Tugs & Salvage

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard has delivered three powerful terminal support tugs to Smit Lamnalco, a Rotterdam-based company comprising Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and the Rezayat Group.

19th May 2022

Powerful Uzmar trio for Smit Lamnalco

19th May 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first of two 90tbp tugs featuring Berg Propulsion’s fully integrated hybrid electric system has entered service with US-based Seabulk Towing Inc.

18th May 2022

US success for Sweden’s Berg Propulsion

18th May 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

They may both be from the same design houses but two recent Sanmar tug deliveries are very different in their configuration, demonstrating the Turkish shipbuilder’s flexibility combined with series production.

18th May 2022

​Sanmar delivers to Turkey and Chile

18th May 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Jersey US-based salvor Donjon Marine and Donjon-Smit and its alliance with Dutch company Smit Salvage have updated details of what was a busy 2021.

17th May 2022

Salvage work keeps Donjon Marine busy

17th May 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen Shipyards Group is keeping up its busy workload including deliveries and orders for its workboat and tug range and a machinery upgrade.

16th May 2022

Diverse activities reported by Damen

16th May 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Propulsion manufacturer Schottel has signed a second framework agreement with Sanmar to be the exclusive supplier of thrusters for the Turkish shipbuilder’s Sirapinar class tug.

2nd May 2022

Schottel agrees contract extension with Sanmar

2nd May 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

“Basically, everything between the master’s hands and propulsion units had to be replaced” is how Alfons Håkans describes how one of its oldest ASD tugs needed to be future proofed.

29th April 2022

Steerprop future proofs 40-year-old tug

29th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oxford UK-based HR Wallingford’s tug simulators are being used by Dutch towage contractor Kotug to run its Mates-to-Masters training programme in Australia.

29th April 2022

UK tug simulators train in Australia

29th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Salvage Union’s Annual Pollution Prevention Survey indicates varying results for 2021 with an “eye-catching” rise in services to vessels carrying containers.

29th April 2022

ISU publishes 2021 pollution prevention survey

29th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This month’s look at the health of the tug building market examines deliveries and orders covering nine vessels from two of Europe’s most prolific shipyards, which feature regularly in this column.

29th April 2022

Tug delivery and order round-up (May 2022)

29th April 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Fairplay Towage has sold one of its powerful anchor-handling tugs to new owners in Cyprus.

28th April 2022

Round-up: Your latest towing news

28th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Smit Salvage has been called to assist in a nunber of salvage operations this year. Peter Barker picks out the main ones.

5th April 2022

Early 2022 a busy period for Smit Salvage

5th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

When propulsion specialist Schottel provides news of references for tugs, digital elements are usually part of the order – time for a closer look at this transition into the future.  The fitting…

4th April 2022

Exploring Schottel’s digital products

4th April 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Turkish shipyard Sanmar has a record number of vessels gaining certificates this January.

1st April 2022

Sanmar surpasses 300 vessel completions

1st April 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With the often extended nature of operations, news of salvage activities often takes time to filter through and five of the world’s major contractors have provided updates of their work.

31st March 2022

Salvage Round-up April 2022

31st March 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kotug has gained a notable contract moving cocoa beans on the Netherlands inland waterways using its zero-emission E-Pusher tug and barge combination.

30th March 2022

​Kotug moves cocoa beans emissions free

30th March 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Towage’s tug Bremen Fighter has completed all its administrative procedures including repainting in German Coast Guard colours, and is now in service in the Baltic Sea.

29th March 2022

German Coast Guard tug enters full service

29th March 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards is reinforcing its reputation as a major global supplier of tugs and workboats with the reporting of orders for three vessels in recent weeks.

28th March 2022

Damen notches up the orders

28th March 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Spanish sea rescue agency Salvamento Marítimo has celebrated the keel-laying of its new deep sea rescue tug at Zamakona Yards in Spain. It’s seldom that a 200tbp tug appears on the list…

25th March 2022

TOWLINES April 2022

25th March 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Curaçao-based HAL Holding N.V. has announced an intended voluntary public offer for maritime services provider Boskalis.

24th March 2022

Boskalis considers HAL Holding takeover bid

24th March 2022