Tugs & Salvage

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As we went to press, news was coming in that Iran had opened the Strait of Hormuz.

17th April 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Iran opens Strait of Hormuz

17th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime battery sector is rapidly evolving, with more approvals, different chemistries and greater vessel electrification, a report by the Maritime Battery Form has shown.

9th April 2026

Latest Maritime Battery report shows evolving sector trends

9th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Salvors were called in to clear up a protected stretch of coast after a spilled cargo of onions alerted them to lost containers.

9th April 2026

Spilled onions prompt salvors’ response

9th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Alewijnse and Damen have joined forces to develop the largest tugs that Alewijnse has ever worked on.

7th April 2026

Damen-Alewijnse tug design boasts higher power

7th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch towage operator Muller Dordrecht has taken delivery of a new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug from Damen Shipyards Group, adding to a growing fleet of vessels from the Dutch shipbuilder.

23rd March 2026

Muller Dordrecht takes delivery of new tug from Damen

23rd March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bureau Veritas has marked the delivery of Southeast Asia’s first fully electric tug, advancing marine electrification and regional decarbonisation efforts in the region.

19th March 2026

Electric tug marks Southeast Asia first

19th March 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Inadequate tug power, poor communication, lack of joint risk assessment and a failure to coordinate simultaneous operations led to the death of a welder in Rotterdam’s Botlek harbour, a report has found.

16th March 2026

How a fatal allision exposed unseen risks of complex docking

16th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tugboat builder Sanmar has delivered four fully electric harbour tugs to state energy company BOTAŞ, where they will manoeuvre LNG carriers at two strategically important terminals on the Turkish coast.

6th March 2026

Sanmar delivers four fully electric harbour tugs

6th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

With nine fatal incidents involving conventional tugs since 1998, an Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) safety bulletin on the 2023 Biter loss has put the dangers of tugs girting and capsizing under the spotlight…

2nd March 2026

ANALYSIS: How simple operations can be fatal

2nd March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a purpose-built Multi Cat 3113 to Leask Marine, with the vessel formally christened C-Trojan during a handover ceremony at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands.

2nd March 2026

Damen hands over Trojan workhorse to Leask Marine

2nd March 2026