Tugs & Salvage

.Turkish builder Sanmar has signed a contract with Canadian designer Robert Allan to develop a new series of twin screw tugs 22.00m in length and 8.20m beam.

Following the loss of the tanker Prestige last month, other industry organisations have added their voices to the International Salvage Unions call for more action on the controversial places of refuge issue.

Belgiums largest provider of towage and salvage services, Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst NV (URS), has announced an investment representing a massive investment of over 135m.

Bollinger Shipyards Inc of Lockport, USA has delivered the compact and powerful azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug Savannah to Crescent Towing of New Orleans.

The Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd of Izmir, Turkey have delivered two high performance ASD tugs to the German company Egon Oldendorff to handle a pair of 10,000dwt self-unloading coal barges…

Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling…

Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST) is meeting new demands for towage services with the construction of six new tugs, all based on established stern drive designs previously introduced to the local fleet.

ARGE - Kuestenschutz, the German consortium of major towage companies, has won a contract from the German Transport Ministry to supply two stand-by-tugs to be stationed at Rostock-Warnemuende and at Sassnitz on…

Irish Mainport Holdings Ltd, the Cork based marine services and shipping group established in 1974, continues to increase its influence in the towage and marine construction sector.