Tugs & Salvage

Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems…

The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob…

Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to…

The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the…

Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, has taken delivery of the high performance Voith tractor tug Spinola. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain, and…

A tough challenge was set for Ijmuiden based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) when Silverburn Shipping Group was looking for a shallow draft offshore supply vessel for Caspian Sea service.

Smit Salvage and Bukser og Berging refloated the Panamanian flag bulk carrier ‘ Full City’ last month in a Lloyd’ s Open Form operation on the coast of Norway. The 1995 built…

HRP will continue in business as ZF Marine HRP within the ZF Marine Group, whose strategic goal is expanding its range of products for complete marine propulsion systems. HRP produces a wide…

When the new tug CMS Buster arrived in the Clyde with a tow late in August it represented a major step forward for Greenock based Clyde Marine Services.

German operator Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of Fairplay X, the third of four new vessels from the most recent batch of orders from Astilleros Armon of Navia in Spain. This latest…