Tugs & Salvage

A rescue operation was launched recently after a Luxembourg-flagged anchor-handling tug was lost while battling hurricane Lorenzo off Martinique.

Additional information surrounding delivery of nine advanced Rotortugs mentioned briefly last month invites a closer look at the Australian operation they are now serving.

Albwardy Damen has been presented with Shipyard of the Year Award at a ceremony at the 16th Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East.

There are no fewer than 16 deliveries to report this month, eight of which are a series of Rotortugs for the same owner from two yards in Vietnam and China.

Ireland-based Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd has completed a 1,200-mile round trip into the Atlantic to rescue a disabled cargo ship.

Damen Shipyards Group has won a UX Design Award for the Human Machine Interface (HMI) element of its Next Generation Tug Series development.

The annual meeting of the European Tugowners Association has included election of a new board of directors and launch of a new video on safe and efficient harbour towage operations.

Three Australian trainee tug masters have completed their training in the UK tapping into the expertise of colleagues serving similar contracts half a world apart.

Multraship has chosen the annual Rotterdam World Harbour Days event to christen its two innovative Carrousel RAVE tugs ‘Multratug 32’ and ‘Multratug 33’.

A Canadian research centre has examined the availability of tugs of opportunity on the Pacific seaboard and how they complement the country’s Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) provision.

This latest salvage round-up starts with news of a major challenge facing salvors following the capsize of a large vehicle carrier in the entrance channel to a US port.

Greener and more powerful tugs for Liverpool and Southampton.

Neptune Marine has completed the conversion of one if its EuroCarrier workboats for France-based Jifmar to meet the requirements of a client.

Dutch-owned PortX and Canada’s Helm Operations have signed a strategic partnership to bring AI assistance technology to the task of despatching tugs in busy ports.

Kotug and Boskalis have successfully concluded the sale of Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda Group following the initial announcement in March this year.

Once again tug delivery and order news provides evidence of an industry flourishing with fleet upgrades and replacements involving eight deliveries and 10 orders to report.

The tug world is mourning the passing of Jack Gaston, a writer with a formidable knowledge of the towing industry and original compiler of this column, writes Peter Barker.

Gondan Shipbuilders has delivered a significant vessel in the ice-breaking hybrid tug Vilja described as the most powerful tug of its type in the world

Desperate efforts are underway to save the tug/tender Calshot and for it to be preserved further as a tourist attraction.

Propulsion and steering systems manufacturer Schottel is celebrating its involvement in a ten vessel US-built tug order while also expanding its nozzle range.