Tugs & Salvage

On the last day of 2007 Smit Internationale NV announced its agreement with Fairplay Towage to acquire Fairplay’ s 50% interest in Antwerp based URS. Through this acquisition Smit will become 100%…

Although internationally well known for its prolific output of tug designs, Vancouver based Robert Allan Ltd is not averse to bidding for other types of contract. Shortly before Christmas the City of…

The Invergordon based towage company J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has consolidated its UK tug fleet after completing the purchase of a number of modern ASD tugs from Japan. In it’ s…

A pusher tug and barge combination is in use on the Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal for the first time in a decade. Peel Ports’ Liverpool – Manchester Shuttle that started operation…

GPS Marine Contractors Ltd, based at Chatham in Kent UK, is emerging as a major player in the marine sector, offering a wide range of services including towage, marine transportation, salvage, heavy-lift,…

In Norway a new fleet of tugs owned by Buksér og Berging AS is now fully operational to fulfil a Statoil contract, providing shiphandling, escort and mooring services at Melkøya liquefied natural…

Cheoy Lee Shipbuilders of Hong Kong has delivered the first of a pair of  RAmparts 3000  Class ship handling tugs, the ' Harry Evans' to Svitzer Australasia. The tugs are built to…

Late in November Newcastle based Osprey Shipping Ltd welcomed home their new tug ' Osprey Fighter' and barge ' Osprey Carrier' . The new vessels were constructed in China and arrived in…

Britain’ s oldest tug and barge company J P Knight, has announced in a joint statement that the J P Knight Group has acquired a majority interest in Klyne Tugs, the current…