Tugs & Salvage

Rotterdam-based Kotug and Hamburg-based Bugsier Reederei have played a key role in the towing of the first of two engine room sections through the Kiel canal locks with a gap of just…

A Medway-based tug has come to the aid of a general cargo vessel that dragged its anchor and ran aground at Margate on the UK’s north Kent coast.

Boluda France has reported on two towing operations perhaps routine, but of interest involving France’s first floating offshore wind turbine and assisting one of the world’s largest container ships.

Three of the more notable tugs deliveries in recent times have now completed the process of their entry into service with the traditional name-giving ceremony at Hammerfest in Norway.

Helsinki-based technology group Wärtsilä has introduced three new tug designs featuring its HY propulsion system adding to designs and innovations aimed at addressing environmental and efficiency issues.

Damen Shipyards has thrown open its doors for the second year to an invited audience of clients, industry partners and media representatives including from ‘MJ’, showcasing its range of workboats.

This month’s look at new arrivals to the tug world together with recent orders, as usual concerns news with predominantly European involvement but also from further afield of industry interest.

With annual statistics covering Lloyd’s Open Form cases considered elsewhere in this column who better than Tsavliris Salvage to turn to for a snapshot of typical recent salvage activities.

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has provided statistics for 2016 reporting increasing numbers of services but falling revenues adding to commercial pressures for salvors.

An on-going salvage operation has highlighted potential dangers from shipboard fires and dealing with the phenomenon of chemical reaction.