Dutch Owners go for the 'New Generation' Shoalbuster

01 Oct 2003

Two well-known independent Dutch tug operators have ordered vessels to the new Damen improved design Shoalbuster 2609 design. The new version will retain all of the features that have made this shallow draft twin screw tug so popular with owners working in the dredging and marine civil engineering industries but will incorporate important improvements for seagoing operation. 

A New Tug Fleet at Marchwood

01 Oct 2003

There is a growing use of scale model tugs to aid training and simulation in shiphandling and pilotage. Southampton Institute has recently added a tug to their inventory at the Manned Model Shiphandling Facility at Marchwood. The unmanned radio controlled scale model of an ASD tug is fully functional with a scale 52-tons bollard pull. It will operate with the centre's fleet of model ships that include tankers ranging from 40,000 to 300,000 tons deadweight. 

Ostensjo Builds Sophisticated New Escort Tug

01 Oct 2003

A new high-performance tanker-handling tug has been ordered by Norwegian tug owner Ostensjo Rederi A/S of Haugesund to operate at the Norske Hydro oil terminal at Sture. 

Kings Lynn Take Delivery of New Harbour Tug

01 Oct 2003

Operators of the small but busy East Anglian port of Kings Lynn are more than pleased with their new harbour tug Conservator. 

Towlines

01 Oct 2003

BUE Viking, operators of the largest 'standby' fleet in the North Sea, has appointed Mr Graham Philip as their new Chief Executive. Mr Philip has been associated with the offshore and towage industries for most of his career and was Managing Director of Cory Towage Ltd. At the time of its takeover by the Wijsmuller Group Holding BV he was appointed to the executive board, and when the company was acquired by the AP Moller Group in 2001 became an executive vice president in Copenhagen.