Tugs, Towing & Salvage

• Smit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’

  Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011). 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Jensen is busy with new designs

  Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean TugZ . 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• TOWLINES

  Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ – Sept 2011). This first vessel will be delivered during the next three months and be followed by sister ship Ocean Wind. Both are twin screw vessels of 44.4m in length, powered by two Caterpillar C-280-12 main engines generating a total of 10,880 bhp to achieve a bollard pull of at least 165 tons. The pair will be equipped with a Dynamic Positioning, integrated control system to DP-1 standards. The second pair, Ocean Sky and Ocean Sun, will have Dynamic Positioning installed to DP-2 standard and longer hulls of 47.5m. These vessels will also have an additional 850hp bow thruster, a stern thruster and greater electrical generating capacity. 27 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Damen to build two ‘Green’ tugs for Iskes

  Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has signed a contract with Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden and Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) to construct two ‘Green’ tugs. 26 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Taikoo is first of a new quartet for Hong Kong

  In October of last year Cheoy Lee Shipyards handed over the first of a series of four powerful terminal support tugs to Hong Kong United Dockyards. 26 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• A new RAmparts 3300 for Ningbo Port

  News regarding the use and construction of new Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs of the ‘RAmparts’ class and its various derivatives is coming in thick and fast. 26 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• ETV contract in Scotland extended to March

  The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded a new short term contract with J P Knight (Lowestoft) Ltd to enable the Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) Anglian Sovereign and Anglian Monarch to remain in service in Scottish waters until the end of March 2012. 26 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• A new patrol vessel/tug for Iceland

  After a long and anxious wait, the Icelandic ‘Landhelgisgaeslan’ (Coastal Guard) (LHG) has taken delivery of its new multipurpose offshore patrol vessel Thor. 26 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Sunken boxship in shipping lane resolved

  Following an agreement between St.Lucia Air & Seaports Authority and Resolve Salvage & Fire, Resolve has refloated the sunken container vessel Angeln then scuttled the vessel at a deep water reefing site. 25 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Successful salvage of grounded bulker

  Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has successfully assisted in the refloating of the grounded MV Ikan Sepat just offshore Puerto Cortés, Honduras. The salvage operation was directed by T&T Bisso Salvage. 25 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Macduff to supply tug design package to Turkey

  Macduff Ship Design has been awarded a contract to provide a design package for a new 23m harbour tug to be built by Torgem Shipbuilding Ind & Trade AS, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. 17 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• TOWLINES

  10 Jan 2012 - Maritime Journal

• Damen is building the ASD Tug 2009 for commercial use

  The Damen ASD Tug 2009 is the smallest azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug ever produced by Damen. 21 Dec 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Genoa tug fleet gains two powerful additions

  On 8 October two new harbour tugs, Norvegia and Spagna, were formerly named prior to joining the local tug fleet of Rimorchiatori Riuniti Porto di Genova Srl. 20 Dec 2011 - Maritime Journal

• A new Argus for Iskes Towage & Salvage

  The rapid expansion of the Iskes Towage & Salvage tug fleet, based in the Netherlands at Ijmuiden, continues unabated with the recent addition of one new ASD tug and a second hand tractor tug. 16 Dec 2011 - Maritime Journal