Tugs & Salvage

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

An abandoned, burnt-out LNG tanker adrift in the Mediterranean since early March has highlighted the difficulties facing salvors when commercial shipping becomes embroiled in war.

8th May 2026

FEATURE: A drifting LNG hulk that no one wants

8th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract from Cochin Shipyard (CSL) to deliver an integrated equipment and technology package for four of Svitzer’s next-generation full-electric TRAnsverse tugs, with options for four more vessels.

7th May 2026

Kongsberg Maritime wins four-tug tech contract

7th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The first element of the world’s first subsea tunnel of its kind is now on its way to the immersion point.

5th May 2026

Unique subsea tunnel passes major landmark

5th May 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The need for transparency and cooperation was the theme at the International Salvage Union’s (ISU) annual Members’ Day recently, with shipowners and insurers facing challenges in a rapidly changing world.

1st May 2026

Marine salvage in today’s troubled world

1st May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spanish towage giant Boluda has bought the harbour tug fleet and towage services of Seatrium in Singapore in the latest move in its ongoing global expansion.

30th April 2026

Full steam ahead: Boluda adds more tugs to global fleet

30th April 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) has warned against the creeping trends of competition and deregulation in pilotage, saying the evidence does not stack up in its favour.

28th April 2026

IMPA warns against competition and deregulation

28th April 2026

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As pressure mounts on maritime operators to decarbonise, global harbour towage giant Svitzer is promoting a concept that treats emissions reductions less as a fixed technological upgrade and more as a flexible…

27th April 2026

Svitzer’s EcoTow: Partnership approach to towage decarbonisation

27th April 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As we went to press, news was coming in that Iran had opened the Strait of Hormuz.

17th April 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Iran opens Strait of Hormuz

17th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime battery sector is rapidly evolving, with more approvals, different chemistries and greater vessel electrification, a report by the Maritime Battery Form has shown.

9th April 2026

Latest Maritime Battery report shows evolving sector trends

9th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Salvors were called in to clear up a protected stretch of coast after a spilled cargo of onions alerted them to lost containers.

9th April 2026

Spilled onions prompt salvors’ response

9th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Alewijnse and Damen have joined forces to develop the largest tugs that Alewijnse has ever worked on.

7th April 2026

Damen-Alewijnse tug design boasts higher power

7th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch towage operator Muller Dordrecht has taken delivery of a new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug from Damen Shipyards Group, adding to a growing fleet of vessels from the Dutch shipbuilder.

23rd March 2026

Muller Dordrecht takes delivery of new tug from Damen

23rd March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bureau Veritas has marked the delivery of Southeast Asia’s first fully electric tug, advancing marine electrification and regional decarbonisation efforts in the region.

19th March 2026

Electric tug marks Southeast Asia first

19th March 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Inadequate tug power, poor communication, lack of joint risk assessment and a failure to coordinate simultaneous operations led to the death of a welder in Rotterdam’s Botlek harbour, a report has found.

16th March 2026

How a fatal allision exposed unseen risks of complex docking

16th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tugboat builder Sanmar has delivered four fully electric harbour tugs to state energy company BOTAŞ, where they will manoeuvre LNG carriers at two strategically important terminals on the Turkish coast.

6th March 2026

Sanmar delivers four fully electric harbour tugs

6th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

With nine fatal incidents involving conventional tugs since 1998, an Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) safety bulletin on the 2023 Biter loss has put the dangers of tugs girting and capsizing under the spotlight…

2nd March 2026

ANALYSIS: How simple operations can be fatal

2nd March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a purpose-built Multi Cat 3113 to Leask Marine, with the vessel formally christened C-Trojan during a handover ceremony at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands.

2nd March 2026

Damen hands over Trojan workhorse to Leask Marine

2nd March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Spanish shipbuilder Gondan Shipbuilders has contracted Finnish propulsion specialist Steerprop to supply hybrid-capable azimuth units for a high-performance hybrid tug.

19th February 2026

Hybrid tug design advances offshore capability

19th February 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With developments in battery technologies, energy management systems and power electronics, could the electric tug segment see a design evolution and operational shift?

18th February 2026

FEATURE: Inside the design of next-generation electric tugs

18th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released a safety warning video and bulletin about the fatal capsize and sinking of the tug Biter in 2023.

13th February 2026

Safety warning issued after fatal tug sinking

13th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A freeze across northern Europe that an EU climate watch body said was the coldest January since 2010 triggered major icebreaker deployments from the southern Baltic to the Gulf of Bothnia last…

11th February 2026

Icebreakers called out in coldest Jan since 2010

11th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

SAAM Towage has taken delivery of a tug from Sanmar Shipyards, strengthening its fleet performance, vessel efficiency and emissions compliance.

9th February 2026

Sanmar delivers emissions-compliant tug to SAAM

9th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Group has successfully completed sea trials of the latest Island Class ferry being built for BC Ferries, marking another milestone in the Canadian operator’s fleet renewal programme.

6th February 2026

Damen completes island ferry trials

6th February 2026