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Ireland-based Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd has completed a 1,200-mile round trip into the Atlantic to rescue a disabled cargo ship.

Damen Shipyards Group has won a UX Design Award for the Human Machine Interface (HMI) element of its Next Generation Tug Series development.

The annual meeting of the European Tugowners Association has included election of a new board of directors and launch of a new video on safe and efficient harbour towage operations.

Three Australian trainee tug masters have completed their training in the UK tapping into the expertise of colleagues serving similar contracts half a world apart.

Multraship has chosen the annual Rotterdam World Harbour Days event to christen its two innovative Carrousel RAVE tugs ‘Multratug 32’ and ‘Multratug 33’.

A Canadian research centre has examined the availability of tugs of opportunity on the Pacific seaboard and how they complement the country’s Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) provision.

This latest salvage round-up starts with news of a major challenge facing salvors following the capsize of a large vehicle carrier in the entrance channel to a US port.