Tugs & Salvage

This month, while we report on three tug deliveries the news is dominated by orders for no fewer than sixteen vessels indicating a continuing appetite for owners to replace existing tonnage, and…

The death has been announced of Allan Brunton-Reed, founder chairman of the ABR Company Ltd and mastermind behind the ITS Conventions and Tugnology conferences.

Foss Maritime has provided feedback on the variable-slip towing brake, a newly-introduced feature of the Markey towing winches on its three Arctic-class ocean-going tugs.

The International Salvage Unions annual marine journalists lunch brings news of a resilient and vibrant industry despite a fifty percent reduction in emergency response and wreck removal income for its members in…

Kotug and Rotortug have worked together towing a historic steam elevator between maritime museums in the Netherlands and Flanders.

‘Just proven components combined in a different but screaming simple way’ is how Caterpillar Marine describe its new propulsion system aimed at improving efficiency including for applications in the towage industry.

With the benefits of freight transport by inland waterways within Europe attracting increasing attention, Deltamarin has developed an inland vessel with capabilities including towing and pushing

Ijmuiden-based Iskes Towage & Salvage is to contribute to port expansion plans with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Amsterdam Port Consultants (APC) and Port of Fujairah (POF).

Foss Shipyard in Seattle has completed a ten-day drydocking assessment of the condition of what is believed to be the world’s oldest wooden tug in preparation for a major restoration project.

For this month’s look at recent deliveries and orders we consider eight newbuilds with European connections, and news of a new tug series from Robert Allan Ltd being built by Cheoy Lee…