ASD Tugs Built for Pushing in Turkey

01 Nov 2002

The Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd of Izmir, Turkey have delivered two high performance ASD tugs to the German company Egon Oldendorff to handle a pair of 10,000dwt self-unloading coal barges at an offshore lightering station at lskenderun in the south of the country. 

Black Adder is Another First for Robert Allan

01 Nov 2002

Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling tugs in that part of the world. 

Hong Kong Gets Six New Tugs

01 Nov 2002

Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST) is meeting new demands for towage services with the construction of six new tugs, all based on established stern drive designs previously introduced to the local fleet.