Tugs & Salvage

Since maritime services company Harms Bergung Transport & Heavylift GmbH in Hamburg re-entered the sea towage market in 2004, its first new generation, MaK-powered anchor handling tug Primus has proven its worth…

A significant reduction in the traditional china clay trade has forced the Fowey Harbour Commissioners to reconsider the future of its current tug fleet.

Leading tug design company Robert Allan Ltd (RAL), based in Vancouver, has announced that a long-planned restructuring of the company has now been completed. The restructuring will ensure long term continuity of…

The 35m triple screw anchor handling tug AK Burkut has been delivered by Hepworth Shipyard on Humberside to the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd in late July. A sister to the Afon Cadnant,…

Anyone in the towage industry who doubted the likely success of the unique triple unit ‘ Rotor Tug’ design when it was first introduced by Ton Kooren of Kotug in 1999, must…

With the towage industry experiencing an unprecedented demand for powerful new tugs and shipyards reporting full order books, Damen Shipyard’ s Tug & Workboat (T& W) Division is in a unique position…

Among the large number of interesting new tug currently being delivered or under construction for owners in the United States of America are two azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs being built for…

Deepwater offshoreoilfields and a changing regulatory scenario demand a new generation of anchorhandling tug supply vessel (AHTS) designs with more power, more safety and moreenvironmentally friendly features. New Marpol regulations are on…

Solent Towage Ltd has stationed the new Voith escort tug ‘ Phenix’ in Southampton Water in support of their towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley. The tug was delivered to…