Tugs & Salvage – Page 99
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NewsFairplay Towage Celebrate 100 Years
On the 15 June, Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard Gmbh held a reception at the Royal Rowing and Sailing Club ''De Maas'' at Veerdam, Rotterdam to celebrate their 100th anniversary.
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NewsRobert Allan is Awarded a Medal by RINA
Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) ''Small Craft Group Medal for 2004'' was awarded Mr Robert G Allan PEng, FRINA, FSNAME at their Annual Meeting in London in April. The award was made in recognition of ''His contribution to the field of workboat design, and in particular for his innovative ...
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News'Fairmount Sherpa' - the First of a Formidable Fleet
Ocean towage and heavy transportation specialists Fairmount Marine took delivery of the long range deep sea tug Fairmount Sherpa in May and the vessel has already sailed on its maiden tow. This vessel is the first of a new class of five 200 ton bollard pull tugs ordered from Niigata ...
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NewsDuke of Normandy - a Very Special Shoalbuster
The new, shallow draft, multi-purpose tug Duke of Normandy was completed in May and interrupted her delivery voyage to Jersey to be displayed at last month''s Seawork 2005 exhibition in Southampton. This new flagship for Jersey Harbours, in the UK Channel Islands, was christened on the 8 July in St ...
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NewsDutch Duo Sign at Seawork
Seawork again demonstrated its growing international significance last month when Dutch builders Damen Shipyards chose it as the venue for signing a letter of intent to build a Shoalbuster 2208 tug for fellow countryman (and woman) Jack and Wendy van Dodewaard, owner/operators of Herman Sr BV.
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Work Load Up for ISU
Members of the International Salvage Union recovered over 700,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 266 vessels carrying cargoes and bunkers with a potential to cause pollution, up from 218 in 2003. This represents a significant increase in both the number of ...
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NewsSwift Salvage Clears Channel
America''s Bisso Marine has salvaged a 110ft crewboat in Sabine Pass, Texas which had sunk in 50ft of water following a collision with another ship.
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Dutch Salvage Group Joins US '1Call'
SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage hasjoined the ICall team of Resolve Marine Group (Resolve) and National Response Corporation (NRC), which provides comprehensive OPA 90 emergency response services to both tankers and non-tank vessels at any location in the United States. Services include oil pollution containment and recovery, salvage, fire fighting, emergency towing and ...
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NewsSemco Completes Big Tow to Angola
Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd has successfully completed tow to location, positioning and associated deck operations for the FPSO Kizomba B offshore Luanda in Angola last month. This project follows the earlier tow and positioning of FPSO Kizomba A , completed in 2004.
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News'Romulo' and 'Remo' are Now in Service in Tarrogona
Romulo and Remo , two terminal tugs claimed to be the most powerful of their type in Spain, are now both in service ( MJ - December 2004).
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NewsUNV Complete First RAL 'Compacts' in Spain
The popularity of small ''compact'', highly agile and powerful shiphandling tugs is spreading rapidly worldwide and the first examples are now being seen in Europe. Spanish tug builders Union Naval Valencia , part of the Boluda towage group, have completed the first three compact RAmparts 2400 ASD tugs to be ...
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NewsIrving to Build for Denmark
Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has secured an order for two of its popular 30m series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for Partrederiet Stevns of Denmark. The tugs are scheduled for delivery in December 2005 and May 2006 and will be managed by Nordane Shipping ofSvendborg, Denmark.
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News'Abeille Bourbon' takes up station
Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to the French navy.
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NewsFoss Modify their Voith Tractors
Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith tractors, the Wedell Foss and Henry Foss .
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News'Afon Braint' - the Latest of a Successful Breed
Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug.
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NewsChinese Oceangoing Tug to Have MAN B&W Machinery
MAN B&W Diesel A/S , Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply a complete twin-screw low-speed two-stroke propulsion package for an 16,100bhp Chinese ''super-tug''. The new vessel is under construction at the Wuchang Shipyard , Wuhan, China for the Shanghai Salvage Co Ltd , owners of a large fleet ...
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NewsNorwegian Multi-role Coastguard Vessel 'Harstad'
One of the most recent Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) deliveries, built for use in Europe is the multi-role Coastguard vessel K/V Harstad , owned by Remoy Shipping andoperated on long term charter to Kystvakten - the Norwegian Coastguard.
