Author: Importer

The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to…

Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems…

The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob…

Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to…

The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the…