Tugs & Salvage – Page 73
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NewsWW2 rocket salvaged after 68 years in mud
At a routine meeting about leisure boating in Harwich Haven, one of the final questions asked was whether there were any dangers to navigation.
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NewsPowerful pusher tug from Gebr. Kooiman BV
Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV in the Netherlands has delivered a powerful new pusher tug for ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven BV, also in the Netherlands. The boat was delivered twelve months after the keel laying.
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NewsIs the Industry ready for EDDY?
As correspondent for towage industry matters for several decades, I have reported on countless new concepts that appear among the designs for shiphandling tugs and equipment.
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NewsFar reaching report on the Fairplay 22 accident
A detailed and far reaching report on the tragic accident involving the tug Fairplay 22 on 11 November 2010 has been published by the Dutch Safety Board.
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NewsA flock of three new tugs for Signet
In recent months the Signet Maritime Corporation of Houston, Texas USA has taken delivery of three new ASD tugs, all from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).
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NewsKOTUG puts the first European ‘Hybrid’ into service
Europe’s first hybrid shiphandling tug RT Adriaan has entered service with the KOTUG fleet in Rotterdam.
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NewsDamen delivers an ASD trio in two weeks
KOTUG will shortly be putting three Damen ASD 2810 tugs into operation just two weeks after signing the order.
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NewsSalvage teams kept busy in early 2012
SMIT Salvage teams had a busy start to 2012 in South America, responding to two casualties in Argentina, both on the Parana River.
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NewsITS aims to bring its best to Barcelona
Now in its 44th year, the International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention returns to Spain in 2012 after an absence of 10 years.
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NewsPowerful twin tugs make Texas debut
The Signet Constellation and Signet Stars & Stripes are the latest development in Robert Allan Ltd’s RAstar series of tugs.
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NewsTowlines
SMS Towage Limited, based in Hessle on HumbersideUK, has moved into the Bristol Channel with a new subsidiary SMS Towage (Bristol Channel) Ltd and is currently offering towage services in the South Wales ports of Newport, Cardiff and Barry. The 22.6m ASD tug Trueman, a tug of 32 tonnes bollard ...
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NewsDMC develops single weld nozzle spinning
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has developed a pioneering nozzle production method bases on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle.
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NewsFirst of three Algerian ETVs is delivered
EL Moundjid, the first of three ‘state of the art’ Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), has been handed over to the Algerian Government by STX OSV Braatvaag in Norway.
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NewsHunter clocks up the miles for Svendborg
The Danish tug owner Rederiet Junior ApS, a fully autonomous subsidiary of Svendborg Bugser A/S, is delighted with the twin screw tug Hunter they purchased in January 2011.
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NewsExtensive newbuild programme for Svitzer
International towage provider Svitzer continues to maintain a large ongoing construction programme in order to replace outdated tonnage and support new contracts.
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NewsThe first RAmpage 4500 enters service
AOS Power, a highly versatile offshore support tug, is now in service with its owners the Atlantic Maritime Group, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsTOWLINES
Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd have signed a contract for the supply of marine services at the Gorgon LNG Project terminal on Barrow Island, Western Australia. Four Svitzer designed, diesel-electric hybrid escort tugs with 80 tons bollard pull, based on the Svitzer S80/33 design, will be ...
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NewsSt Elmo a new customised tug for Malta
Towards the end of 2011 Tug Malta Limited, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug St Elmo.
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NewsBuksér og Berging to build world’s first LNG tugs
The world’s first LNG powered escort tugs have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS.
