Tugs & Salvage

Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & } return false; >see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation.

.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the…

The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania.

The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.

Britains largest independent deep-sea barge operator, Anchor Marine Transportation Ltd , has been purchased by the Italian Augustea Group . In a deal concluded early in May Augustea made the purchase through…

Australian shipbuilder Structural Marine of Henderson has built two more compact shiphandling tugs, similar to the successful Cape Pasley constructed for use in Western Australian two years ago ( Maritime Journal -August…

Seabulk Offshore Inc hasordered two offshore tugs of the new Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design from Labroy Shipbuilders , Singapore. This new anchorhandling tug combines many of the features of a large…

Smit International Gabon SA has awarded a contract to Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for the construction of a new terminal tug. Following a comprehensive tendering process the order was placed for a Damen…

In March of this year Damen Shipyards Galatz , in Romania, delivered an important new vessel to the Sea Ports Corporation (SPC) for operation at the Beshair SBM terminal south of Port…