Tugs & Salvage – Page 73
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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.
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NewsNorne gives Viking a powerful sister
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.
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NewsThirty one ‘Rotor Tugs’ and counting
It is just twelve years since Dutch towage company Kotug introduced a series of four ‘Rotor Tugs’ to the ports of Rotterdam and Bremerhaven.
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NewsTug fleet finds fuel economy savings
Svitzer Tugs is expanding fuel efficiencies throughout its fleet by fitting Enginei fuel monitoring systems from Royston Limited.
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NewsFairmount sisters complete an epic 92 day tow
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.
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NewsKees Muller is knighted by Queen Beatrix
Kees Muller, the founder of the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship, has received a knighthood from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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NewsDamen build four big ‘Cats’ for Lamnalco
Damen Shipyards is close to completing a series of four powerful terminal tugs for the Lamnalco Group.
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NewsGlobal reach for salvage and wreck removal
Rotterdam based SMIT Salvage had teams busy in Latin America last year, refloating a series of grounded vessels in the major river systems.
