Tugs & Salvage

The Coastguard have been boarding and examining vessels from November and through January to check on crews and certification.Svitzer UK has closed down their associate company Humber Tugs Limited with effect from…

The advent of Very Large and Ultra Large Crude Carriers in the 1970s represented a step change in vessel size. Much the same can be said of today’ s 14,000 TEU plus…

Svitzer’ s new tug fleet, being formed to serve the entire needs of the new LNG terminals and existing oil berths at Milford Haven in Wales is rapidly taking shape. Once fully…

Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship successfully refloated the Stema Barge II last month after the 135m vessel had grounded in shallow water inbound to the Dutch port of Eemshaven with…

In December Smit International NV announced that Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (‘ Boskalis’ ) will not pursue its intended offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in Smit…

In America, Louisiana based LA Carriers owner Russel Plaisance put a newbuild tug into operation at the end of last month. The new vessel, named Lady Loren, is the seventh vessel in…

The subject of achieving a true ‘ Green’ tug is one that has been studied and discussed with increasing frequency over the past couple of years and the year 2009 will see…

During past months an increasing number of medium sized tugs, many with anchor handling capability, have been arriving in Europe from Malaysian shipyards. A recent delivery is the Venture G, the second…

Fairmount Marine BV, a member of the Fairmount Group of Companies and wholly owned by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS, has announced that the purchase by and the delivery to the Fairmount Group…

Damen Shipyards have launched the first two tugs of their new ASD Tug 3213 design at the Son Cam Shipyard in Viet Nam. The 32m tugs have a beam of 13m and…

In recent weeks the ITS 2008 Complete Book of Papers and Discussions has been arriving on the doorsteps and in the offices of many of the representatives from the Towage and Salvage…

Sinbad Marine Services of Killybegs in Ireland has purchased the Voith tractor tug Carron from the Svitzer fleet in Belfast. Two tugs of the same age, size and horsepower were reported sold…

Germany is to have new Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) to replace two existing tugs currently on station to protect the German coastline in the North Sea and the Baltic.

The first six tugs of an eight vessel series have been deployed around the French harbour tug fleets now operated by the Boluda Group. An order was originally placed with the French…

In response to increasing enquiries for its tug and workboat designs, Scotland' s Macduff Ship Design has developed several new designs and re-branded its entire range of vessels. Over thirty designs are…

Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has made a cash offer of EURO 62.50 per share for all outstanding shares of Smit Internationale NV. The offer values Smit at EURO 1.13…

Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out…

Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch…