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In August 2007, the first two of a series of new high performance,compact 24m ship handling tractor tugs, named Fratelli Neri and Porto diLivorno were delivered to Fratelli Neri Spa of Livorno,…

As the port ofMilford Haven embraces a new commercial era with the imminent arrival of LNG,Svitzer UK are preparing for the massive increase in activity. In FebruaryMaritime Journal reported on the towage…

Thanks mainly toUnited States and Canadian manning regulations, tug and barge operators inNorth America continue to thrive and develop purpose built deep sea tugs suitedto their own particular trade. An increasing number…

In Britain theMaritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of fourpowerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UKcoastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.

IrvingShipbuilding Inc of Canada has announced a contract to build a series of threeescort tugs for Atlantic Reyser to carry out LNG terminal operations.

from theyard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicatedby the fact that there is no slipway at the facility. 

Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage includedresponses to a number of vessel groundings, including the Explorer, which ranaground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug Svitzer Maillaigwas mobilised to…

Dutch salvage and towagecompany Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship AlShaymaa this summer afterthe Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port ofMoerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel…