Tugs & Salvage – Page 68
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NewsBay-Houston gets its eighth Z-Tech
Bay-Houston Towing Co. of Galveston, Texas USA has taken delivery of its eighth powerful Z-Tech 7500 class tug, the Tristan K.
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NewsBoa joins the competition for work in Gothenburg
Over a period of just a few months the number of tug companies offering towage services in the port of Gothenburg has tripled.
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NewsDamen reach a milestone in ASD tug development
Damen Shipyards has delivered the ASD tugs Karloo and Kalarka to Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd of Australia.
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NewsSalvage underway to clear North African port
Three large Hitachi Zaxis excavators have been selected to help clear one of the biggest ship graveyards in the world.
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NewsMPs reject plans for Coastguard’s future
The British Government should withdraw its controversial proposals to modernise the Coastguard Service, said Members of Parliament on the influential cross-party Transport Committee.
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NewsTugnology 11, well attended, interesting and enjoyable
Tugnology 11, the third two day conference to be organised by the ABR Company exclusively for the towage industry, was remarkably successful.
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NewsKumera gearboxes for Hybrid propulsion systems
The name Kumera Norgear is one that has become synonymous with tugs and their fire fighting equipment over many years.
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NewsTime is running out for the British ETVs
In spite of considerable opposition and lobbying, the British government shows no sign of changing its decision to scrap the four Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) stationed in strategic locations around the UK coastline.
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NewsEuropean Tugowners and Pilots issue Joint Guidelines
After many months of work and consultation the European Tugowners Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilots’ Association (EMPA) have issued their ‘Joint ETS-EMPA Guidelines on Design and Layout of Harbour Towage Equipment’.
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NewsFirst European hybrid will be a Rotor Tug
Tugowners KOTUG International have formed a partnership with Canadian company Aspin, Kemp and Associates (AKA) to produce Europe’s first true ‘Hybrid’ tug.
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NewsKOTUG makes another connection with KO-LINK
Maritime service provider KOTUG International, with offices in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremerhaven, has recently patented the towing ring KO-LINK, originally developed by the company for its own use.
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NewsTugworld Review 2010 - a diverse picture
The annual ‘Tugworld Review 2010’, produced by the ABR Company Ltd in association with International Tug & Salvage, was published at the beginning of the year.
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NewsTraining and apprenticeships for the towage industry
The training of tug crews is becoming a matter of crucial importance, particularly for companies operating shiphandling tugs.
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NewsTOWLINES
The ‘Ulupina’ class tug Corvin has been acquired by SMS Towage Ltd from the German operator H Schraam. (Photo courtesy of Leen vd Meijden)When the Tarka 3, a Damen Shoalbuster 2709, was delivered to its owners Herman Sr BV in April 2010 it replaced an earlier, less powerful tug bearing ...
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NewsA new OSD tug design for Neptune
Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), with headquarters in the Netherlands at Ijmuiden, is to design a new compact but powerful offshore anchorhandling tug/support vessel for the Dutch operator Neptune Marine Services BV.
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NewsKooiman to build unique support vessel for HvS
HvS Dredging Support BV, of Harlingen in the Netherlands, has announced that in addition to its current support vessel Zwerver I, a new unique multi-purpose DP-1 support vessel is to be built, bearing the name Zwerver III.
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NewsNew additions move MTS fleet up a gear
The Marine and Towage Services Group Ltd (MTS), based in the south west of England, has made three additions to its growing fleet in just a few weeks.
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NewsTOWLINES
Targe Towing has added the Hemiksem to its fleet operating in the Thames.An act of piracy involving a tug and barge in Malaysian waters has led to a director of the tug owning company appealing to the towage industry and brokers worldwide for help. The company’s tug, Marina 26, reported ...
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NewsA tug with extra firepower for Kuwait
The installation of fire fighting equipment aboard harbour tugs is commonplace but the capacity of those installations rarely exceeds that necessary to comply with classification society Fi-Fi 1 notation, with a total pumping capacity of 2,400 cu/m/hr.
