Titan salvage 'Skate - III'

01 Nov 2004

A recent incident in bad weather around the south coast of Britain brought a small salvage job almost to the doorstep of Titan Maritime attheir Newhaven base. On the morning of 21 October the jack-up barge Skate III wasfound aground in the surf on the beach at nearby Seaford. 

Salvage Tug Tows Stricken Canadian Submarine

01 Nov 2004

The salvage tug Anglian Prince was released from her duties as an Emergency Towing Vessel with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency on the 5 October to go to the assistance of the Canadian submarine Chicoutimi lying disabled in the Atlantic. 

Multraship and Titan Join Forces in Romania

01 Nov 2004

Terneuzen-based Multraship Salvage has started work on a three-month project to remove the wreck of the 4,497gt Rostok from the Romanian River Danube. 

Armon Hard at Work on Spanish Emergency Vessels

01 Nov 2004

The Vigo based shipyard of Astilleros Armon is now deeply engaged in the construction of two 56m twin-screw tugs to be operated by the Spanish maritime rescue authority, Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Maritima (Sasemar). 

Design Award for Robert Allan Ltd.

01 Nov 2004

Canadian naval architect and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) of Vancouver, was one of the winners announced in October in the 'Business Effectiveness' category at the Singapore Design Awards 2004 . 

Double Trouble for the Historic Elbe

01 Nov 2004

A massive project to completely restore the ocean going tug Elbe to its original 1959 condition suffered a serious blow for the second time this year. Back in July the tug was struck and sunk at her Rotterdam moorings by a ship manoeuvring at an adjacent berth. The vessel was refloated and repairs to the hull had been completed when on 27 October the tug inexplicably sank at the Wartsila yard at Schiedam where the Smit-MAN main engines were being overhauled. By that stage much of the ship's machinery had been completely overhauled and work was progressing on the renewal of electric cabling. 

TOWLINES

01 Nov 2004

Farstad Supply AS , a wholly owned company of Farstad Shipping ASA , has sold the anchor-handler Far Turbot toChinese operators. This vessel became well-known in her role as one of the first Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV) to be operated under contract to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency . 

Worldwise Revamp an Established Anchor-handler Design

01 Nov 2004

Two very similar anchorhandling tugs are currently under construction, to a design produced by WorldWise Marine Engineering BV , for two very different owners in very different parts of the world. 

'Battler' a New Tug for the Clyde

01 Nov 2004

Clyde Marine Services Ltd , based in the Victoria Harbour at Greenock in Scotland, has improved its ability to provide towage services considerably with the addition of a new Damen Stan Tug 1906 . Named Battler , the vessel was handed over to her owners during the last few days of October and sailed immediately on its delivery voyage to the Clyde.