Tugs & Salvage

On 8 November, tug and workboat company Herman Sr BV added two recently constructed Damen Shoalbusters to its fleet. The former DMS Albatross, a Shoalbuster 3209 built in 2011 with 48 tonnes…

With a fleet of 25 tugs and 17 barges, London based Silverburn Shipping is a major player in the Caspian Sea and surrounding waters.

Waternet is a Dutch company that offers municipalities a service maintaining and clearing waterways, including those of the city of Amsterdam.

Seatech Engineering in Poland has developed designs for an inland waterways push tug that uses LNG as a fuel.

US based TITAN Salvage, which has a European presence based in the UK, has established a new office and equipment depot in Cairns, Australia.

The Russian Nevsky Shipyard LLC (part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) has delivered Spasatel Karev, the first of three multi-purpose rescue and salvage vessels to the Baltic BASU of the State Maritime…

During the past month, fast growing towage company KOTUG International has strengthed its tug fleet in Germany due to the growth of its business in German ports and the increasing size of…

During the life of Maritime Journal enormous advances have been seen in the development of tugs and workboats and the companies that operate and build them.

Damen Shipyards has been awarded a contract to build its first ever hybrid tug a by Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden in the Netherlands.