Tugs & Salvage

Propulsionspecialist Schottle GmbH& Co. KG has been reorganized, with a new corporate structure to meet theincreasing demands of shipbuilding worldwide. With effect from 29 June 2007,Schottels headquarters in Spay/Rhine and Schottel Antriebstechnik…

Since taking over the Wijsmuller Group in 2001 and the acquisition of Adsteam in 2007, Danish owned Svitzer has introduced over 90 new vessels to its fleets around the world. In order…

Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy have taken delivery of the ‘ Messico’ , a new offshore support and escort tug, to add to their growing fleet of versatile tugs. This latest vessel,…

Once again Hepworth Shipbuilders of Paull on Humberside are busy with new tugs for the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. The shipyard is currently busy completing the new triple screw tug ‘ Afon…

As of January this year all newbuilds for servicein US waters are required to be powered with engines that meet the USEnvironmental Protection Agencys Tier 2 emission standards.

Recent casualties, including the MSC Napoli, have brought the issue of places of refuge back under the spotlight.

Ijmuiden based B Iskes & Son Towage and Salvage has taken delivery of ‘ Triton’ , the latest newbuilding in their growing tug fleet. The new tug, built by the Dearsan Shipyard…

Union Naval Valencia (UNV), a subsidiary of the Boluda Group, is close to delivering a four tug series of salvage tugs to SASEMAR, the government funded Spanish Maritime Salvage Agency.

For the first time in many years Damen Shipyards has introduced a new tractor tug design to their extensive range of series built tugs and workboats. In the recent past the company…

Crowley Maritime Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Washington Department of Ecology to supply an all year round emergency response tug, to be based in Neah Bay, Washington state USA.…

The big rescue tug Nan Hai Jiu 101, operated by the China Rescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS), travelled to Singapore specifically to attend ITS 2008. A restricted number of delegates, including your…

Visitors to Seawork 2008 were able to see for themselves the first tug/workboat to be fitted with the unique Mampaey ‘ Dynamic Towing System’ (DOT) and to watch a demonstration of the…

On 3 June Kotug formally christened the SD Shark and SD Stingray, the first two vessels in a quartet of four new tugs built in Turkey. Both vessels are now in service…

Another Dutch operator to introduce a Turkish built tug in recent weeks is Terneuzen based Multraship. The new multipurpose ASD vessel ' Multratug 17 ' was christened on 12 June at a…

The hull for the first of a series of Damen Shipyards ‘ Pushbuster 3511’ pusher tugs ordered by Damen Marine Services for use in the Middle East arrived in the Netherlands in…

The UK based Solent Towage Ltd welcomed another brand new vessel to their Southampton based fleet at the end of April when the high performance Voith escort tug ' Apex' arrived from…

The fleet of Hamburg based Harms Offshore Gmbh continues to grow rapidly, with five powerful new anchor handling tugs put in service in three years and there are more new vessels to…

One of the tug designs most comprehensively covered in these pages is almost certainly the Damen Shoalbuster. This is due mainly to the success and continuing development of this shallow draft vessel…

Two recent additions to the fleet of Scottish marine services provider MarineCo UK Ltd have boosted the company’ s capability and versatility considerably. A particularly interesting acquisition is the tug Marineco Ashanti,…