Bugsier to Purchase Three Rotor Tugs

01 Jun 2006

German tug owners Bugsier Reederei und Bergungsgesellschaft Gmbh & Co, KG may well be 'fighting fire with fire'when they take delivery of three new RT80r class Rotor Tugs from Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV. In a recent announcement Kooren reported the sale of this trio, already on order from the ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd. in Singapore. The 80 tons bollard pull tugs will be delivered between November 2007 and mid 2008, classed by Germanischer Lloyd and fly the German Flag. 

Anglian Monarch' Takes Cruise Ship in Tow

01 Jun 2006

Britain's National Contingency Plan for marine emergencies was tested in the early hours of the 6 May by a potentially serious fire aboard the 11,100grt cruise ship Calypso, with 708 people onboard. When the ship reported an engine room fire in the early hours of that Saturday morning, 16 nautical miles off Beachy Head in Sussex, the Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres at Dover and Southampton swiftly responded, providing a wide range of assistance. 

Barry to Build a New Offshore Tug at Zamakona

01 Jun 2006

Among several significant deals completed or initiated in Rotterdam at the ITS 2006 convention was one concerning the construction of a new anchor handler to the Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design. 

J P Knight Substantially Reinforce Scottish Fleet

01 Jun 2006

J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has recently substantially reinforced their tug fleet at Invergordon with two modern azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs from Japan. Now bearing the names Kincardine and Kinnaird, the tugs are virtually identical sisters with just a few minor differences. 

TOWLINES

01 Jun 2006

.Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund in Norway has ordered two more Velox class escort and shiphandling tugs from Astilleros Gondan in Spain. Delivery is scheduled for October 2007 and February 2008. The vessels will be virtually identical to the Tenax, the second of two previous tugs described in the February issue of Maritime Journal. 

Z-TECH Update and a 'Hot Tug' Environment

01 Jun 2006

Recent months have seen a period of unprecedented activity at the headquarters of naval architects and consultants Robert Allan Ltd in Vancouver. Thanks to the success of Robert Allan tug designs the company, which has grown enormously over the past three to four years, is working hard to keep abreast of current demand.