Tugs & Salvage

Two important new terminal tugs are rapidly nearing completion in Spain at the Astilleros Balenciaga Shipyard in Zumaia. To be named Romulo and Remo , the tugs are to join the fleet…

A major new force in the long-haul ocean towage market has been established by Fairmount Marine BV of the Netherlands and Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd ofSingapore. With immediate effect, the…

A recent incident in bad weather around the south coast of Britain brought a small salvage job almost to the doorstep of Titan Maritime attheir Newhaven base. On the morning of 21…

The salvage tug Anglian Prince was released from her duties as an Emergency Towing Vessel with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency on the 5 October to go to the assistance of the…

The Vigo based shipyard of Astilleros Armon is now deeply engaged in the construction of two 56m twin-screw tugs to be operated by the Spanish maritime rescue authority, Sociedad de Salvamento y…

Canadian naval architect and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) of Vancouver, was one of the winners announced in October in the Business Effectiveness category at the Singapore Design Awards 2004 .

A massive project to completely restore the ocean going tug Elbe to its original 1959 condition suffered a serious blow for the second time this year. Back in July the tug was…

Farstad Supply AS , a wholly owned company of Farstad Shipping ASA , has sold the anchor-handler Far Turbot toChinese operators. This vessel became well-known in her role as one of the…

Two very similar anchorhandling tugs are currently under construction, to a design produced by WorldWise Marine Engineering BV , for two very different owners in very different parts of the world.

Clyde Marine Services Ltd , based in the Victoria Harbour at Greenock in Scotland, has improved its ability to provide towage services considerably with the addition of a new Damen Stan Tug…

The busy Spanish shipyard of Union Naval Valencia SA has delivered the first two tugs of their new UNV 265 SD series.

The ABR Company Ltd hasannounced that the 19th Tug & Salvage Convention , ITS 2006 , will be held in Rotterdam from 24-28 April 2006. Final arrangements regarding the actual venue still…

The British coastal tug Vanguard , owned and operated by Mersey based Carmet Tugs Ltd , has been declared a total loss after sinking off the Isle of Skye.

As part of a phased programme to upgrade its fleet in Britain Adsteam has placed an order with Damen Shipyards to build three new ASD 2411 tugs.

Rotterdam based Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV , a subsidiary of Kotug , has exercised their options with the ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd inSingapore to build a further pair of their unique…

A salvage team from Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and Smit Salvage worked for a fortnight to refloat the 2,999grt coaster Maanav Star from a beach at the Sussex UK holiday resort of…

SMIT Salvage completed a series of major salvage operations in the first half of this year, with the work programme including salvage and pollution prevention with the tanker Everton , the righting…

Smit Harbour Towage has taken delivery of the first of a series of three new shiphandling tugs to be deployed in Panama. The first vessel, appropriately named Smit Panama , is one…

British Waterways is to invest in a series of specially designed narrow beam tugs and barges intended to dramatically improve the working conditions of staff and offer greater flexibility, efficiency and innovative…

Rynwaal Shipyards (an associate of Shipyard K Damen )has purchased three former US Army tugs on behalf of the Nigerian Port Authority . The tugs arrived in Hardinxveldt in August under their…

Adsteam Medway has become the first of the groups UK ports to achieve certified compliance with the International Safety Management standard, following a three-day audit by Lloyds Register .

Finnish tug owner Alfons Hakans Ltd , has established a new towage service in Estonia.