Vessels News – Page 150

  • Powered by twin Yanmar 6 LPA STP engines coupled to Ultra Dynamics’ UltraJet UJ305s waterjets, the vessels will reach 34 knots.
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    Fast patrol boats for French Gendarmerie

    2012-04-16T10:28:00Z

    France’s Raidco Marine has delivered the first four of a series of 11 aluminium hull patrol boats to that country’s Gendarmerie Nationale.

  • The Signet Constellation and Signet Stars & Stripes are classed for harbour, escort and emergency towing duties.
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    Powerful twin tugs make Texas debut

    2012-04-16T10:21:00Z

    The Signet Constellation and Signet Stars & Stripes are the latest development in Robert Allan Ltd’s RAstar series of tugs.

  • Tank testing has taken place on two ASV hulls designs that correspond to ferries.
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    Fast electric ferry rides on air-support

    2012-04-12T14:43:00Z

    Development is well underway with the world’s first fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone.

  • The new spinning machinery makes the production of nozzles much easier and gives an improved end product, because there is only a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle.
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    DMC develops single weld nozzle spinning

    2012-03-23T09:00:00Z

    Damen Marine Components (DMC) has developed a pioneering nozzle production method bases on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle.

  • A new branch of SMS Towage Ltd has stationed the ASD tug Trueman in Newport, South Wales. Photo courtesy of Peter Elsom – SMS
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    Towlines

    2012-03-23T09:00:00Z

    SMS Towage Limited, based in Hessle on HumbersideUK, has moved into the Bristol Channel with a new subsidiary SMS Towage (Bristol Channel) Ltd and is currently offering towage services in the South Wales ports of Newport, Cardiff and Barry. The 22.6m ASD tug Trueman, a tug of 32 tonnes bollard ...

  • The EL Moundjid is one of three well equipped ETVs for the Algerian Government. Photo courtesy of Tommy Briceland
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    First of three Algerian ETVs is delivered

    2012-03-22T09:00:00Z

    EL Moundjid, the first of three ‘state of the art’ Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), has been handed over to the Algerian Government by STX OSV Braatvaag in Norway.

  • Hunter, the latest addition to the Svendborg fleet, is being progressively modernised.
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    Hunter clocks up the miles for Svendborg

    2012-03-22T09:00:00Z

    The Danish tug owner Rederiet Junior ApS, a fully autonomous subsidiary of Svendborg Bugser A/S, is delighted with the twin screw tug Hunter they purchased in January 2011.

  • Svitzer Nereid is one of ten escort tugs of the same type built by the Quingdao shipyard in China.
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    Extensive newbuild programme for Svitzer

    2012-03-21T09:00:00Z

    International towage provider Svitzer continues to maintain a large ongoing construction programme in order to replace outdated tonnage and support new contracts.

  • AOS Power is one of a growing breed of versatile multipurpose offshore support tugs.
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    The first RAmpage 4500 enters service

    2012-03-21T09:00:00Z

    AOS Power, a highly versatile offshore support tug, is now in service with its owners the Atlantic Maritime Group, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Riverwijs Emma and Riverwijs Rowan were formally named at the ASL yard in Singapore. (photo courtesy of Piet Sinke)
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    TOWLINES

    2012-02-22T10:00:00Z

    Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd have signed a contract for the supply of marine services at the Gorgon LNG Project terminal on Barrow Island, Western Australia. Four Svitzer designed, diesel-electric hybrid escort tugs with 80 tons bollard pull, based on the Svitzer S80/33 design, will be ...

  • St Elmo is equipped to carry out work normally expected of much larger tugs.
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    St Elmo a new customised tug for Malta

    2012-02-20T09:00:00Z

    Towards the end of 2011 Tug Malta Limited, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, took delivery of the tug St Elmo.

  • This Rolls-Royce graphic shows the location of the Bergen LNG engines, the drive line and LNG tank.
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    Buksér og Berging to build world’s first LNG tugs

    2012-02-17T09:00:00Z

    The world’s first LNG powered escort tugs have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS.

  • Voith tractor tug Bugsier 16 regularly breaks ice in Germany’s Baltic ports. (photo courtesy of Voith)
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    A study of Voith tractors in ice

    2012-02-16T10:00:00Z

    Hard winters frequently lead to the formation of ice in many ports and harbours. Tugs often act as icebreakers and to the uninitiated some modern tugs appear to be particularly susceptible to damage.

  • LNG Guardian is designed to operate offshore for long periods at very slow speeds in the standby role.
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    Gondan deliver LNG Guardian

    2012-02-13T15:33:00Z

    Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan delivered the 75 ton bollard pull standby vessel LNG Guardian to its Italian tug owner Fratelli Neri SpA on 12 January.

  • The RT Tango is seen prior to leaving Singapore for Europe as the Smit Emoe. Photo courtesy of Piet Sinke.
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    Smit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011).

  • Three more tugs are to be built to the same Jensen design as the Capt Jimmy T Moran.
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    Jensen is busy with new designs

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean TugZ .

  • Bollinger shipyard has launched Ocean Wave, the first of four deepsea tugs for Crowley.
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    TOWLINES

    2012-01-27T08:00:00Z

    Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ – Sept 2011). This first vessel will be delivered during the next three months and be followed by ...

  • Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld will build two ASD 3212 Hybrid tugs for Iskes.
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    Damen to build two ‘Green’ tugs for Iskes

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has signed a contract with Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden and Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) to construct two ‘Green’ tugs.

  • Taikoo and its three sisters are the latest examples of the RAmparts 3000, built for use in Hong Kong.
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    Taikoo is first of a new quartet for Hong Kong

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    In October of last year Cheoy Lee Shipyards handed over the first of a series of four powerful terminal support tugs to Hong Kong United Dockyards.

  • Yong Gang Tuo29 is the seventh RALdesigned tug for Ningbo port in China and the first RAmparts 3300.
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    A new RAmparts 3300 for Ningbo Port

    2012-01-26T12:00:00Z

    News regarding the use and construction of new Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs of the ‘RAmparts’ class and its various derivatives is coming in thick and fast.