Tugs & Salvage

British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT SeaTech has recently completed a challenging project for the Orlan concrete island drilling structure on behalf of Crowley Marine Services of Seattle USA.

The Global Towing Alliance (GTA) managed by SmitWijs is expanding its fleet of ocean going tugs with two more units.

Perhaps it is not surprising that a Canadian shipyard located in Halifax should be experienced in the construction of robust tugs capable of operating in ice. During the last quarter of 2005…

2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding…

Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage…

Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the companys ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.

Stevns Arctic, an Ice Class ASD tug and sister to the earlier Stevns Ocean, has been delivered to Danish management company Nordane Shipping of Svendborg by Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

Sadly we must report the untimely death of Mr Alan C Bennett, well known tug owner and waterman in the Thames and Medway area. Founder of Alan C Bennett & Sons, he…

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV have announced that the first two of their new RT-60 class Rotor Tugs have now been delivered and a further pair are nearing completion. It has also…

Foss Maritime of the USA has taken delivery of the powerful new harbour tug Morgan Foss for service in Pacific Coast ports. Yet another example of the growing popularity of compact tugs,…