Tugs & Salvage

Fairmount Marine BV, a member of the Fairmount Group of Companies and wholly owned by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS, has announced that the purchase by and the delivery to the Fairmount Group…

Damen Shipyards have launched the first two tugs of their new ASD Tug 3213 design at the Son Cam Shipyard in Viet Nam. The 32m tugs have a beam of 13m and…

Germany is to have new Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) to replace two existing tugs currently on station to protect the German coastline in the North Sea and the Baltic.

The first six tugs of an eight vessel series have been deployed around the French harbour tug fleets now operated by the Boluda Group. An order was originally placed with the French…

In response to increasing enquiries for its tug and workboat designs, Scotland' s Macduff Ship Design has developed several new designs and re-branded its entire range of vessels. Over thirty designs are…

In recent weeks the ITS 2008 Complete Book of Papers and Discussions has been arriving on the doorsteps and in the offices of many of the representatives from the Towage and Salvage…

Sinbad Marine Services of Killybegs in Ireland has purchased the Voith tractor tug Carron from the Svitzer fleet in Belfast. Two tugs of the same age, size and horsepower were reported sold…

When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF,…

The UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on…

Marine salvage companies meeting in Malta last month decided unanimously to progress a project to produce best practice guidelines for Marine Casualty Management. The guidelines will assist governments, shipowners and managers, port…