Tugs & Salvage

SMIT Salvage BV began the second half of the year with two major Lloyds Form salvage operations, involving the container vessel Norasia and the NATO research vessel Alliance .

Following the sale of some 280 units for genset applications and the propulsion of coastal tankers and general cargo vessels, the MAN B&W L21/31 engine design has made its debut in a…

Dutch builders Shipyard K Damen Europe BV has delivered the first of three virtually identical tractor tugs to Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG of Hamburg.

After a busy start to 2005, the Tsavliris Salvage Group hascontinued to be highly active in recent months with a series of further significant LOF salvage operations. The most recent salvage contracts…

Jersey Harbours are making very good use of their new shallow draft, multi-purpose tug, the Duke of Normandy , which was displayed at Seawork 2005 . The first of the new generation…

The 2,757teu container vessel Fowairet , which suffered hogging damage and hold flooding after running aground on September 20 between Terneuzen and Antwerp with part-hazardous cargo, has been safely towed to Rotterdam…

A new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tug, the 38m Garibaldo , attracted considerable interest when it arrived in Britain in September. Owned by Purplewater Towing Ltd ofSwitzerland, registered in London and built…

Svitzer Marine Ltd has sold two more of their redundant tugs as part of their ongoing fleet replacement programme.

In early October the Crowley Maritime Corporation , based in Oakland, California, announced that it has acquired Titan Maritime LLC , a worldwide salvage company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The newly…