Tugs & Salvage – Page 83
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NewsFirst Vessels for Svitzer's New Milford Haven Fleet Arrive
As the port of Milford Haven embraces a new commercial era with the imminent arrival of LNG, Svitzer UK are preparing for the massive increase in activity. In February Maritime Journal reported on the towage organisation''s plans to introduce one of the worlds most advanced tug fleets to serve operations ...
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NewsUS 'Line Haul' Specialists Develop Well Tried Designs
Thanks mainly to United States and Canadian manning regulations, tug and barge operators in North America continue to thrive and develop purpose built deep sea tugs suited to their own particular trade. An increasing number are turning to the push-tow Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) principle but others, for a ...
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NewsUK Coastguard ETVs Show Their Versatility
In Britain the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of four powerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UK coastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.
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NewsHolyhead's Newbuild Goes Out to Launch
from the yard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicated by the fact that there is no slipway at the facility.
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NewsGlobal Scope in Salvage Activity
Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage included responses to a number of vessel groundings, including the ''Explorer'', which ran aground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug ''Svitzer Maillaig'' was mobilised to assist the casualty, which was successfully refloated last month and escorted to safety at Ayr.
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NewsSalvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship
Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship Al Shaymaa this summer after the Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port of Moerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel coils. The vessel was safely redelivered to its owner.
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Two Newbuilds Due for Rimorchiatori Riuniti
A new tug for Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa in Italy to a design by Vancouver BC based naval architects Robert Allan Ltd is nearing completion at the Astilleros Armon yrad in Spain. A second nearly identical offshore support and escort tug will be built at the same yard.
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NewsSmit Invest Heavily in Liverpool
On 29 March of this year Smit International NV announced the purchase of Adsteam’ s Liverpool towage operation. The sale was a condition imposed by the UK Competition Commission prior to the finalisation of the takeover of Adsteam by SvitzerWijsmuller.
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NewsKooiman Complete a Sophisticated Pusher for the Rotterdam - Rhine Service
In recent years Maritime Journal has reported on a number of interesting vessels emanating from Shipyard Gebr. Kooiman BV of Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands.
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NewsCrowley Address Crewing Shortages
Towage companies in almost every sector are experiencing difficulties in recruiting and retaining suitably qualified and experienced crews.
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NewsDemand for Shoalbusters Continues
The development and increasing popularity of the Damen Shoalbuster has been a frequent subject in these pages and is likely to continue.
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NewsVancouver - It's a Different World
As tugs and towing correspondent for Maritime Journal I recently took the opportunity to visit the towage industry in Vancouver and the nearby Fraser River.
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NewsTugnology Brings Worldwide Expertise to Southampton
Southampton became the focus of the world towage industry for two days in June when international delegates gathered at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel for Tugnology ''07.
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NewsFairplay Towage name 'Fairplay III'
Hamburg based Fairplay Towage named its latest new tug the ''Fairplay III'' on the 28th of June in Rotterdam.
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News'Mariette' Crosses the North Sea to Seawork
The little manned model tug ''Mariette'' created a great deal of interest at Seawork recently when it was used to demonstrate the principles of the Mampaey ''Dynamic Oval Towing'' (DOT) system.
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Multraship Expands Tug Fleet
Terneuzen based salvage and towage company Multraship has purchased two new 70 ton bollard pull Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for delivery October 2007 and April 2008.
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NewsAn Important Purchase for Targe Towing
Scottish tug owner Targe Towing confirmed their purchase of three former BP tugs, dedicated to towage services at the Coryton oil refinery, with a short ceremony at Tilbury
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NewsFairmount Complete Their Five Tug Fleet
''Fairmount Expedition'', the fifth of the new Fairmount Class of tugs, is now in service. The vessel was launched in February this year, named in Japan on 21 May and, after extensive trials, joined the fleet of Netherlands based Fairmount Marine BV early in June.
