Tugs & Salvage

Over a period of just a few months the number of tug companies offering towage services in the port of Gothenburg has tripled.

Damen Shipyards has delivered the ASD tugs Karloo and Kalarka to Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd of Australia.

Three large Hitachi Zaxis excavators have been selected to help clear one of the biggest ship graveyards in the world.

The British Government should withdraw its controversial proposals to modernise the Coastguard Service, said Members of Parliament on the influential cross-party Transport Committee.

Tugnology 11, the third two day conference to be organised by the ABR Company exclusively for the towage industry, was remarkably successful.

The name Kumera Norgear is one that has become synonymous with tugs and their fire fighting equipment over many years.

In spite of considerable opposition and lobbying, the British government shows no sign of changing its decision to scrap the four Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) stationed in strategic locations around the UK…

After many months of work and consultation the European Tugowners Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilots’ Association (EMPA) have issued their ‘Joint ETS-EMPA Guidelines on Design and Layout of Harbour Towage…

Tugowners KOTUG International have formed a partnership with Canadian company Aspin, Kemp and Associates (AKA) to produce Europe’s first true ‘Hybrid’ tug.

The deepsea tug VB Antartico, operated by the Boluda Group, sank on the evening of 15 May some 70 miles off the northern coast of Portugal while towing the concrete floating dock…