Tugs & Salvage

The first of four ‘Ocean class’ deepsea tugs destined for the fleet of Crowley Maritime in the USA is rapidly nearing completion at the shipyard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators LLC in Amelia,…

It was announced early in August, with immediate effect, that the managing director of Svitzer UK, Mark Malone, is to take up a similar role with the Svitzer Group in Australasia, based…

Fairstar Heavy Transport, with headquarters in Rotterdam, is in the final stages of transporting a massive flotilla of 42 tugs from Singapore to Maricaibo in Venezuala.

IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, has taken delivery of its latest high performance terminal support/escort tug from Astilleros Balenciaga SA, of Zumaia in Spain.

The oversized Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Legacy has left the yard of its builder, Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington USA for Gulfport in Mississippi.

Turkish shipbuilders Bogazici Denizcilik has sold two 65 tons bollard pull terminal tugs to Sea Eagles Offshore services of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal brokered by Marcon International…

On 6 June 2011 the twin screw tug En Avant 5 of the T Muller Shipping Company capsized and sank in the Old Maas at Dordrecht whilst towing two barges, along with…

Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has introduced Fairplay 33, the first of two powerful sisterships, to its oceangoing fleet.

Britain’s last traditional salvage tug, the Anglian Prince has been sold for further service with Rederi AB Nestor of Pitea, Sweden, and managers Marine Carrier AB.

Bay-Houston Towing Co. of Galveston, Texas USA has taken delivery of its eighth powerful Z-Tech 7500 class tug, the Tristan K.