Tugs & Salvage

KoorenShipbuilding and Trading B.V. has announced the sale of two Rotor Tug RT-80rclass vessels to Unterweser Reederei GmbH(URAG) of Bremen.

In keeping with other specialist tug builders the Turkish yard Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd is working hard to meet the current high demand for new tonnage.

A long period of anxiety for the residents on the remote island of Tristan du Cuhna came to an end on 11 February when the wreck of the errant oil rig A…

ØstensjøRederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contractwith Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminalnow under construction at Aukra in Norway.

Dutch towage company International Transport Contractors (ITC) now has both of its latest acquisitions in service.

Towage services in the UK port of Milford Haven will be transformed with a fleet of nine powerful new tugs and six line handling vessels to be introduced bySvitzer Marine Ltd .

The first of twocoastal protection vessels has been handed over to Spains Maritime SafetyAuthority SASEMAR. Named Don Inda,the vessels primary role is that of an emergency towingvessel (ETV) for tankers of unlimited…

JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd,; the Scottish branch of JP Knight Ltd based at Invergordon, has returned to Japan to replace the Japanese built tugs Kinnaird and Kincardine, which were sold in November…

The new compact tug Union Amber is undergoing extensive trials after completion by the Spanish yard Astilleros Armon. Union Amber is the first of four new vessels to be ordered by URS…