Tugs & Salvage

The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a further five new Z-Tech tugs to its fleet of dedicated tugs used to assist ships transiting the waterway.

With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight…

Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three multi-functional patrol and emergency response vessels to the Swedish Coastguard – Kustbevakning. Named simply KBV001, the construction of the vessel and its two sister…

SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship…

Over the past month or so the Turkish tug owner and tug builder Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd of Istanbul has been exceptionally busy with the trials and delivery of new tugs. One of…

When Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem in the Netherlands first introduced their series built Damen ASD Tug 2810 in 2004 it was recognised by many as a harbour tug with some potential but…

JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd of Invergordon has sold the 31m ASD tug Kincraig. Purpose built in Japan in 1998, Kincraig has been in constant use carrying out shiphandling services at Invergordon and…

In mid March Smit International signed an agreement to acquire all of the shares in the Minette Bay Ship Docking Ltd in Prince Rupert, Canada. The tug company operates a three tug…

Damen ShipyardHardinxveld has signed contracts for a further two Shoalbusters forDutch operators, both of whom are familiar with the breed.

Ansar 20, a Voith tractor built to a new design from Robert Allan Ltd for service in Saudi Arabia was delivered recently to Bakri Navigation.