Tugs & Salvage

Much has been written in Tugs & Towing over the years on the subject of the Damen Shoalbuster shallow draft multipurpose tug and its development.

One of America’s major towage organisations, the Foss Maritime Company, unveiled its second true ‘Hybrid’ tug at an event held on 20 September at the company’s Rainier shipyard in Oregon.

The anchorhandling twin screw tug Primus, built in 2004 by Mutzelfeldtwerft GmbH Cuxhaven, has recently been placed under the management of Unterweser Reederei GmbH Bremen (URAG). Owned by Primus GmbH & C0…

Tug Malta, the only company licensed for towage operations in Malta, is having a Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system fitted to its newest tug.

Associated British Ports has successfully transported two large Liebherr mobile harbour cranes from TransAtlantic’s Aldam Terminal in Goole to Hull by barge

Following the great success of the two previous Tugnology conferences, delegates are eagerly awaiting Tugnology ‘11, to be held in the Antwerp Hilton on 17 and 18 May.

International Transport Contractors (ITC), a member of the Tschudi Group, based in the Netherlands has sold two of their traditional ‘S-Wind’ class ocean going deepsea tugs.

Italian tug owners Ocean Srl have purchased the Voith tractor tug Bremen from the fleet of German operators Unterweser Reederi AG (URAG) of Bremerhaven. The tug had been employed for some time…

During the morning of Friday 12 August, the tug Chiefton capsized and sank on the river Thames while towing the crane barge Skyline near Convoys Wharf, a short distance from Greenwich Pier.

Dutch towage contractor ITC has sold its last two ‘S-Wind’ class vessels, Sirocco and Sumatras, just a few months after announcing the sale of the Simoon and Suhaili. (See MJ May 2011)

The first of four ‘Ocean class’ deepsea tugs destined for the fleet of Crowley Maritime in the USA is rapidly nearing completion at the shipyard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators LLC in Amelia,…

It was announced early in August, with immediate effect, that the managing director of Svitzer UK, Mark Malone, is to take up a similar role with the Svitzer Group in Australasia, based…

Fairstar Heavy Transport, with headquarters in Rotterdam, is in the final stages of transporting a massive flotilla of 42 tugs from Singapore to Maricaibo in Venezuala.

IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, has taken delivery of its latest high performance terminal support/escort tug from Astilleros Balenciaga SA, of Zumaia in Spain.

The oversized Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Legacy has left the yard of its builder, Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington USA for Gulfport in Mississippi.

On 6 June 2011 the twin screw tug En Avant 5 of the T Muller Shipping Company capsized and sank in the Old Maas at Dordrecht whilst towing two barges, along with…

Turkish shipbuilders Bogazici Denizcilik has sold two 65 tons bollard pull terminal tugs to Sea Eagles Offshore services of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal brokered by Marcon International…

Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has introduced Fairplay 33, the first of two powerful sisterships, to its oceangoing fleet.

Britain’s last traditional salvage tug, the Anglian Prince has been sold for further service with Rederi AB Nestor of Pitea, Sweden, and managers Marine Carrier AB.

Bay-Houston Towing Co. of Galveston, Texas USA has taken delivery of its eighth powerful Z-Tech 7500 class tug, the Tristan K.