Tugs & Salvage – Page 89
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NewsRailPower Proposal for Tugs
American companies RailPower Technologies and Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering (OTB) have entered into a supply and licensing agreement whereby RailPower will license and supply its hybrid power systems to tug and towboat builders, tug and barge operating companies, and shipyards involved in the construction of a wide range of ...
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NewsTough Tug Protection at Seawork
Chichester UK based vessel protection specialists MG Duff International approached Itchen Marine Towage of Southampton last summer about using one of their tugs to prove the effectiveness of Zingard, a one component cold-applied galvanising system which was launched at Seawork 2004.
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NewsA Closer Look at 'Abeille Liberte'
The entry into service of two advanced Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), Abeille Bourbon and Abeille Liberte, designed to provide emergency response services along the French coastline and western approaches, was reported in these pages in May and October of last year. Since then both tugs have assisted a number of ...
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NewsIrving Complete Two More Tugs for Nordane
Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, are in the process of completing the second azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug for Nordane Shipping of Svenborg in Denmark.
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News'Carlo Magno': Designed to be Cost Effective
Many tug owners involved in coastal and deepsea towage are faced with serious decisions regarding future investment and the likely returns on that investment. The replacement of older but still functional deepsea tugs which may have been operating on relatively low rates is a particular problem.
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NewsFairplay Charter 'Barents'
Fairplay Towage of Hamburg has taken on bare boat charter the new terminal and offshore anchor handling tug Barents from Bukser og Berging of Oslo.
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News'Tenax' Gives Towage at Fawley a Boost
The arrival of the new Voith escort tug Tenax has given towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley on Southampton Water UK a considerable boost.
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NewsOldendorf Take Over Bauxite Transportation in Guyana
Oldendorf Carriers, one the world''s largest private shipping companies, has been awarded a major long term contract for all aspects of transportation of bauxite from Guyana.
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Mid-Range Towage Shortage Continues
There is still a shortage of tugs suitable for long haul towage in the 60 tons to 80 tons bollard pull range according to the UK''s Anchor Marine Transportation.
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NewsSvitzer Wijsmuller Stands By in Oz
SvitzerWijsmuller BV has achieved a breakthrough in the Australian market for marine casualty response provision with a standby salvage contract from the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS).
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NewsMultraship Lifts Tug from Danube
DUTCH salvage and towage company Multraship Salvage BV has successfully refloated the Slovakian pusher-tug Polana, which sank in the River Danube on 19 December last year following a serious fire in its engine room.
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NewsSimulation Determines Tug Deployment
British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT SeaTech has recently completed a challenging project for the Orlan concrete island drilling structure on behalf of Crowley Marine Services of Seattle USA.
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NewsWide Ranging Salvage & Wreck Conference
The 8th Annual International Salvage & Wreck Removal Conference was held in London at The Crown Plaza St James Hotel on 14 and 15 December. Delegates to the International Salvage Union (ISU) endorsed conference addressed a wide range of issues concerning the salvage industry, insurers, government departments and many others ...
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NewsIrving Build More Tugs for the Ice
Perhaps it is not surprising that a Canadian shipyard located in Halifax should be experienced in the construction of robust tugs capable of operating in ice. During the last quarter of 2005 Irving Shipbuilding Inc celebrated the completion of their 21st ASD tug, the Ocean K Rusby for Canadian owners ...
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NewsA Busy Time for Kooren
The fast growing European tugboat company Kotug has taken delivery of the first two of a new series of three identical, powerful ASD tugs from Med Marine in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr Ard-Jan Kooren, President of Kotug, and Mr R Hakan, Senior President of Med Marine, confirmed the deal during a ...
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NewsCompact Voith Tractors Join the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Fleet in Genoa
Much has been written on the subject of compact tugs employing azimuthing stern drive (ASD) propulsion systems but the requirement for small, powerful and extremely agile shiphandling tugs has not been lost on operators preferring the tractor tug concept.
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News'Boxer' Goes on Charter in Britain
One of Europe''s most sophisticated ''Fin-first'' Voith escort tugs has been chartered by Adsteam UK and put into service in the Thames and Medway area during the month of January.
