Tugs & Salvage – Page 65

  • Rubicon is now in service with PSA in Singapore
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    Rubicon & Righteous - a New Year delivery for PSA

    2014-02-17T07:30:00Z

    Early in the New Year PSA Marine of Singapore, one of the largest owners and operators of harbour tugs in Asia, took delivery of the ASD tugs Rubicon and Righteous.

  • The prototype BRAtt has been sold to Harley Marine Services and is based in Seattle
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    Harley Marine purchases the BRAtt prototype

    2014-02-14T07:30:00Z

    Harley Marine Services, a leading provider of marine transportation services in the United States, has purchased the prototype training tug BRAtt from Robert Allan Ltd.

  • Jin Gang Lun 26 was built by a Chinese yard for the Chinese port of Tianjin to the latest RAmparts 3500 design
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    A new RAmparts Class finds favour in China

    2014-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Late in 2013, the first of a new series of RAmparts 3500 class ASD tugs was delivered to its owners Tianjin Port, a major port in the northern part of China.

  • An artists impression depics the trio of Damen ASD 2810 Hybrid tugs ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy
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    Newbuild tugs for Dutch and Swedish navies

    2014-02-13T09:00:00Z

    The Dutch and Swedish Navies are joining forces to purchase a total of five harbour and seagoing tugs from Damen Shipyards.

  • Borgoy ran extensive trials before sailing on its delivery voyage to Norway
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    World’s first LNG powered tug is delivered

    2014-02-11T07:30:00Z

    Borgøy, the world’s first tug to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), left the Sanmar shipyard in Tuzla on 14 January bound for Norway under its own power.

  • In their heyday Capt Geoff Yell and the Goliath became synonymous with the delivery of stone around the UK coast
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    TOWLINES

    2014-01-22T07:30:00Z

    It is with great sadness that we report the death of Capt Geoff Yell who passed away on 13 December after a long and debilitating illness. Geoff was well known in the marine civil engineering and dredging industry around the coasts of the UK for many years. He was best ...

  • Svitzer will built a series of diesel-electric tugs for use on the Australian Wheatstone contract
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    Svitzer awarded Australian Wheatstone contract

    2014-01-21T07:30:00Z

    Svitzer Australia has announced that it will provide tugs and a pilot boat at the Chevron operated Wheatstone LNG Terminal under a marine services contract valued at approximately $650m.

  • Go Phoenix is one of the latest generation of powerful anchorhandlers. Photo courtesy of P Sinke
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    Anchorhandlers – an example of the next generation

    2014-01-20T07:30:00Z

    As offshore oil exploration moves into progressively deeper and more hazardous waters the vessels required to serve that very specialised offshore sector have also grown in size, sophistication and power.

  • Twin screw sisters Garp and Sark were built for the Turkish Coastal Safety organisation
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    Garp and Sark delivered to Turkish authority

    2014-01-17T07:30:00Z

    As the popularity of tug designs from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) continues to grow so too does the wide variety of vessels emerging from the company’s seemingly bottomless portfolio.

  • Ocean Tundra is the most powerful tug of its type in Canada - shown in the icy conditions for which it was designed
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    Ocean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful harbour tug

    2014-01-16T07:30:00Z

    On 13 December 2013 the Canadian marine services company Ocean, based in Quebec, held a ceremony to bless the latest addition to its tug fleet, the Ocean Tundra.

  • Adler & Allan rapidly deployed skimmers and secondary booming in time to protect upriver nature conservation sites
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    Environment protected by thoughtful salvage

    2014-01-13T07:30:00Z

    Adler and Allan’s salvage team has helped in the recovery of the luxury motor yacht, Kahu, from the seabed at East Cowes Marina on the Medina Estuary in the UK.

  • The Damen 3212 ASD is one of the tugs which will be simulated at the new training centre
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    Simulators for new tug training centre

    2014-01-13T07:30:00Z

    Iskes Towage & Salvage has signed an agreement with VSTEP for the delivery of two NAUTIS Tug and Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) simulators.

  • Ocean Valiant is seen under tow
    News

    Fairmount Summit tows rig to Canaries

    2014-01-10T07:30:00Z

    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.

  • The ASV Pioneer supporting the Costa Concordia salvage mission
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    Accommodation support for Costa Concordia salvage

    2014-01-10T07:30:00Z

    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.

  • The floating crane Sanne A prepares to lift the grounded trawler. Photo: Kent Bandholm Hansen
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    Salvage success with Swedish trawler

    2014-01-10T07:30:00Z

    Danish salvage company J.A. Rederiet salvaged the grounded Swedish trawler Solvag at Skaw last month.

  • The Damen ASD 2411 tug Prompt has been delivered to the German owners Lutgen & Reimers
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    A prompt delivery for L & R

    2013-12-06T07:30:00Z

    Early in November Damen Shipyards Gorinchem delivered the shiphandling tug Prompt to Lutchen & Reimers, of Bremerhaven, a subsidiary of URAG.

  • GMB 3 was built for the Gujarat Maritime Board by the Shoft Shipyard
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    Shoft Shipyard build for Gujarat

    2013-12-05T07:30:00Z

    The well established Shoft Shipyard in Bharuch, Gujarat, India has delivered the new ASD tug GMB 3 to the the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB).

  • RT Champion gives guests a fire fighting show at the opening of the new London Gateway port
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    Competition is stiff in the shiphandling market

    2013-12-04T07:30:00Z

    Competition in the ship handling market is and always has been extremely fierce.

  • Bulani is the first of a new breed of compact tugs from Sanmar
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    Bulani - the first of a new breed

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    Sanmar, the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, has introduced yet another new tug to their design portfolio.

  • Terasea Eagle has entered service with the POSH Terasea consortium
    News

    TOWLINES

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    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 ...