Tugs & Salvage

Eight crew members were rescued from the Greek registered tug Christos XXII on 13 January after it was damaged by the ship it was towing whilst trying to anchor a mile off…

The Zwijndrecht based tugowners and marine contractors Holding Herman Sr BV has been transformed over the past few months from the original family firm to become a major player in the marine…

Kootenay, an extremely powerful, agile and innovative ‘compact’ ASD tug of only 19.6m in length has entered service in British Columbia.

In spite of the difficult economic conditions, Turkey’s tug builder Sanmar is extremely busy - writes Jack Gaston.

Svendborg Bugser A/S of Svendborg, Denmark, has sold its coastal and deepsea tug Eurosund. Originally built by Richard Dunston at Hessle in 1979 as the Formidable, it is a 35m twin screw…

Izbaizabal Diez and Izbaizabal Once, two high performance Voith escort tugs, have been delivered to the Spanish tug company Compania de Remolcadores Ibaizabal SA.

The Astilleros Armon shipyard in Vigo has launched Bylgia, the first of two ‘state of the art’ anchorhandling tugs ordered by the Dutch contractor Hereema Marine Services.

The Signet Maritime Corporation, based in Mississippi USA, continues to expand its diverse fleet by awarding yet another contract for the construction of two Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs to Patti…

On 12 December 2012, the tug/support vessel Dutch Blue arrived in the Netherlands for the first time, towing the pontoon barge NP 328 loaded with six hulls for inland waterways craft from…

On 8 November, tug and workboat company Herman Sr BV added two recently constructed Damen Shoalbusters to its fleet. The former DMS Albatross, a Shoalbuster 3209 built in 2011 with 48 tonnes…

With a fleet of 25 tugs and 17 barges, London based Silverburn Shipping is a major player in the Caspian Sea and surrounding waters.

Waternet is a Dutch company that offers municipalities a service maintaining and clearing waterways, including those of the city of Amsterdam.

Seatech Engineering in Poland has developed designs for an inland waterways push tug that uses LNG as a fuel.

US based TITAN Salvage, which has a European presence based in the UK, has established a new office and equipment depot in Cairns, Australia.

The Russian Nevsky Shipyard LLC (part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) has delivered Spasatel Karev, the first of three multi-purpose rescue and salvage vessels to the Baltic BASU of the State Maritime…

During the life of Maritime Journal enormous advances have been seen in the development of tugs and workboats and the companies that operate and build them.

Damen Shipyards has been awarded a contract to build its first ever hybrid tug a by Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden in the Netherlands.

During the past month, fast growing towage company KOTUG International has strengthed its tug fleet in Germany due to the growth of its business in German ports and the increasing size of…