Tugs & Salvage – Page 69

  • Koerts International Towing Service has taken delivery of the Norne from the Kooiman Shipyard. (photo courtesy Leen vd Meiden)
    News

    Norne gives Viking a powerful sister

    2011-04-18T09:00:00Z

    On 2 April, Dutch tug owners Koerts International Towing Service (KITS), based in Delfziyl, took delivery of the new shallow draft anchor handling tug Norne.

  • The RT 110-37E is a new escort version of the Rotor Tug incorporating several design features easily recognisable as originating at RAL.
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    Thirty one ‘Rotor Tugs’ and counting

    2011-04-16T09:00:00Z

    It is just twelve years since Dutch towage company Kotug introduced a series of four ‘Rotor Tugs’ to the ports of Rotterdam and Bremerhaven.

  • The Enginei bridge display enables tug masters to be continuously aware of their fuel consumption.
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    Tug fleet finds fuel economy savings

    2011-04-11T10:42:00Z

    Svitzer Tugs is expanding fuel efficiencies throughout its fleet by fitting Enginei fuel monitoring systems from Royston Limited.

  • ‘Fairmount Sherpa’ and ‘Fairmount Summit’ enter the Nieuw Waterway after completing the 92 day tow with the FPSO ‘Skarv Idun’.(photo courtesy Leen vd Meijden)
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    Fairmount sisters complete an epic 92 day tow

    2011-03-30T09:00:00Z

    Fairmount Marine’s powerful deepsea tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have returned to their homeport of Rotterdam after successfully completing the delivery of the FPSO Skarv Idun from South Korea to Stord in Norway.

  • Kees Muller and his wife Heleen after the award ceremony. (photo courtesy Peter Nicolai)
    News

    Kees Muller is knighted by Queen Beatrix

    2011-03-29T09:00:00Z

    Kees Muller, the founder of the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship, has received a knighthood from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

  • 'Lamnalco Lion’ is one of a quartet of sister ships built to the Damen ASD Tug 3213 design.
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    Damen build four big ‘Cats’ for Lamnalco

    2011-03-28T15:00:00Z

    Damen Shipyards is close to completing a series of four powerful terminal tugs for the Lamnalco Group.

  • Wreck removal of the ‘Hyundai 105’ began in February and could take up to 16 months to complete.
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    Global reach for salvage and wreck removal

    2011-03-28T09:51:00Z

    Rotterdam based SMIT Salvage had teams busy in Latin America last year, refloating a series of grounded vessels in the major river systems.

  • ‘Vortex’ and ‘Apex’ sail together, showing off the differences in their design.
    News

    A closer look at the ‘Vortex’

    2011-03-28T09:00:00Z

    Back in the November 2010 issue of MJ ‘Tugs & Towing’ included a report on the delivery of the Voith tractor tug Vortex to Solent Towage Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Østensjø Rederi AS of Haugesund in Norway.

  • ‘Coastal Vanguard’ is an important new addition to the Acta Marine BV fleet.
    News

    Towlines MAR 11

    2011-03-27T09:00:00Z

    Avra Towage BV of Rotterdam and Muller of Dordrecht have formed a joint venture with a view to increasing the scope of both companies. Muller operates a fleet of nine tugs and a large inventory of pushers and barges.

  • ‘Multratug 7’ has a new home with the MTS Group as the ‘MTS Viscount’.
    News

    Towlines FEB11

    2011-03-02T12:22:00Z

    UK based Marine and Towage Services provider the MTS Group Ltd has acquired the twin-screw seagoing tug Multratug 7.

  • The sale of ‘Fairplay IX’ marks the end of an era for its owners.
    News

    Fairplay sells its last traditional deepsea tug

    2011-03-02T12:21:00Z

    Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold Fairplay IX, its last traditional deepsea tug to a Greek operator.

  • ‘DMS Harrier’ is one of four Damen ‘Pushbusters’ to be sold to Van Oord. (photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann)
    News

    Van Oord purchases the ‘Pushbuster’ quartet

    2011-03-02T12:21:00Z

    Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord BV has purchased the fleet of four Damen Pushbusters formerly operated by Damen Marine Contractors (DMS).

  • A new ‘Columbia’ class ASD tug is under construction for Shaver Transportation.
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    Capilano design for Shaver

    2011-03-02T12:21:00Z

    Capilano Maritime Design Ltd, naval architects and designers based in North Vancouver, Canada have announced the completion of the design for a 24m (80 foot) ASD shiphandling tug for the Shaver Transportation Company based in Portland, Oregon, USA.

  • ‘KL Sandefjord’ is one of a new generation of anchor handling tugs.
    News

    ‘KL Sandefjord’ breaks bollard pull record

    2011-03-02T12:20:00Z

    Although the massive and fast developing world of offshore operations is usually outside the scope of this regular feature, the recent delivery of the anchorhandling tug supply vessel KL Sandefjord is of special interest.

  • Seaspan Terminal III has arrived in Vancouver after a two month delivery voyage from Turkey.
    News

    Towlines January 2011

    2011-01-31T11:31:00Z

    The first of four new tugs ordered by Vancouver based Seaspan International, from Sanmar Denizcilik in Turkey, arrived at the owner’s base in North Vancouver in early January. Bearing the temporary name Seaspan Terminal III, the 28m ASD tug completed the long delivery voyage from Turkey after two months ...

  • The new Damen Stan Launch 804 is the smallest vessel in the Stan Tug range.
    News

    Damen adds two new vessels to the ‘Stan Tug’ family

    2011-01-31T11:30:00Z

    Over past months and years Maritime Journal has periodically reported on the progressive changes in design and modernization of the Damen Shipyards ‘Stan Tug’ series of tugs and workboats.

  • The ITS2010 Complete Papers and Discussions is over 300 pages of useful information and data.
    News

    ITS 2010 Papers are published

    2011-01-31T11:30:00Z

    The complete Book of Papers and Discussions relating to ITS 2010, the 21st International Towage & Salvage Convention held in Vancouver in May of last year is now available.

  • Kotug has withdrawn all five tugs from Le Havre, including the SD Gironde.
    News

    Kotug and SNRH give up the unequal struggle in Le Havre

    2011-01-31T11:29:00Z

    Societe Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH), a subsidiary of Netherlands based Kotug, has given up it’s long battle to operate a tug service in the French container port of Le Havre in competition with the fleet operated by Boluda.

  • Two new Chinese Rescue tugs will be similar to the Nan Hai Jiu 101, completed in 2007.
    News

    China to build two rescue tugs with MAN propulsion systems

    2011-01-31T11:29:00Z

    The China Rescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS) of the Chinese Ministry of Transport is to build two large rescue and salvage vessels for use in the provinces of BeiHai and DongHai.

  • SD Deborah is one of four specially designed 20m ASD tugs and the final vessel for the Serco order.
    News

    Damen complete the 29 vessel order for Serco with a tug

    2011-01-31T11:28:00Z

    A huge three year, 29 vessel contract came to an end on 3 December 2010 when Damen Shipyards delivered the tug SD Deborah to Serco Marine Services.