Tugs & Salvage

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) are considering building or leasing two emergency standby tugs to provide Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) cover around the country’s coastline.

The new President of the International Salvage Union (ISU) has outlined areas of concerns facing the industry and the importance of promoting trust and transparency between salvor and client.

Kotug Asia Sdn Bhd has commenced towage activities in the Malaysian port of Tanjung Pelapas (PTP) using two Rotortugs transferred from Europe in early 2015.

Lymington UK based King Marine Ltd has now run its second training course specifically intended for tug deckhands in a project attracting the attention of some major names in the towage industry.

Spanish tug owner Boluda is making the news with delivery of the first two of four ASD tugs for operation in France and a progress report on the first two of an…

Rolls-Royce and Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards have signed a letter of intent for the supply of MTU engines for ASD tugs being built at the yard.

News from Damen this month reports on delivery of no fewer than seven tugs of five different designs along with contracts signed with three owners for a further five vessels.

Svitzer’s UK fleet has received a boost with delivery of two Damen ASD 3212 tugs ‘Svitzer Kent’ and ‘Svitzer Deben’ for their Thames and Felixstowe operations respectively.

EDDY Tug has won an order from Iskes Towage & Salvage to design and build a second, smaller but more powerful version of the Hybrid EDDY tug (efficient double-ended dynamic tug).

Dutch towage contractor BMS Seatowage BV have a new addition to their fleet in the form of the hybrid tug conversion ‘Sil-Jeske-B’ built for Koedood BV by Shipyard Kooiman.

Svitzer Amsterdam have taken delivery of Svitzer Amstel, a relatively new and exclusive design from Robert Allan Ltd built by Sanmar Shipyards.

Cummins Marine has provided the comprehensive machinery installation for a new ASD tug designed and built in Argentina and destined for both ship-assist and coastal towing duties.

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) have celebrated the ceremonial naming of the first of nine Voith Schneider powered tugs with an element of European involvement worthy of mention.

At the Europort 2015 exhibition recently, Terneuzen, Netherlands-based Multraship announced the commissioning of construction of two Carrousel RAVE tugs along with confirmation of an order for another Damen ASD 3212.

Falmouth based Marine and Towage Services Group (MTS) along with specialist shipper Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd have completed the delivery of nine transformers in three shipments from Rotterdam to Scotland.

ALP Maritime Services have announced the launch of ‘ALP Striker’ the first of four newbuild anchor-handling tugs and due to be delivered in early 2016.

Netherlands-based Seacontractors are completing the acquisition of six B-Class tug/workboats, swapping the grey hull colours of previous owner Smit to the black hull of Seacontractors.

Two separate pairs of Damen ASD tugs have entered service for different owners on different continents to operate in Lithuania and in the Bahamas, 8,300km apart.

Rarely a month passes without news from Sanmar Shipyards and in this edition we report on an ASD tug for UK’s SMS Towage, two ASDs for a new container terminal in Turkey…