Tugs & Salvage

VESSELS

VESSELS

AD Ports Group marine arm SAFEEN has bought a RAmparts 2200 harbour tug to bolster its towage service capabilities. The vessel is being built by Sanmar Shipyards.

7th March 2022

Sanmar to supply RAmparts tug to AD Ports

7th March 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SAAM Towage has reported progress for its environmental and quality ambitions with renewal of ISO certification and achievement of carbon neutrality with its Colombia operation.

28th February 2022

Ambitious standards goals for SAAM

28th February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seasonal bad weather in Europe has seen two Boskalis tugs provide emergency assistance to a drifting bulk carrier and a grounded container ship, all within one week.

28th February 2022

Boskalis tugs kept busy in the North Sea

28th February 2022

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer has announced an extension to its towage contract with the Suez Canal Authority including two additional tugs bringing the Danish tug owners fleet operating in the canal to six.

28th February 2022

More tugs announced for Svitzer’s Suez fleet

28th February 2022

VESSELS

VESSELS

Netherlands-based ship delivery company Redwise has described the memorable delivery task of a 19m tug from the west coast of Scotland to Iceland.

28th February 2022

Redwise completes notable tug delivery

28th February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Zeetug has released an operational status report on Gisaş Power, the world’s first zero-emission all-electric tug along with opening of the ‘Zeetug Factory’ and keel-laying ceremony for a new vessel.

28th February 2022

Zeetug progress report and expansion plans

28th February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

UK tug owner Carmet Tug Company has ordered a new workboat, its first new multi-role vessel for ten years. The vessel will be a 20m long EasyWorker class workboat built by Dutch…

28th February 2022

Towlines (March 2022)

28th February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

This month’s activity brings news of six Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed arrivals to the global tug fleet including first order and deliveries of 2022 for a prolific European shipyard.

28th February 2022

Tug Delivery and order round-up (March 2022)

28th February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis has published a book describing the efforts of subsidiary Smit Salvage with refloating the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal.

1st February 2022

TOWLINES (February 2022)

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A sunken fishing vessel in Norway, disabled tanker in the Western Approaches and an oil spill in Chile, incidents requiring the attention of the professional salvage industry.

1st February 2022

Salvage round-up (February 2022)

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

US-based salvor Resolve Marine has recovered fuel oil from a tanker sunk by a German submarine nearly 80 years ago, 70 miles off Florida.

1st February 2022

Historic fuel removal task for Resolve

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer and Robert Allan Ltd have presented a new tug design to be built by Sanmar Shipyards that will be the model for Svitzer’s carbon neutral methanol fuel cell tug. 

1st February 2022

Introducing the TRAnsverse Tug

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As Master Boat Builders begins construction of eWolf Schottel has reported it will supply the propulsion systems for what will be US’s first all-electric shiphandling tug.

1st February 2022

Schottel to power all-electric tug eWolf

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has teamed up with Force Technology to develop a simulator for one of its popular tug designs at simulator centres and in the Cloud environment.

1st February 2022

Damen introduces ASD 2312 tug simulator

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Towage and GEG (Holdings) Ltd have agreed a deal where the former will acquire Caledonian’s towage activities and its employees based at Invergordon, Scotland.

1st February 2022

Boluda acquires Caledonian Towage Ltd

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A quiet news period allows room for a more detailed look at two tug deliveries and one order of interest reported in recent weeks, both with European involvement.

31st January 2022

Tug delivery and order round-up (February 2022)

31st January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard has started sea trials with its latest arctic rescue tug Piltun.

6th January 2022

TOWLINES (January 2022)

6th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

An operation from last year reported recently by Tsavliris Salvage underlines the complexity of such incidents requiring the skill and resources only professional salvors can provide.

6th January 2022

Complex salvage operation for Tsavliris

6th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Wärtsilä Voyage has signed a MoU with China Classification Society (CSS) and Tianjin Port to develop China’s next-generation intelligent tug in line with CSS intelligent ship standards.

6th January 2022

Wärtsilä to develop advanced tugs in China

6th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) has appointed Captain Nicholas Sloane as its new president with James Herbert selected as next secretary general.

6th January 2022

New president for International Salvage Union

6th January 2022