Tugs & Salvage

Dutch towage contractor Seacontractors BV has carried out three back-to-back emergency response operations in the space of just six days.

German Propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has reported details of the Rudderpropeller element of the four-vessel tug order for the US Navy.

Damen’s tug shelves have been re-stocked following a 24-vessel delivery from China via the Arctic Route.

Hamburg Vessel Coordination Centre (HVCC) and Kotug Smit Towage are to work together to optimise the efficiency and quality of shiphandling activities in the Port of Rotterdam.

Damen has enjoyed a period of celebrations including an award, a birthday and a new appointment involving two of its yards well known for their activities in tug building.

Kotug has used the occasion of Innovation Expo 2018 in Rotterdam to demonstrate once again its remote-controlled tug development.

Turkish ship designer and builder Navtek Naval Technologies has reported that the Corvus Orca energy storage system (ESS) has been selected for the world’s first battery-powered, all-electric tug.

Rotterdam-based, family-owned Transport & Offshore Services (TOS) include ship delivery in its range of services, recently delivering three tugs from Nigeria to Greece in one towing operation.

At the recent Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) in Cape Town, a new, more forward-looking vision for the industry was announced with members agreeing not to support the…

This month’s round-up of news reveals a different pattern to usual with just one newbuild tug to report but four significant orders involving nine vessels worthy of examination in more detail.

Gondan Shipbuilders has celebrated the launching of a sophisticated hybrid ice-breaking escort tug for Port of Luleå Sweden.

The National Workboat Association (NWA) has finalised its Workboat Crewmember Apprenticeship standard as the industry faces growing skills and crewing challenges in the thriving workboat sector.

Last month this column briefly mentioned the impending delivery of Sanmar’s latest development, the Bigaçay class ASD tugs for Svitzer so with the arrival of the quartet at the Tanger Med 2…

Osaka-based Yanmar Co has delivered two dual-fuel commercial marine engines to Kanagawa Dockyard for installation in what will be the first occasion of an LNG-fuelled tug constructed in Japan based on the…

Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) has been approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance to ISO 9001:2015 standards further endorsing the Rotterdam-based establishment’s services to the training of tug masters.

This month’s review of new additions and orders to the tug scene reports seven deliveries and one notable order worthy of examination.

UK-based Briggs Marine & Environmental Services has provided ‘MJ’ with details of its emergency environmental response work following stranding of the container ship ‘Kea Trader’.

During the conference sessions at ITS 2018 organised by The ABR Company Ltd in Marseille (see ‘MJ’ August 2018) five high-quality papers were presented on salvage – your correspondent sat in and…

It may be major ship casualties that grab mainstream media headlines, but other salvage jobs can also be newsworthy, we take a look at three representative salvage operations from recent weeks.

Charo Col, International Salvage Union president describes the salvage industry as “under financial pressure” despite gross revenues from all sources recovering slightly in 2017 from 2016 but still weak compared with the…