'Abeille Bourbon' takes up station

01 May 2005

Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to the French navy. 

Foss Modify their Voith Tractors

01 May 2005

Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith tractors, the Wedell Foss and Henry Foss . 

'Afon Braint' - the Latest of a Successful Breed

01 May 2005

Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug. 

TOWLINES

01 May 2005

Belgian towage company URS of Antwerp held a ceremony in Zeebrugge on 24 March to formally christen the new stern drive tugs Union Coral and Union Pearl . The 5,280bhp tugs, which are now a permanent addition to the URS Zeebruge fleet, are the first two of a quartet of new ASD tugs ordered from the Spanish shipyard of Astilleros Armo n ( Maritime Journal November 2004). Two further vessels, Union Ruby due in May and Union Emerald in September of this year will be deployed elsewhere in the Schelde area.