Vessels News – Page 189
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Mid-Range Towage Shortage Continues
There is still a shortage of tugs suitable for long haul towage in the 60 tons to 80 tons bollard pull range according to the UK''s Anchor Marine Transportation.
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NewsSvitzer Wijsmuller Stands By in Oz
SvitzerWijsmuller BV has achieved a breakthrough in the Australian market for marine casualty response provision with a standby salvage contract from the Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS).
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NewsMultraship Lifts Tug from Danube
DUTCH salvage and towage company Multraship Salvage BV has successfully refloated the Slovakian pusher-tug Polana, which sank in the River Danube on 19 December last year following a serious fire in its engine room.
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NewsSimulation Determines Tug Deployment
British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT SeaTech has recently completed a challenging project for the Orlan concrete island drilling structure on behalf of Crowley Marine Services of Seattle USA.
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NewsWide Ranging Salvage & Wreck Conference
The 8th Annual International Salvage & Wreck Removal Conference was held in London at The Crown Plaza St James Hotel on 14 and 15 December. Delegates to the International Salvage Union (ISU) endorsed conference addressed a wide range of issues concerning the salvage industry, insurers, government departments and many others ...
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NewsIrving Build More Tugs for the Ice
Perhaps it is not surprising that a Canadian shipyard located in Halifax should be experienced in the construction of robust tugs capable of operating in ice. During the last quarter of 2005 Irving Shipbuilding Inc celebrated the completion of their 21st ASD tug, the Ocean K Rusby for Canadian owners ...
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NewsA Busy Time for Kooren
The fast growing European tugboat company Kotug has taken delivery of the first two of a new series of three identical, powerful ASD tugs from Med Marine in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr Ard-Jan Kooren, President of Kotug, and Mr R Hakan, Senior President of Med Marine, confirmed the deal during a ...
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NewsCompact Voith Tractors Join the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Fleet in Genoa
Much has been written on the subject of compact tugs employing azimuthing stern drive (ASD) propulsion systems but the requirement for small, powerful and extremely agile shiphandling tugs has not been lost on operators preferring the tractor tug concept.
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News'Boxer' Goes on Charter in Britain
One of Europe''s most sophisticated ''Fin-first'' Voith escort tugs has been chartered by Adsteam UK and put into service in the Thames and Medway area during the month of January.
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Load Sharing Control Lifts Power System Safety
Scotland''s Turner Diesel Ltd has deployed Redundant Isoschronous Load Sharing control system technology in recent workboat applications which have improved the performance and robustness of the vessels'' generating systems.
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NewsStrong Silent Type Wins DAME
The ESP Silent Thruster from Van der Velden Marine Systems won the prestigious Design at METS (DAME) Award at the recent Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam.
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NewsTees Takes Over White Gill Thrusters
Tees Components Ltd of Saltburn UK has acquired White Gill bow and stern thrusters from Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd. The two companies have had a long association.
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NewsSanmar Spread Their Wings
2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding to their customer base, with new clients from around the world, and especially Europe. All four vessels types ...
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NewsChanges Come Thick and Fast at Adsteam
Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the company''s ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.
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NewsSvitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated
Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage contracts can be adequately supported.
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NewsFour New RT-60 Rotor Tugs are Sold
Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV have announced that the first two of their new RT-60 class ''Rotor Tugs'' have now been delivered and a further pair are nearing completion. It has also been revealed that all four have been sold to the new French tug fleet of Societe Nouvelle de ...
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News'Morgan Foss', A Powerful New Compact Tug
Foss Maritime of the USA has taken delivery of the powerful new harbour tug Morgan Foss for service in Pacific Coast ports. Yet another example of the growing popularity of ''compact tugs'', this highpowered vessel is the result of a unique collaboration between Foss and the Canadian based designer Robert ...
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