Tugs & Salvage

The construction of purpose built shiphandling tugs employing the unique Carrousel towing system took a major step forward with the announcement of a joint marketing agreement between Novatug and GE Marine .

Seabulk International, Inc hasannounced the sale of a license for the construction of its patented Ship Docking Module (SDM) technology to European tug operator Remolques Y Servicios Maritimos, SL (REYSER) of Barcelona,…

BP Shipping has ordered three Damen ASD 3211 tugs from Damen Shipyards , Gorinchem, for operation at their Coryton refinery terminal on the Thames.

The delivery of new RAmparts series ASD shiphandling tugs, first introduced by Canadian designer Robert Allan in the autumn of 2001, continues to gather pace. Intended to offer owners and shipyards alike…

The Tsavliris Salvage Group has redelivered the steel products laden cargo vessel Orion 1 to its owners after a lightering and refloating operation in Chioggia which was the third successfully completed Lloyds…

The flexible fallpipe vessel Rocknes , which capsized in January after hitting a shallow in the Vatlestraumen strait near Bergen in Norway, has been successfully parbuckled by Smit Salvage . After two…

The first of the unique Z-Tech shiphandling tugs ordered by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has passed it acceptance trials with flying colours.

Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV (a division of SMIT Internationale NV ) has ordered two new ships from the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore.

Rotterdam based Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV has ordered two RT-60 class Rotor Tugs to be built at ASLShipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore.