Tugs & Salvage

Stadt Sjøtransport AS, with tugs based in Florø and Måløy on the west coast of Norway, continue to increase the size of their fleet.

Itchen Marine Towage of Southampton UK has purchased the twin screw tug Atlas from Serco Marine, towage and marine services contractor to the Ministry of Defence (Navy).

Cheoy Lee Shipyards, based in Hong Kong, has handed over the second of thirteen ‘Z-Tech’ tugs ordered by the Panama Canal Authority.

Smit Siyanda, an extremely versatile offshore support tug, was delivered to owners Smit Shipping Singapore Pte Ltd in October of this year.

The tug Fairplay-22 capsized on the afternoon of 11 October while trying to make a towage connection with the ferry Stena Britannica in high winds and a heavy swell near the Berghaven,…

Targe Towing Ltd, with its headquarters in Scotland and towage interests in North East Scotland, the Firth of Forth, the Thames and Indonesia, is expanding its business on London’s river.

At the end of October the BRAtt, prototype of the world’s first purpose built training tug, travelled to Seattle to go on show at The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers…

The British Government decision to terminate the contract to operate the four Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), stationed in strategic locations around the UK coastline, has been met with horror and disbelief by…

The UK Chamber of Shipping has established a specialist Harbour Towage Panel to foster closer working with the British Tugowners Association (BTA).