Tugs & Salvage

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tug builder Med Marine is experiencing busy times, reporting deliveries to owners in Italy, Greece and Libya and a significant three-vessel order for Denmark’s Svitzer Towage.

6th October 2023

Busy times for Med Marine

6th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Excess speed probably caused the grounding of a tug that was connecting a towline to an LNG tanker in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board…

6th October 2023

Tug grounding probably caused by excess speed

6th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The decaying oil tanker FSO Safer could have been a humanitarian and environmental disaster. For once, though, the ultimate outcome was one of success rather than failure. Peter Barker reports on how a tragedy…

26th September 2023

Salvage success of a ‘ticking time bomb’

26th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

’Great British Green Tugs: How do we get there?’ was the title of a seminar held during London International Shipping Week (LISW) - and it was answered overall by ‘not for a…

15th September 2023

LISW tugs seminar throws up more questions than answers

15th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

News that a tug from Sanmar Shipyard’s own fleet is heading to Denmark reminds us that biggest is not always best and that with ‘one careful owner’ a nearly-new option can satisfy…

15th September 2023

Sanmar delivers compact workhorse to Denmark

15th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

For those assuming P&O Maritime Logistics is all about cruises and ferries, news of an exclusive shiphandling towage contract with DP World in the Dominican Republic might come as something of a…

8th September 2023

P&O SPOTLIGHT: More than cruises and ferries

8th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

More than just a tug: Peter Barker has a look at what Damen’s Shoalbuster can offer aside from its traditional work.

7th September 2023

Spotlight on diversity of Damen’s Shoalbuster

7th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tug builder Sanmar has launched the first in a series of multipurpose tugs designed by Robert Allan.

4th September 2023

New generation of multi-purpose tugs launched

4th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A 215m floating dock has successfully been towed across the Atlantic from Germany to Jamaica by deep sea tug Titan.

1st September 2023

German floating dock arrives in Jamaica

1st September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norway-based Corvus Energy’s energy storage system has been installed in the M/V Green Diamond in Houston, US in what is the first diesel-electric inland towboat in the country.

30th August 2023

Corvus ESS powers first of a kind in the US

30th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

There’s a welter of interest in methanol as a marine fuel, but how does it line up for workboats, and tugs in particular?

30th August 2023

Special feature: Deep dive into methanol, Part 1

30th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maasluis-based Dutch ocean-going museum tug Elbe has emerged from drydock following its five-year special survey which found the 64-year old vessel to be in “excellent condition”.

24th August 2023

TOWLINES

24th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Salvage Union has provided details of its members’ activities, the sector’s expertise in demand not only for casualties on the world’s oceans but also within ports and even on dry…

24th August 2023

August 2023 Salvage Round-up

24th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkey’s Med Marine has reported progress with orders for three Robert Allan Ltd RAstar 2800 tugs for operators in Ireland, Germany and Libya.

22nd August 2023

Series success for Med Marine

22nd August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

News that Seattle-based Markey Machine has been selected to provide its hawser winches and capstans for Moran Towing’s two new escort tugs turns the spotlight on components where there is no place…

22nd August 2023

​Markey towing winches to boost tug power for Moran

22nd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pictures of ships arriving at ports, their container stacks collapsed with boxes leaning precariously over the side of the vessel, makes for good copy and often attracts the attention of the world’s…

17th August 2023

Putting container losses into perspective

17th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Svitzer says it has progressed to the second phase of its work in designing a methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug with naval architect Robert Allan.

17th August 2023

Svitzer moves into next methanol fuel cell phase

17th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Greek tugs and salvage firm Vernicos Scafi has ordered a Robert Allan-designed harbour tug from Med Marine.

17th August 2023

Vernicos Scafi orders new tug from Med Marine

17th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Specialist delivery crews have to be on hand globally to meet today’s demand for tugs across the world, and Redwise is one prime example.

16th August 2023

Worldwide tug deliveries by Redwise

16th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Sanmar Shipyards has delivered its second electric tug to HaiSea Marine which will be used to service tankers calling at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat.

15th August 2023

Canadian tug fleet gets an electric boost courtesy of Sanmar

15th August 2023