Tugs & Salvage

Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith…

Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug.

Belgian towage company URS of Antwerp held a ceremony in Zeebrugge on 24 March to formally christen the new stern drive tugs Union Coral and Union Pearl . The 5,280bhp tugs, which…

Southampton based Williams Shipping Marine Ltd has replaced their tug/workboat Wilchallenge with a more powerful vessel.

MAN B&W Diesel A/S , Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply a complete twin-screw low-speed two-stroke propulsion package for an 16,100bhp Chinese super-tug. The new vessel is under construction at…

Smit International has completed the latest phase of an extensive tug replacement programme.

Turkish tug builders Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd have reported excellent 2004 results and an even busier year booked for 2005.

Three busy months for the Piraeus based Tsavliris Salvage Group began just before Christmas with the start of a major project to salvage the Saudi Arabian frigate Makkah 814 which ran aground…

International Salvage Union (ISU) President Hans van Rooij has set out salvors concerns for 2005, which include contentious matters such as responder immunity, criminalisation, and potentially hostile attitudes arising from fears of…

In 2005, Vancouver-based Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) will celebrate its 75th year of continuous business as a firm of Consulting Naval Architects .From its inception, through three generations of family ownership, the…