Vessels News – Page 165
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NewsTowlines
Kotug has won a fuel saving award with four SD Shark class tugs (photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann).The joint venture will be named ‘Svitzer Vietnam’ and provide towage services to container terminals, container lines and other shipping operators in the Ba Ria, Vung Tau and Cai Mep area. Waker, the Dutch ...
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NewsNew shortsea service for Thamesport
The recent docking of the 1,118 teu El Temerario at London Thamesport follows an agreement with Team Lines, which is to deploy the ship on its new North Europe Service. A number of the company’ s vessels are expected to join the Temerario in making regular calls at the UK ...
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NewsNext generation trimaran ferry unveiled
Aluminium vessel designer and builder Austal has had a unique three-engine layout successfully installed its new 102m trimaran vehicle/passenger ferry platform, currently under construction at its Western Australian shipyard.
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NewsNew UK short sea service launch
Feederlink started a new service last month directly connecting the UK Port of Tyne to Southampton and increasing their service at the Port to four weekly sailings.
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NewsUsers choose shipping award winner
Alistair Eagles (centre) with Seatruck's Irish Sea Shipping Line of the Year Award, pictured with compere Nuala McKeever and Donal McAllistair, group financial director of Countrywide Freight Group, sponsors of the award.For the first time the selection of the winner was not undertaken by a judging panel but, instead, by ...
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NewsMalta gets a high performance Voith tractor
Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, has taken delivery of the high performance Voith tractor tug Spinola. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain, and is the second of a pair delivered to the parent company.
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NewsKotug kick out the 'Cow hitch'
The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to a pennant. In the Kotug fleet, this simple but efficient ring has proven to be the best solution ...
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NewsTugmasters may get trained by a little BRAtt
Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems coming into service, the ability to train up and coming tug masters effectively and in suitable numbers has ...
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NewsMore Rotor Tugs join the Kotug Fleet
The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob and RT Peter are the first two vessels to be completed by the Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair yard ...
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NewsThe fleet of Antwerp Towage is strengthened
Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to upgrade it’ s tug fleet in the port of Antwerp.
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NewsTOWLINES - October 2009
The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the Royal Dutch Navy attended the incident.
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NewsDamen delivers new high speed duo
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has completed a new high speed craft which is available in two options, the Damen Stan Patrol 1204 and the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 1204. This craft replaces the Damen AluCat 1104 and the 1204.
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NewsTri-engine trimaran launches this month
Austal’ s next generation 102m high speed trimaran has had its unique three engine layout successfully installed ahead of the vessel’ s launch this month.
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NewsWorld debut for Axis Drive diesel engine
Following on from a high profile launch of the Caudwell Marine Axis Drive petrol engine at the London Boat Show in January, Southampton based UK distributor Golden Arrow Marine presided over the world launch of Caudwell Marine diesel engine version at the Southampton Boat Show last month.
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NewsBergs of a feather work together
Sweden’ s Berg Propulsion is to deliver the first examples of the newly launched Berg Controllable Pitch Propeller (BCP) with feathering capability, with separate orders for installations on board two 100m chemical tankers under construction at the Dingheng (Jiangsu) Shipbuilding Co in China and an 85.5m long ferry being built ...
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NewsFuel cell vessel moves towards sea trials
rtsilä has been assigned overall responsibility for systems integration in the pioneering FellowSHIP project, a joint industry research and development project which aims to develop and demonstrate hybrid fuel cell powerpacks suitable for marine use. FellowSHIP is being project managed by Det Norske Veritas.
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NewsWeight reduction for Norwegian pilot boats
When Dockstavarvet delivered LOS 116 to the Norwegian Coastal Administration in May 2008 the boat was received with acclaim at the Fedje Pilot Station outside Bergen. It fulfilled all their requirements regarding seakeeping, operational characteristics and comfort, with a noise level inside reaching only 61 db (A) at full speed.
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News'World's first' hybrid fast rescue craft
Dutch fast rescue craft designer and manufacturer Fast RSQ has designed what it claims to be the first aluminium Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) in the world with hybrid propulsion mode.
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NewsAHTS ice and shallow draft design challenge
A tough challenge was set for Ijmuiden based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) when Silverburn Shipping Group was looking for a shallow draft offshore supply vessel for Caspian Sea service.
