Tugs & Salvage

Itchen Marine Towage of Southampton UK has purchased the twin screw tug Atlas from Serco Marine, towage and marine services contractor to the Ministry of Defence (Navy).

Stadt Sjøtransport AS, with tugs based in Florø and Måløy on the west coast of Norway, continue to increase the size of their fleet.

Smit Siyanda, an extremely versatile offshore support tug, was delivered to owners Smit Shipping Singapore Pte Ltd in October of this year.

The tug Fairplay-22 capsized on the afternoon of 11 October while trying to make a towage connection with the ferry Stena Britannica in high winds and a heavy swell near the Berghaven,…

Cheoy Lee Shipyards, based in Hong Kong, has handed over the second of thirteen ‘Z-Tech’ tugs ordered by the Panama Canal Authority.

Targe Towing Ltd, with its headquarters in Scotland and towage interests in North East Scotland, the Firth of Forth, the Thames and Indonesia, is expanding its business on London’s river.

At the end of October the BRAtt, prototype of the world’s first purpose built training tug, travelled to Seattle to go on show at The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers…

The British Government decision to terminate the contract to operate the four Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), stationed in strategic locations around the UK coastline, has been met with horror and disbelief by…

The UK Chamber of Shipping has established a specialist Harbour Towage Panel to foster closer working with the British Tugowners Association (BTA).

Major towage operator Svitzer has for some time carried out simulator training for tug crews, either in various training institutions or more recently using their own facilities.

The Boluda Group seven tug fleet based in Dunkirk has been reinforced with the arrival of the 71 tons bollard pull ‘VB Trouville’.

Seaspan International of North Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) has announced its largest commitment to build new tugs of a single class for over 35 years.

The latest newbuilding to enter service as part of an extensive fleet modernisation programme by Belgian towage operator Union de Remorquage & de Sauvetage SA (URS)is the ‘Union Hawk’.

David Gray Parrot, 65, founder and former chief of Titan Salvage, passed away on 15 February after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Following the recent influx of new tonnage, URS of Antwerp has sold the twin screw tug Holland to Russian operators.

Foss Maritime Company, the builder and operator of the worlds first true hybrid shiphandling tug, will soon add a second hybrid vessel to its Southern California fleet.

An extensive vessel replacement and fleet expansion programme initiated by the Crowley Maritime Corporation, the largest towage and Maritime Services Group in the USA, is continuing unabated.

‘Stevns Breaker’, the third tug of a new quartet for Danish owners Stevns, has been delivered by Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Canada.