Tugs & Salvage

Yorkshire (UK) based SMS Towage Ltd have marked the entry into service of the latest addition to their expanding fleet with the naming of the ASD tug Yorkshireman.

Global towage provider Svitzer has opened a Regional Training Centre in Freeport, Grand Bahama featuring what is described as the most complete navigation simulator in the region.

The latest in a series of ASD tugs from the Saint Petersburg Shipyard Pella, the RB-413, has been handed over to the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation.

Crowley Maritime Corporation recently held the christening ceremony for their tug Ocean Sky in Houston, the third of their impressive Ocean Class series of four newbuild tugs.

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has delivered a Robert Allan design RAmparts 2400SX ASD tug to EGEPORT Turkey.

Norwegian workboat owner Samba AS recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat 2712 which was immediately put to the test encountering gales for most of the three day delivery voyage, a…

The International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention 2014 was held in Hamburg between 16th and 20th June and once again was a record breaking event. This 23rd was hosted by the major…

The Global Destiny, previously one of the Netherlands most famous ocean-going salvage tugs, and one in a series of three is reported to have been delivered to Pakistan breakers.

Two of the industry’s largest global players are joining forces to offer harbour towage operations within the American continent in Brazil, Mexico, Canada and Panama.