Tugs & Salvage

The Danish tug owner Rederiet Junior ApS, a fully autonomous subsidiary of Svendborg Bugser A/S, is delighted with the twin screw tug Hunter they purchased in January 2011.

International towage provider Svitzer continues to maintain a large ongoing construction programme in order to replace outdated tonnage and support new contracts.

AOS Power, a highly versatile offshore support tug, is now in service with its owners the Atlantic Maritime Group, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.

Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd have signed a contract for the supply of marine services at the Gorgon LNG Project terminal on Barrow Island, Western Australia. Four Svitzer…

The world’s first LNG powered escort tugs have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS.

Hard winters frequently lead to the formation of ice in many ports and harbours. Tugs often act as icebreakers and to the uninitiated some modern tugs appear to be particularly susceptible to…

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan delivered the 75 ton bollard pull standby vessel LNG Guardian to its Italian tug owner Fratelli Neri SpA on 12 January.

Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011).

Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean…

Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ…