Tugs & Salvage

It was with some sadness that news was received that deepsea tug Global Change, formerly London (ex; Smit London etc) was beached prior to being scrapped on 26 June at Alang in…

The ‘super tug’ Fairmount Glacier, from the fleet of Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine, has delivered rig Falcon 100 safely offshorePointe-Noire, Congo.

Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship has further strengthened its multipurpose fleet with the addition of the ASD tug Multratug 20.

Hyak Maritime, marine equipment and vessel owners based in Dover, Delaware, USA, have taken delivery of the ‘line haul’ tug Hawaii, the first of a pair designed by Seattle based naval architects…

After many months of rumour and speculation, the German deepsea tug Oceanic has finally been sold by Bugsier Reederi und Bergungs GmbH & Co KG of Hamburg.

Turkish tug builder and operator Sanmar has reached yet another significant milestone in its history with the completion of its 100th tug, built to a new exclusive ASD design from leading naval…

As always the Damen Shipyards stand at Seawork was a focal point for brisk business, with a continuous flow of prospective clients speaking to Damen’s sales staff and shipyard representatives.

When J Butcher & Sons Ltd, operators of the once famous ‘Blue Boats’ in Portsmouth Harbour, ceased trading of their own volition it marked the end of an era for the port.

Lomax, a high specification ASD fire fighting terminal tug has entered service with Solent Towage Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian operator Østensjø Rederi.

Terasea Falcon, the first of a quartet of ‘groundbreaking’ deepsea tugs, is now in service under the management of the new joint venture company POSH Terasea (MJ – Mar 2013).

Busy Hong Kong shipbuilder Cheoy Lee reports the delivery of three vessels in the third week of April.

The ‘Report on Safe Tug Procedures’ has now been published and is widely available to all those involved in the operation of tugs during shiphandling manoeuvres.

Ocean Sun, one of the two remaining Ocean class tugs being built for Crowley Maritime, was delivered on 9 May by Bollinger Marine Fabricators. The remaining vessel, Ocean Sky, is undergoing trials…

The Pilbara Apollo, the latest addition to the RAstar 3200 series of escort tugs, was one of several new tugs heading for employment in Australia over recent months.

The biennial Tugnology 13 conference was held this year in the heart of London’s Docklands at the Britannia International Hotel on 14 and 15 May.

On 2 May 2013 the Dutch company Seacontractors based in Flushing signed a contract with Damen Shipyards for two new Shoalbuster 2709 tugs of 40 tonnes bollard pull. Seacontractors already has an…

Duke II, a rugged and powerful twin screw anchorhandling tug has recently been completed by Shipyard Gebr Kooiman in the Netherlands at Zwijndrecht.

Sanmar, Turkeys leading pioneering tug building specialist, reports that its contract to deliver the worlds first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered escort tugs for Bukser og Berging AS (B&B) of Norway, is…

The Uzmar Tug and Work Boat Factory in Izmit, Turkey has delivered a pair of powerful Voith tractors to Cerrejón based in Puerto de Bolivar, Colombia.