Tugs & Salvage

Rolls-Royce is to supply propulsion and deck equipment for a major order awarded by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) to Damen Shipyards for 13 tugs to service contracts in Texas and Valdez.

Spain’s Zamakona Yards has delivered the first of ten new design escort tractor tugs built to exacting and specific requirements, for Boluda Towage and Salvage.

The fleet of Finnish towing and salvage services provider Alfons Håkans has received a boost following purchase of the 7,200bhp, 85tbp ASD tug ‘Thorax’ from Østensjø Rederi.

Dutch towage provider Kotug has reported two emergency response operations on its own account and as part of its north-western Europe joint operation with Smit.

The use of Lloyd’s Open Form salvage contract is at historic low levels and support and commitment to the contract was re-stated recently at the International Salvage Union’s 62nd General Meeting.

The next stage in the merger of the European harbour towage operations of Kotug and Smit has taken place with the opening of the new company’s head office in Rotterdam.

It has been a busy few weeks for Svitzer with its second naming ceremony to report in this edition of ‘MJ’ on this occasion concerning two tugs for Sydney Harbour.

An independent assessment by London Offshore Consultants Ltd on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has looked in detail at the case for an Emergency Towing Vessel in Scottish waters.

Cummins Inc has reported news on its provision of power sources for a recently launched tractor tug and a multiple order of articulated tug-barge units for Canadian and US owners respectively.