Tugs & Salvage

The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to…

Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems…

The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob…

Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to…

The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the…

Smit Salvage and Bukser og Berging refloated the Panamanian flag bulk carrier ‘ Full City’ last month in a Lloyd’ s Open Form operation on the coast of Norway. The 1995 built…

HRP will continue in business as ZF Marine HRP within the ZF Marine Group, whose strategic goal is expanding its range of products for complete marine propulsion systems. HRP produces a wide…

A tough challenge was set for Ijmuiden based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) when Silverburn Shipping Group was looking for a shallow draft offshore supply vessel for Caspian Sea service.

When the new tug CMS Buster arrived in the Clyde with a tow late in August it represented a major step forward for Greenock based Clyde Marine Services.

German operator Fairplay Towage has taken delivery of Fairplay X, the third of four new vessels from the most recent batch of orders from Astilleros Armon of Navia in Spain. This latest…

The tug fleet operated by the Turkish Maritime Organization to provide escort and emergency response services in the Bosphorus has been increased in size with the addition of two further vessels.

Survey specialists Emu Limited have purchased the tug Shannon for use as a survey vessel. The company has added the 35m tug to its current fleet of four vessels, the largest of…

The project to refurbish and preserve the fifty year old ocean going tug Elbe took a major step forward during the first days of September when the historic vessel was towed from…

The badly damaged containership MSC Nikita was safely moored in the Port of Rotterdam  last month  following its involvement in a collision off the Hook of Holland. The incident launched an intensive…

A Dutch tug fleet that is growing in prominence is Iskes Towage & Salvage based in Ijmuiden, The company currently has a rapidly growing fleet of shiphandling tugs to serve Ijmuiden, Amsterdam…

July saw the delivery of the new terminal/escort tug Seaspan Resolution to its Canadian owners Seaspan International Ltd of Vancouver, a division of the Washington Marine Group. This handsome new vessel is…

While many navies around the world have withdrawn from the direct ownership of tugs and other auxiliary craft, the Royal Thai Navy has utilised the resources and facilities of its extensive repair…

Among the recent deliveries from Damen Shipyards was an ASD Tug 2411 for the Mauritius Port Authority named DA Patten. The highly agile 24.47m tug is powered by two Caterpillar 3516 TA…

The appearance of the twin screw tug SD Jupiter at Seawork was noteworthy for a number of reasons. Jupiter is the last of three almost identical tugs to be delivered by Damen…

In spite of decades of experience and improvements to conventional screw powered tugs, reports of vessels being capsized while towing still occur with depressing regularity. Two such incidents occurred within days of…