'Stevns Icequeen' - Another Canadian Tug for Denmark

01 Oct 2006

Irving Shipbuilding, at its East Isle yard in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been kept extremely busy with orders for their latest generation of ‘ice class’ azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs. On the 1st of October, a naming ceremony was held for the Stevns Icequeen, the fifth ice class vessel delivered by Irving since September 2005 and the third tug of the same type for its Danish owners. 

‘Svitzer Stanlow’, A New Escort Tug for the Mersey

01 Oct 2006

Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before its formal naming ceremony on the 7th of September.