Tugs & Salvage

On 5 September the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship Towage & Salvage BV of Terneuzen held a ceremony to christen the tugs Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, the latest vessels in…

Early in September the new 20.35m ASD tug TSM Brehat was being prepared for delivery by the Padmos Shipyard at Stellendam in the Netherlands to its owners, Thomas Services Maritimes in Rouen.…

TugAdvise, the specialist unit of shipping law firm Tatham Macinnes, has announced that John Reeder QC is to join as a consultant.

Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has recently completed the Kaikoura, a Shoalbuster 3511 for the Tym Group (Thong Yong Marine).

SMS Towage Limited has launched the new harbour towage service in Belfast Harbour in response to demand from port users.

US towage operator the Bay-Houston Towing Co has proudly announced the delivery of the Chloe K, the first tug of the new Z-Tech 2400 class.

Rotterdam based ocean towage contractor Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has delivered the accommodation barge Ayang 2 to offshore Angola.

The International Salvage Union has published its annual statistics, representing the aggregated data provided by the members of the ISU, the global trade association for marine salvors.

Spasatel Kavdejkin, the second of three multi-purpose salvage vessels for project MPSV07, was delivered by the Nevsky shipyard in St Petersburg on 17 July on behalf of the Ministry of Transport of…

On 30 August two historic tugs, Seawolf and Elbe, met between the piers of the Hook of Holland and sailed side by side to Maassluis, where hundreds of spectators were anxiously awaiting…

Another project rapidly coming to fruition is the Damen ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid being built for Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden.

Construction has started in earnest at two major shipyards on the next generation of Rotor Tugs to the new ART 80-32 design by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).

In March 2012 Europe’s first true hybrid shiphandling tug, the RT Adriaan, entered service with the KOTUG fleet in the port of Rotterdam.

A pair of azimuthing tractor tugs are currently under construction for Hamburg based Bugsier Reederi und Bergungs GmbH & Co KG at the Fassmer Shipyard in Berne, near Bremerhaven.

US winch specialists JonRie can now offer tug owners their new Auto Tow System (ATS) for all of its Series 500 Towing Winches.

Three Voith tractor tugs that have served the UK towage industry for many decades have been transferred to Venezuela, under the auspices of Svitzer Americas. All three were built by McTay Marine…

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) Nederland BV has taken delivery of the new state of the art anchorhandling tug Bylgia.

The captain and crew of Crowley’s Prevention and Response Tug (PRT) Alert were personally recognised by Eric Feige, Representative from the Alaska State Legislature, for courage, teamwork and professionalism.