Tugs & Salvage

Turkish shipbuilder, BOGAZICI, has recently delivered the new 70 tonne bollard pull ASD tug Tribilin (ex- Bogazici 14) to the International Offshore Engineering Development Company (IOED) of Venezuela.

The past few weeks have been a busy time for the management and staff of Rotterdam based towage company KOTUG International.

Increasingly common terms used by Damen Shipyards are ‘built-for-stock’ and ‘prompt delivery’, particularly with respect to tugs, workboats and offshore plant.

In Europe, triple-screw propulsion systems are rare in tugs, other than large inland waterways pusher tugs. In the USA a triple-screw configuration is also to be found in more conventional tugs used…

On 21st February 2014 the Uzmar Shipyard, also known as ‘Workboat and Tug Factory of Turkey’, held a launching ceremony for the KOC Musaned-2, the second of a total of six line…

A recent visitor to the Port of Rotterdam was the 36m luxury motor yacht Lars, a vessel that started life as the ice class tug Zeeleeuw.

SMIT Rebocadores do Brasil (Rebras) of Rio de Janeiro has taken delivery of the first two, of a series of six RAmparts 2500 tugs designed by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) and built…

In March 2014, after 21 years at the helm of Macduff Ship Design, Donald Cameron, the co-founder and managing director, has announced his retirement from the company.

Tugs are an important part of naval operations and the South African Navy will welcome the recent keel laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards for two new ‘state of the art’ workhorses to…

On 6 March 2014 the Carmet Tug Company Ltd celebrated the 25th anniversary of its management of the shiphandling services on the Manchester Ship Canal.