the first of two ‘line haul’ tugs for Hyak Marine
Hyak Maritime, marine equipment and vessel owners based in Dover, Delaware, USA, have taken delivery of the ‘line haul’ tug Hawaii, the first of a pair designed by Seattle based naval architects and engineers, Jensen Maritime.
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NewsOceanic – the ‘Grand Old Lady’ is sold
After many months of rumour and speculation, the German deepsea tug Oceanic has finally been sold by Bugsier Reederi und Bergungs GmbH & Co KG of Hamburg.
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NewsSanmar’s 100th tug
Turkish tug builder and operator Sanmar has reached yet another significant milestone in its history with the completion of its 100th tug, built to a new exclusive ASD design from leading naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).
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NewsJ Butcher & Sons Ltd cease trading
When J Butcher & Sons Ltd, operators of the once famous ‘Blue Boats’ in Portsmouth Harbour, ceased trading of their own volition it marked the end of an era for the port.
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NewsBrisk business for Damen at Seawork
As always the Damen Shipyards stand at Seawork was a focal point for brisk business, with a continuous flow of prospective clients speaking to Damen’s sales staff and shipyard representatives.
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NewsAnother RAstar is delivered to Australia
The Pilbara Apollo, the latest addition to the RAstar 3200 series of escort tugs, was one of several new tugs heading for employment in Australia over recent months.
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NewsA close look at Lomax
Lomax, a high specification ASD fire fighting terminal tug has entered service with Solent Towage Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian operator Østensjø Rederi.
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NewsTerasea Falcon enters service
Terasea Falcon, the first of a quartet of ‘groundbreaking’ deepsea tugs, is now in service under the management of the new joint venture company POSH Terasea (MJ – Mar 2013).
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NewsThree deliveries at Cheoy Lee in a week
Busy Hong Kong shipbuilder Cheoy Lee reports the delivery of three vessels in the third week of April.
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NewsSafe Tug Procedures Report
The ‘Report on Safe Tug Procedures’ has now been published and is widely available to all those involved in the operation of tugs during shiphandling manoeuvres.
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NewsTOWLINES
Ocean Sun, one of the two remaining Ocean class tugs being built for Crowley Maritime, was delivered on 9 May by Bollinger Marine Fabricators. The remaining vessel, Ocean Sky, is undergoing trials at the time of writing.This second pair of sophisticated 10,880 bhp deepsea tugs is slightly longer than the ...
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NewsAn intensive two day Tugnology in London
The biennial Tugnology 13 conference was held this year in the heart of London’s Docklands at the Britannia International Hotel on 14 and 15 May.
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NewsKooiman completes Duke II for use in Russia
Duke II, a rugged and powerful twin screw anchorhandling tug has recently been completed by Shipyard Gebr Kooiman in the Netherlands at Zwijndrecht.
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NewsCooperation eases the path for gas powered tugs
Sanmar, Turkeys leading pioneering tug building specialist, reports that its contract to deliver the worlds first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered escort tugs for Bukser og Berging AS (B&B) of Norway, is proceeding smoothly.
