Tugs & Salvage – Page 85
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NewsSvitzer Continue a Significant Newbuild Programme
Since taking over the Wijsmuller Group in 2001 and the acquisition of Adsteam in 2007, Danish owned Svitzer has introduced over 90 new vessels to its fleets around the world. In order to maintain its position as a true market leader in harbour and terminal towage, the company has a ...
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NewsRimorchiatori Riuniti Introduce 'Messico'
Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy have taken delivery of the ‘ Messico’ , a new offshore support and escort tug, to add to their growing fleet of versatile tugs. This latest vessel, designed by Robert Allan Ltd., naval architects of Vancouver BC in Canada, is designated an AVT 36/70 E ...
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NewsUK Based Hepworth Busy with Holyhead Orders
Once again Hepworth Shipbuilders of Paull on Humberside are busy with new tugs for the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. The shipyard is currently busy completing the new triple screw tug ‘ Afon Cymyran’ and an order for a new 25m tug has recently been announced.
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NewsDamen introduce a new tractor design
For the first time in many years Damen Shipyards has introduced a new tractor tug design to their extensive range of series built tugs and workboats. In the recent past the company has ignored tractor designs, concentrating their efforts on the development of azimuthing stern drive shiphandling tugs of all ...
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NewsCrowley provide all year round Emergency Response Tug
Crowley Maritime Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Washington Department of Ecology to supply an all year round emergency response tug, to be based in Neah Bay, Washington state USA. This unprecedented move enables an emergency response tug to provide a continuous service to disabled ships, help prevent ...
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NewsUNV delivers a new series of ETVs to SASEMAR
Union Naval Valencia (UNV), a subsidiary of the Boluda Group, is close to delivering a four tug series of salvage tugs to SASEMAR, the government funded Spanish Maritime Salvage Agency.
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NewsNew Chinese Rescue Tug attends ITS 2008
The big rescue tug Nan Hai Jiu 101, operated by the China Rescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS), travelled to Singapore specifically to attend ITS 2008. A restricted number of delegates, including your correspondent, were invited to a reception aboard this impressive vessel.
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News'Ugie Runner' creates interest at Seawork
Visitors to Seawork 2008 were able to see for themselves the first tug/workboat to be fitted with the unique Mampaey ‘ Dynamic Towing System’ (DOT) and to watch a demonstration of the vessel and its towing gear.
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NewsNew tugs and fleet changes for Kotug
On 3 June Kotug formally christened the SD Shark and SD Stingray, the first two vessels in a quartet of four new tugs built in Turkey. Both vessels are now in service in Rotterdam and will be joined by the SD Seal, which arrived in the Netherlands on 19 June, ...
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NewsMultraship takes delivery of new multipurpose tug
Another Dutch operator to introduce a Turkish built tug in recent weeks is Terneuzen based Multraship. The new multipurpose ASD vessel ' Multratug 17 ' was christened on 12 June at a special ceremony in its home port, attended by approximately 350 guests.
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News'Apex' joins the Solent Towage fleet
The UK based Solent Towage Ltd welcomed another brand new vessel to their Southampton based fleet at the end of April when the high performance Voith escort tug ' Apex' arrived from the Gondan shipyard in Spain.
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NewsVSPs serve OSVs in high seas
Offshore Construction Vessels (OCVs) currently under construction are to be driven by five Voith Schneider Propellers (VSPs) For Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion, the new type of vessel represents another engineering feat, because it is the largest and most powerful ship ever fitted with VSP as main propulsion systems.
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NewsHarms fleet expansion continues with Ursus
The fleet of Hamburg based Harms Offshore Gmbh continues to grow rapidly, with five powerful new anchor handling tugs put in service in three years and there are more new vessels to come. Harms building programme first started to bear fruit in 2005 with the delivery of Primus, the smallest ...
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NewsShoalbusters Galore
One of the tug designs most comprehensively covered in these pages is almost certainly the Damen Shoalbuster. This is due mainly to the success and continuing development of this shallow draft vessel and its use by a large section of the Maritime Journal readership.
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Smit announce record profits
Announcing their results for 2007, Smit Internationale N.V. has reported another record year with a 40% increase in net profit from € 75m to € 105.6m. Operating results increased to 23% from € 77.3m to € 94.7m.
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NewsMarineCo boosts fleet with two additional vessels
Two recent additions to the fleet of Scottish marine services provider MarineCo UK Ltd have boosted the company’ s capability and versatility considerably. A particularly interesting acquisition is the tug Marineco Ashanti, purchased in May from the Russian company Dukkar Engineering.
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NewsFormer Belgian tug sold for the fifth time
As more modern vessels enter service several of the deepsea tugs formerly employed by the Antwerp based towage and salvage company URS in the early days of North Sea oil exploration have been sold or scrapped, the most recent being Fighter and Boxer.
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NewsThe tug 'North' - a new kid on the block
Sharp eyed readers will have become aware of the new tug North carrying out coastal and short sea towage operations around western Europe. Built in Malaysia in 2007, the twin screw tug is operated by Rotterdam based Avra Towage BV under the Dutch Antilles flag.
