New Semco Tugs Complete FPSO Tow

01 Jul 2004

Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & Marine Co Pte of Singapore early this year (see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation. 

TOWLINES

01 Jul 2004

.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the tug Afon Alaw completed earlier this year (Maritime Journal - February 2004) but with some items of equipment up-rated. Delivery is expected in March next year. 

Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles

01 Jul 2004

At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations. 

A Triple Naming Ceremony for Svitzer Wijsmuller Tugs

01 Jul 2004

The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania. 

Coastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge

01 Jul 2004

The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.