Tugs & Salvage

A year ago Svitzer-Wijsmuller , the giant towage and salvage operator and part of the AP Moller Group , announced a massive new building programme that included approximately 30 vessels, the majority…

Dutch towage and salvage group Smit has reported excellent financial results for 2003. Net profit rose from 13.4m in 2002 to 27.0m in 2003.

Well-known propulsion system and component suppliers the Kort PropulsionCompany Ltd and associate Causeway Machinery Ltd have recently relocated to Erith in Kent. First established in 1935, the company has operated from an…

An historic steam tug/tender, the Daniel Adamson , owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Company has been saved from the cutting torch by tugmen and enthusiasts at the eleventh hour.

Valentines Day, 14 February 2004, was a landmark date for Rotterdam based towage contractor Fairmount Marine BV when the company signed a contract for the construction of two 200 tonnes bollard pull…

Baut , a new escort tug for Bukser og Berging A/S (a subsidiary of Neptun A/S ) is now in service at Statoil sMongstad oil terminal in Norway.

There is news of an important new addition to the fleet of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd .Late last year the company purchased the anchor-handling tug Maersk Logger from AP Moller - Maersk…