Tugs & Salvage

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB has reported on the loss of a crewman from a 9.95m launch tug in rough seas off Beachy Head.

After several months of speculation and rumour the major towage provider Svitzer has now deployed a fleet of tugs in the port of Rotterdam. On the 30th of May five tugs left…

The arrival of the tug ‘Bernardus’ in the Dutch port of Ijmuiden on Monday the 2nd of June marked an important milestone for both the owners (Iskes Towage & Salvage) and builders…

Shortly after delivering ‘Bok’n and ‘Borgøy’, the world’s first LNG fuelled ASD tugs for Buksèr og Berging in Norway, Sanmar’s Tuzla Bay facility has completed ‘Brage’ the smallest of five tugs ordered…

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report has been published on the loss of the ‘Emsstrom’ following a collision with the tug Christos XXII on January 13, 2013.

All four tugs ordered from Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong by Smit Lamnalco have now been completed.

The biennial International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention ITS2014 will open its doors in Hamburg, Germany on the 16th – 20th of June.

Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched the first of 14 new tugs for the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

The Latvian freeport of Riga has taken delivery of the new multifunctional harbour tug Liva from Baltic Workboats located in Nasva Harbour, Estonia.