Tugs & Salvage

The new ‘game-changing’ Carrousel RAVE tug ‘Multratug 32’ has entered service with Dutch towage and salvage company Multraship.

The New Orleans Workboat Festival was the venue recently for signing of an order for two Damen Modular Multi Cats for Canadian principles.

The pattern of delivery and order news is back in full swing this month with significant deliveries from European builders, orders of note from further afield and related news from engine supplier…

Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has revealed the latest addition to its Azistern tug series with a compact, fuel-efficient tug featuring low wash and offering a degree of adaptability to suit specific requirements.

Maritime rope supplier Lankhorst Ropes has introduced a new towline connection aimed at providing tug owners with a quicker and safer method of connecting the various components that make up a towline.

Port tugs from Dover Harbour Board have come to the assistance of one tug towing another tug which encountered propulsion problems in the busy shipping lanes of the Dover Straits Separation Scheme.

Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands-based Kooiman Marine Group has received an order for the supply and installation of a 100 tons Delta Pin unit for one of Multraship’s larger tugs.

The independent German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has imposed fines amounting to approximately 13m Euros on three harbour towage service providers following an investigation into a cartel agreement.

Wärtsilä Corporation has received the first order for its HY 2 hybrid power modules for a new escort tug to serve the Swedish port of Luleå in the Gulf of Bothnia at…