Tugs & Salvage – Page 99
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NewsTow Rope Put to the Test
A breaking load test specially commissioned by Adsteam Towage has revealed the practical benefits of, Cosalt Safety & Protections '' ongoing investment in improving its rope products.
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NewsMore Ramparts ASD Tugs on the Stocks Worldwide
Towards the end of 2004, Vancouver based naval architects and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) were awarded a contract to design a new series of high-performance ship-handling tugs for the Chinese Port of Ningbo .
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NewsHythe improve US Army LT series tugs
The United States Army - Combat Equipment Battalion atHythe on Southampton Water is in the process of carrying out a unique reconstruction programme on a series of powerful twin-screw tugs. All six of the tugs concerned are just 10 years old but during their relatively short working lives have been ...
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News'Duke of Normandy' to be replaced
Jersey Harbours , in the UK Channel Islands, are to have a sophisticated new flagship, a 26m Damen Shoalbuster tugdesigned to undertake a wide range of duties in the locality.
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NewsChinese Yard Builds a Large ASD Tug for the Mediterranean
An interesting new azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug is due to enter service in the Mediterranean early next year.
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NewsSvitzer Reinforce Their Milford Haven Tug Fleet
Svitzer Marine Ltd has significantly reinforced their fleet of tanker handling tugs at Milford Haven with the arrival of the new Svitzer Milford . The tug, the first of a new series to be deployed to a British port, arrived during the first week of November and entered service after ...
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NewsNew Terminal Tugs Romulo and Remo are Ahead of Schedule.
Two important new terminal tugs are rapidly nearing completion in Spain at the Astilleros Balenciaga Shipyard in Zumaia. To be named Romulo and Remo , the tugs are to join the fleet of Remolcadores de Puerto y Altura SA - ''Repasa'' at Tarragona.
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NewsSemco and Fairmount Launch 'OneAllianz'
A major new force in the long-haul ocean towage market has been established by Fairmount Marine BV of the Netherlands and Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd ofSingapore. With immediate effect, the ocean towage fleets and expertise of both companies are pooled in a new consortium christened OneAllianz .
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NewsTitan salvage 'Skate - III'
A recent incident in bad weather around the south coast of Britain brought a small salvage job almost to the doorstep of Titan Maritime attheir Newhaven base. On the morning of 21 October the jack-up barge Skate III wasfound aground in the surf on the beach at nearby Seaford.
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NewsSalvage Tug Tows Stricken Canadian Submarine
The salvage tug Anglian Prince was released from her duties as an Emergency Towing Vessel with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency on the 5 October to go to the assistance of the Canadian submarine Chicoutimi lying disabled in the Atlantic.
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Multraship and Titan Join Forces in Romania
Terneuzen-based Multraship Salvage has started work on a three-month project to remove the wreck of the 4,497gt Rostok from the Romanian River Danube.
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NewsArmon Hard at Work on Spanish Emergency Vessels
The Vigo based shipyard of Astilleros Armon is now deeply engaged in the construction of two 56m twin-screw tugs to be operated by the Spanish maritime rescue authority, Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Maritima (Sasemar).
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NewsDesign Award for Robert Allan Ltd.
Canadian naval architect and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) of Vancouver, was one of the winners announced in October in the ''Business Effectiveness'' category at the Singapore Design Awards 2004 .
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NewsDouble Trouble for the Historic Elbe
A massive project to completely restore the ocean going tug Elbe to its original 1959 condition suffered a serious blow for the second time this year. Back in July the tug was struck and sunk at her Rotterdam moorings by a ship manoeuvring at an adjacent berth. The vessel was ...
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NewsTOWLINES
Farstad Supply AS , a wholly owned company of Farstad Shipping ASA , has sold the anchor-handler Far Turbot toChinese operators. This vessel became well-known in her role as one of the first Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV) to be operated under contract to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .
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NewsWorldwise Revamp an Established Anchor-handler Design
Two very similar anchorhandling tugs are currently under construction, to a design produced by WorldWise Marine Engineering BV , for two very different owners in very different parts of the world.
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News'Battler' a New Tug for the Clyde
Clyde Marine Services Ltd , based in the Victoria Harbour at Greenock in Scotland, has improved its ability to provide towage services considerably with the addition of a new Damen Stan Tug 1906 . Named Battler , the vessel was handed over to her owners during the last few days ...
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NewsIndian Coaster Salvaged at Camber Sands
A salvage team from Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and Smit Salvage worked for a fortnight to refloat the 2,999grt coaster Maanav Star from a beach at the Sussex UK holiday resort of Camber.
