Shipyard News

SS Robin, the worlds oldest complete steamship, arrived at the Port of Tilbury on Saturday after London’s principal trading port stepped in to offer the newly restored ship a home.

Scotland based GSS (Plant) Ltd, formerly known as Gareloch Support Services, has launched ‘Aileen M’, a Eurocarrier 2510 to help service its growing UK and international customer base.

On Saturday 7 August the shallow draft, twin screw tug Afon Las left the UK’s River Humber bound for the Caspian Sea, via St Petersburg and the Russian inland waterways.

Portchester UK based BWSeaCat Ltd has delivered Rapid Fisher to charter skipper Paul Smith, who operates out of nearby Poole.

Southampton Marine Services Ltd (SMS) has completed ‘Cromarty Queen’, a new small car and passenger ferry for Scotland’s Cromarty Ferry Company Ltd.

The latest of the new generation Seaward Nelson 42 pilot boats has completed its acceptance trials at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The ‘MPR 1’ has just been delivered by Neptune Shipyards BV to a new company, Marine Projects Rotterdam BV, enabling a focussed approach to wind farm developments.

SS Robin, the last remaining steam coaster in the world, was airlifted by two massive 600 ton cranes in a highly technical and challenging operation recently.

Due to a malfunctioning bow thruster whilst in the Port of Rotterdam, a 334m LOA container ship had to use the services of a tug boat for port maneuvering, so its owners…

On 17 May delegates and visitors to the ITS 2010 Tug & Salvage Convention in Vancouver awoke to find the first prototype BRAtt training tug moored outside the Westin Bayshore Hotel.