Tugs & Salvage – Page 79
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NewsFairplay Towage charter the Italian Fox - by Jack Gaston
Hamburg based tugowners Fairplay Towage have taken the anchorhandling ASD tug ‘Fox’ on a two year bare boat charter from Ocean Srl of Trieste. The deal was completed at the end of April and the tug sailed from Trieste in Fairplay colours under the name ‘Fairplay 27’.
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The International Tugmasters Association is formed - by Jack Gaston
A new International Tug Masters Association has been formed to represent tugmasters throughout the world, largely by means of a new and most comprehensive web site. The launch is backed by a host of influential personalities representing a wealth of experience from all sectors of the towage industry.
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NewsTOWLINES June 2010 - by Jack Gaston
Kompania di Tou Korsou (KTK) took delivery of the ‘Orca VI’, a powerful Damen Stan Tug 4011 built by PT Dumas in Surabaya, Indonesia on 2 April. With its bollard pull of 70 tons the new vessel will give an important boost to KTK’s capabilities in the international towing and ...
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NewsUSCG approves salvage and firefighting services contract
Marine Response Alliance, LLC (MRA) has received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard of its Salvage and Marine Firefighting Contract and Funding Agreement.
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NewsA long haul home for ‘RT Peter’ – by Jack Gaston
The latest addition to the Kotug fleet, the Rotor Tug ''RT Peter'' arrived in Rotterdam in mid-April after a very lengthy delivery voyage from the Far East.
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NewsA tug and barge service delivers new Aircraft Carrier sections – by Jack Gaston
The first major transfer of prefabricated blocks (sections) for the new aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’, was completed on 8 April when the barge ‘Osprey Carrier’ arrived in the Firth of Forth, towed by the tug ‘Vigilant’.
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NewsHerman Sr BV get a new Tarka 3 – by Jack Gaston
The names ‘Herman Sr’, and ‘Tarka’, well known in the dredging and marine civil engineering business. Dutch tugowners Herman Sr BV took delivery of their first Shoalbuster named ''Tarka'' from the Damen Shipyard at Hardinxveld in 1996.
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NewsITC continues to diversify – by Jack Gaston
In recent years the Dutch towage specialist ITC applied a strategy to progressively diversify its activities more into offshore support and other similar activities, alongside its traditional core business of deepsea ocean towage.
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NewsTOWLINES May 2010 – by Jack Gaston
Dutch tug owners F J M Hubregte van der Berge have taken delivery of the new anchorhandling tug Dutch Pearl. The new tug was built by Scheepswerf Gebr Kooiman of Zwijndrecht and is a further example of the successful 31m shallow draft, twin screw design that has proved popular with ...
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NewsSmit Salvage teams save storm casualties
SMIT Salvage expertise was in strong demand during the final quarter of 2009 and the opening weeks of 2010. The assignments included a number of ‘rescue tows’, successfully confronting emergencies which could threaten life, the environment and property.
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NewsURS introduces Union Warrior - by Jack Gaston
Antwerp based towage organisation URS, a subsidiary of Smit International, is in the process of introducing a new class of four anchorhandling tugs for their offshore fleet.
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NewsActa Marine Group consolidates and grows - by Jack Gaston
The Acta Marine Group, based in the Netherlands at Den Helder, has recently taken several significant steps to consolidate and modernise their growing organisation.
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NewsRimorchiatori Napoli gets the first big 'Compact' RAstar 2700 - by Jack Gaston
Italian tugowner Rimorchiatori Napoli of Naples has taken delivery of ''Cheradi,'' the first of a new RAstar 2700 class, a design intended to take the concept of the ''compact'' tug to a new level of performance.
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NewsAnglian Sovereign makes a towing connection in heavy weather - by Jack Gaston
In the early hours of 19 March, Shetland Coastguard tasked the Emergency Towing Vessel ‘Anglian Sovereign’ to go to the assistance of the general cargo ship ‘Wilson Dover’, disabled with steering problems 45 miles north east of Cape Wrath.
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NewsTOWLINES April 2010 – by Jack Gaston
The powerful twin screw tug ‘Mustang’ has been sold by Dutch owners Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV to Ippo Marine Ltd of Nicosia, Cyprus.
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NewsDamen replaces the time honoured ‘PushyCat’ - by Jack Gaston
Damen Shipyards has replaced their famous ‘PushyCat’ with an entirely new vessel for their Stan Tug range.
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NewsUS Navy get their first new ‘Z-Tech’ tug - by Jack Gaston
The first of a series of four new Z-Tech 4500 class tugshas entered service with the United States Navy Pilots operating in Puget Sound, Washington state, USA.
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NewsLowestoft tug fleet changes livery and title – by Jack Gaston
When the deepsea tug ‘Anglian Earl’ returned to service recently, bearing the traditional livery of JP Knight, it marked the completion of an integration process that started in December 2007 with the acquisition of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd.
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NewsCrowley to build new ‘Ocean’ class tugs – by Jack Gaston
Major US towage and transportation group Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean-going tugs, with options for additional vessels.
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NewsTOWLINES MARCH 2010 – by Jack Gaston
US shipbuilder Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine has now delivered the ‘Loretta B Moran’ and ‘Catherine C Moran’ to Moran Towing of Lake Charles, LLC.
