Tugs & Salvage – Page 88
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NewsTwin Screw Conversions Continue at Bollinger
In the present commercial climate it is rare in Europe for outdated shiphandling tugs to be subjected to a major reconstruction and even more unusual for a single screw vessel to re-emerge as a twinscrew boat.
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NewsITS 2008 is Still on the Crest of a Wave
Few maritime events stay the course for 40 years, let alone continue to grow. The ITS series of Tug and Salvage Conventions, however, remain on the crest of a wave, continuing to break records time after time.
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NewsRolls Royce Introduce the Ultimate ETV
Rolls-Royce, a world leader in commercial and naval marine markets, has exhibited its successful coastal protection vessel design at the recent Pacific 2008 exhibition in Sydney, Australia.
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NewsTowlines
The latest Damen Shoalbuster 3009, 'Sea Alfa', achieved a maximum bollard pull of 51 tons.The design is winning orders worldwide from navies, coastguards and public agencies who are increasingly concerned about their ability to monitor, patrol and protect their waters and also carry out pollution control, salvage and fire fighting ...
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NewsFairplay Towage acquires Polish towage company
On 1 July Hamburg based Fairplay Towage formally purchased all of the shares in the Polish tug company Port-Hol SA of Swinoujscie. Port-Hol S.A. was formed after a reorganisation of the maritime activities of the Port of Swinoujscie in February 2001.
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NewsAn Important New Tug and Barge for Osprey
When the new tug ' Osprey Fighter' and a smart new barge arrived in Newcastle towards the end of November it marked a significant step forward for owner Osprey Shipping Ltd. The new tug is designed and equipped for worldwide service and intended to enhance the company’ s towage and ...
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NewsSerco Denholm Awarded MOD Contract
Serco Denholm Marine Services (‘ Serco Denholm’ ), a joint venture led by Serco Group plc, has signed a 15 year PFI contract valued at up to £ 1bn with the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a wide range of marine services to the Royal Navy.
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News'Flying Phantom' Lost in a Tragic Accident
The Clyde tug ’ Flying Phantom’ and three of her crew were tragically lost when the vessel capsized and sank near Clydebank on 19 December. Owned by Svitzer, Flying Phantom was one of three tugs towing the 39,000 grt bulk carrier ’ Red Jasmine’ bound for Rothesay dock in dense ...
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NewsSmit Acquires the Remaining Shares in URS
On the last day of 2007 Smit Internationale NV announced its agreement with Fairplay Towage to acquire Fairplay’ s 50% interest in Antwerp based URS. Through this acquisition Smit will become 100% shareholder of URS, the leading towage provider in Belgium. The total value of this transaction was given as ...
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NewsJP Knight (Caledonian) Consolidate Their Scottish Fleet
The Invergordon based towage company J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has consolidated its UK tug fleet after completing the purchase of a number of modern ASD tugs from Japan. In it’ s new form the Invergordon fleet comprises four modern vessels, the existing tug ' Kincraig' , purpose built for ...
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News'Napoli' Legacy Looms Large for Salvors
Salvors, other sectors of the maritime industry and government agencies, including Coast Guards, are voicing concern at the scale of the challenge which would be presented by ultra-large containership casualties. The International Salvage Union (ISU) is amongst those sounding a cautionary note about the lack of suitable cranes and other ...
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NewsTsavliris Longed for a Calm Christmas
The Christmas past may have taken a back seat for Tsavliris Salvage Group if the number of operations it was conducting continued to come thick and fast. The last three months of 2007 saw Tsavliris take on significant salvage cases. Following a highly active start to the year, Tsavliris closed ...
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NewsTug Designer Finds 'Independence' in Philadelphia
Although internationally well known for its prolific output of tug designs, Vancouver based Robert Allan Ltd is not averse to bidding for other types of contract. Shortly before Christmas the City of Philadelphia Fire Department commissioned ' Independence' , the new RAnger 2000 Class fireboat designed by Robert Allan Ltd ...
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NewsA Pusher Tug Returns to the Mersey
A pusher tug and barge combination is in use on the Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal for the first time in a decade. Peel Ports’ Liverpool – Manchester Shuttle that started operation recently is capable of carrying up to 160 20ft ISO containers between Liverpool’ s Royal Seaforth Docks and ...
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NewsGPS Marine Continues to Diversify
GPS Marine Contractors Ltd, based at Chatham in Kent UK, is emerging as a major player in the marine sector, offering a wide range of services including towage, marine transportation, salvage, heavy-lift, marine civil engineering, demolition and dredging.
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Busy Sanmar Extend Their Product Range
Sanmar Denizcilik Makina ve Ticaret Ltd of Istanbul is well known as one of the leading tugboat companies in Turkey and also as specialist tug builder. In addition to providing towage and pilotage services, the family run company has built tugs and workboats in their own shipyard for many years, ...
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NewsOperations Have Started at Hammerfest
In Norway a new fleet of tugs owned by Buksér og Berging AS is now fully operational to fulfil a Statoil contract, providing shiphandling, escort and mooring services at Melkøya liquefied natural gas terminal near Hammerfest in northern Norway. The new tug service was inaugurated when the first LNG ship ...
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NewsChina Builds RAmparts 3000 Tugs for the First Time
Cheoy Lee Shipbuilders of Hong Kong has delivered the first of a pair of RAmparts 3000 Class ship handling tugs, the ' Harry Evans' to Svitzer Australasia. The tugs are built to the highly successful RAmparts 3000 design developed by Robert Allan Ltd., naval architects of Vancouver, for worldwide construction ...
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NewsTOWLINES
Late in November Newcastle based Osprey Shipping Ltd welcomed home their new tug ' Osprey Fighter' and barge ' Osprey Carrier' . The new vessels were constructed in China and arrived in the Tyne after a grueling and eventful delivery voyage from the Far East. The purpose built 50 tons ...
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NewsBusiness as Usual as Klyne is Taken Over
Britain’ s oldest tug and barge company J P Knight, has announced in a joint statement that the J P Knight Group has acquired a majority interest in Klyne Tugs, the current provider of Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) to the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).
