Tugs & Salvage

After several months of speculation and rumour the major towage provider Svitzer has now deployed a fleet of tugs in the port of Rotterdam. On the 30th of May five tugs left…

The arrival of the tug ‘Bernardus’ in the Dutch port of Ijmuiden on Monday the 2nd of June marked an important milestone for both the owners (Iskes Towage & Salvage) and builders…

Shortly after delivering ‘Bok’n and ‘Borgøy’, the world’s first LNG fuelled ASD tugs for Buksèr og Berging in Norway, Sanmar’s Tuzla Bay facility has completed ‘Brage’ the smallest of five tugs ordered…

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report has been published on the loss of the ‘Emsstrom’ following a collision with the tug Christos XXII on January 13, 2013.

All four tugs ordered from Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong by Smit Lamnalco have now been completed.

The biennial International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention ITS2014 will open its doors in Hamburg, Germany on the 16th – 20th of June.

Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched the first of 14 new tugs for the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

The Latvian freeport of Riga has taken delivery of the new multifunctional harbour tug Liva from Baltic Workboats located in Nasva Harbour, Estonia.

Turkish shipbuilder, BOGAZICI, has recently delivered the new 70 tonne bollard pull ASD tug Tribilin (ex- Bogazici 14) to the International Offshore Engineering Development Company (IOED) of Venezuela.

The past few weeks have been a busy time for the management and staff of Rotterdam based towage company KOTUG International.

Increasingly common terms used by Damen Shipyards are ‘built-for-stock’ and ‘prompt delivery’, particularly with respect to tugs, workboats and offshore plant.

In Europe, triple-screw propulsion systems are rare in tugs, other than large inland waterways pusher tugs. In the USA a triple-screw configuration is also to be found in more conventional tugs used…

On 21st February 2014 the Uzmar Shipyard, also known as ‘Workboat and Tug Factory of Turkey’, held a launching ceremony for the KOC Musaned-2, the second of a total of six line…

A recent visitor to the Port of Rotterdam was the 36m luxury motor yacht Lars, a vessel that started life as the ice class tug Zeeleeuw.

SMIT Rebocadores do Brasil (Rebras) of Rio de Janeiro has taken delivery of the first two, of a series of six RAmparts 2500 tugs designed by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) and built…

In March 2014, after 21 years at the helm of Macduff Ship Design, Donald Cameron, the co-founder and managing director, has announced his retirement from the company.

Tugs are an important part of naval operations and the South African Navy will welcome the recent keel laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards for two new ‘state of the art’ workhorses to…

On 6 March 2014 the Carmet Tug Company Ltd celebrated the 25th anniversary of its management of the shiphandling services on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Following hard on the heels of the world’s first LNG fuelled tug, Borgoy, the Norwegian tugowner Buksér og Berging AS has taken delivery of the Baus, a smaller diesel powered ASD tug…