Tugs & Salvage

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Group is forming a strategic partnership with Swedish investment company Lazarus Industriförvaltning as the Dutch shipbuilder progresses with its extensive order book in Sweden.

15th August 2023

Damen strengthens its position in Sweden

15th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

P&O Maritime Logistics will deploy three tugs to support operations at the Dominican Republic’s Port of Caucedo, facilitating higher the handling of larger vessels.

14th August 2023

P&O Maritime Logistics expands towage services in the Americas

14th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A slump in four key areas of the salvage industry is a worrying sign for shipping as a whole, writes Peter Barker.

14th August 2023

Slump in salvage figures could be worrying sign

14th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK Dredging, part of Associated British Ports (ABP), has ordered a new diesel-electric Water Injection Dredger (WID) from Damen Shipyards Group.

9th August 2023

Damen signed up to build multi-function dredger for ABP

9th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A crew member died after the tug he was on collided with a tanker and sank in the Suez Canal on Saturday.

8th August 2023

Crew member dies after tug sinks in Suez collision

8th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A trio of Cornish collaborators has carried out another major salvage operation in the south of England.

8th August 2023

Tug and lifeboats rescue stricken ro-ro and crew

8th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After catching fire and killing one crew member off the Dutch coast on July 25, the Fremantle Highway  has now reached Eemhaven Port.

4th August 2023

WATCH: Burned-out ship towed into port

4th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Delegates welcomed new faces as they debated the state of the towing industry at the 60th annual European Tugowners’ Association AGM in Alicante recently.

3rd August 2023

Europe’s tugowners reflect on 2022

3rd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After just over a week, the Fremantle Highway has begun its journey to the Port of Eemshaven with investigators on board to monitor the situation.

3rd August 2023

News update: tugs begin towing burned car carrier

3rd August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

South African marine solutions company Amsol has announced that after 47 years of service its oceangoing Emergency Towing Vessel S.A. Amandla  is to be retired and recycled.

2nd August 2023

Fond farewell to a famous pair of super tugs

2nd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Boluda Towage has strengthened its presence in Asia following a “strategic investment” in Hongkong Salvage and Towage Services Ltd (HKSTS).

1st August 2023

Asian expansion for Boluda

1st August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the burning cargo ship Fremantle Highway is towed to a temporary location, reports have come out that as many as 500 electric vehicles were on board.

31st July 2023

Smoking cargo ship towed to temporary location

31st July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Your round-up of what’s being towed around the world, by Peter Barker

28th July 2023

TOWLINES August 2023

28th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The changing shape of tugs and workboats to take on multiple roles is becoming a feature of new designs. 

27th July 2023

Multipurpose is the name of the game

27th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One crew member has been killed and several hurt in a massive ongoing cargo ship fire in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.

26th July 2023

One dies, many injured as fire ravages car carrier

26th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

After decaying off the coast of Yemen for 30 years, work began yesterday to empty a decaying supertanker of more than a million barrels of oil.

26th July 2023

VIDEO: Decaying oil tanker salvage begins

26th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Copenhagen-based Svitzer Towage has reported an agreement to provide five new powerful RAstar 2800 tugs to service BHP’s Port Hedland terminal operations in Western Australia.

25th July 2023

Five new tugs for Svitzer Australia

25th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK consortium including shipbuilder Harland & Wolff is planning to introduce a zero-emissions tug and barge service to promote the UK’s Marine Coastal Highway.

24th July 2023

New entrants in the zero-emissions tug market

24th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch towage operator Kotug and global food conglomerate Cargill have commenced operation of the world’s first fully-electric pusher tug and barges on the Netherlands inland waterway system.

19th July 2023

Kotug’s E-Pusher enters service

19th July 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Concrete has been poured for construction of a floating facility in British Columbia for HaiSea Marine that will be the base for “the greenest tugboat fleet in the world”.

18th July 2023

HaiSea Marine’s tug base takes shape

18th July 2023