Holyhead's Newbuild Goes Out to Launch

01 Oct 2007

The launch of Holyhead Towing Company's recently delivered tug Afon Cadnant  from the yard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicated by the fact that there is no slipway at the facility.   

Global Scope in Salvage Activity

01 Oct 2007

Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage included responses to a number of vessel groundings, including the 'Explorer', which ran aground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug 'Svitzer Maillaig' was mobilised to assist the casualty, which was successfully refloated last month and escorted to safety at Ayr.  

Salvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship

01 Oct 2007

Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship Al Shaymaa this summer after the Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port of Moerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel coils. The vessel was safely redelivered to its owner.  

Two Newbuilds Due for Rimorchiatori Riuniti

01 Oct 2007

A new tug for Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa in Italy to a design by Vancouver BC based naval architects Robert Allan Ltd is nearing completion at the Astilleros Armon yrad in Spain. A second nearly identical offshore support and escort tug will be built at the same yard.