Tugs & Salvage – Page 95

  • Massai prepares to leave Newhaven with Foxhound in tow.
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    Towlines

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Rynwaal Shipyards (an associate of Shipyard K Damen )has purchased three former US Army tugs on behalf of the Nigerian Port Authority . The tugs arrived in Hardinxveldt in August under their own power bearing the new names Balali (ex: LT1960 ), Irrua (ex: LT 2081 ) and Ogmoboso ( ...

  • Tugs in the Adsteam Medway fleet will operate with crews of three.
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    New Standards and New Manning at Adsteam

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Adsteam Medway has become the first of the group''s UK ports to achieve certified compliance with the International Safety Management standard, following a three-day audit by Lloyds Register .

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    Hakans Moves into Estonia

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Finnish tug owner Alfons Hakans Ltd , has established a new towage service in Estonia.

  • The tugs of Transport & Service will loose their distinctive orange livery.
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    Bugsier Takeover Transport & Service

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg based Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs Gmbh & Co has now completely taken over the towage business of Transport & Service (T& S) of Bremerhaven - formerly Hapag Lloyd .Bugsier purchased an 80% holding in T& S in 1994 and has now acquired the remaining 20% equity from Unterweser Reederei ...

  • Dutch Partner is the latest in a series of shallow draft tugs from the Kooiman Shipyard at Zwijndrecht.
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    Dutch Partner - Delivered in Record Time

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Dutch tug owner Engelsman Towage & Salvage of Makkum has taken delivery of the multi-purpose coastal and contracting tug Dutch Partner , just five months after the order was signed. This attractive twin-screw tug vessel is the fourth of a series of sister-ships constructed by Kooiman Shipyards at Zwijndrecht for ...

  • Independent is one of a succession of ASD tugs now entering service in the USA.
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    Washburn & Doughty Delivers 'Independent'

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    New azimuthing stern-drive (ASD) shiphandling tugs built in the USA for American owners are now beginning to show some commonality in design and configuration.

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    More Vessels Ordered by Smit

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV has exercised an option to build a further offshore support vessel at the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore. The original contract was placed with Keppel in March of this year for two 70-tonnes bollard pull anchor-handling tug/supply (AHTS) vessels ( Maritime Journal April 2004).

  • Midgard III is one of a pair of shiphandling vessels to be taken over by URAG.
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    Towlines

    2004-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Bremen based Unterweser Reederei AG (URAG) has acquired the towage business of Rhenus Midgard taking over the operation of two shiphandling tugs and their crews.

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    Day Return to Antwerp

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Earlier this month, Dutch towage operators Van der Wees Watertransporten returned a 420 tonne Gottwald type HMK280E to Antwerp from Le Havre.

  • Maersks latest Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel flies a British flag.
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    Boosted Accommodation on Maersk Supply's Latest AHTS

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Maersk Supply Service''s latest A-Type anchor handling/tug supply ship Maersk Advancer has bolstered accommodation capability and is also only the second in Maersk''s A-Type ship series to fly the British flag.

  • New tugs from the Semco fleet leave Korea with FPSO Kizomba A bound for Angola.
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    New Semco Tugs Complete FPSO Tow

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & } return false; ">see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation.

  • Terneuzen is now operating in Rotterdam as the Fairplay XVI.
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    TOWLINES

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    .The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the tug Afon Alaw completed earlier this year (Maritime Journal - February 2004) but with some items of equipment ...

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    Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations.

  • Svitzer Mars was one of three new tugs named in Lithuania.
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    A Triple Naming Ceremony for Svitzer Wijsmuller Tugs

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania.

  • ETV Anglian Monarch successfully connected to Armour Rock in heavy weather off Dover.
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    Coastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.

  • Tug Merit carried out an unusual rescue operation at Londons Tower Bridge.
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    TOWLINES

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Seabulk Offshore Inc hasordered two offshore tugs of the new Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design from Labroy Shipbuilders , Singapore. This new anchorhandling tug combines many of the features of a large harbour and escort tug with those of a conventional anchor-handler.

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    Smit Orders stretched Stan Tug 3509 for Africa

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Smit International Gabon SA has awarded a contract to Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for the construction of a new terminal tug. Following a comprehensive tendering process the order was placed for a Damen Stan Tug 3509 for delivery at the end of this year. The vessel will be deployed primarily for ...

  • Al Salaam was delivered to the Sudan by Damen Shipyard Galatz.
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    Damen Shipyard Galatz Delivers Al Salaam

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    In March of this year Damen Shipyards Galatz , in Romania, delivered an important new vessel to the Sea Ports Corporation (SPC) for operation at the Beshair SBM terminal south of Port Sudan.

  • Barge AMT Trader of Anchor Marine Transportation is shown leaving for the 6000 mile voyage from Gdansk to Iskendrun in Turkey - transporting the new 5694 tonne coal trans-shipper Isken.
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    Anchor Marine Sold Out to Augustea

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Britain''s largest independent deep-sea barge operator, Anchor Marine Transportation Ltd , has been purchased by the Italian Augustea Group . In a deal concluded early in May Augustea made the purchase through one of its Italian based companies - Augustea Imprese Marittime e di Salvataggi SpA (Augustea).

  • Baru is one of two new compact tugs delivered by Structural Marine in Australia.
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    Two More Compact Tugs for Australian Operators

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Australian shipbuilder Structural Marine of Henderson has built two more compact shiphandling tugs, similar to the successful Cape Pasley constructed for use in Western Australian two years ago ( Maritime Journal -August 2002). This latest pair have been constructed to a very similar design produced jointly by A G McIlwain ...