Tugs & Salvage

Union Amber, the first of a new class ofcompact tug recently entered service with Belgian tug owners Union deRemorquage & de Sauvetage SA (URS).

Novatug, the marketingcompany responsible for the unique Carrousel towing system, has revealed thatthe long awaited delivery of the first purpose built tug equipped with thesystem is unlikely to arrive in Europe at…

New developments in wreck removal and the ever increasingsize of ships provided the focus for the International Salvage Unions London conference lastmonth.

Major refloatings and wreck removals were a feature of the SMIT Salvagefirst quarter workload.

Specialisedfirefighting techniques proved the key to success in the recent operation tosave the Dutch general cargo vessel Ostedijk.

A new tug under construction to a design by Macduff Ship Design will be the first commercial vessel in the world to be fitted with the novel Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT)…

On 30 March SvitzerWijsmullereffectively took over management responsibility of Adsteam Marine in Britain and Australasia.In the UKthe reins have passed to Svitzer Marine Ltd, which will manage the businessfrom their existing headquarters…

ØstensjøRederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contractwith Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminalnow under construction at Aukra in Norway.

Following publication of the Competition Commission report on the proposed takeover of Adsteam Marine by SvitzerWijsmuller, matters have progressed rapidly.

KoorenShipbuilding and Trading B.V. has announced the sale of two Rotor Tug RT-80rclass vessels to Unterweser Reederei GmbH(URAG) of Bremen.

In keeping with other specialist tug builders the Turkish yard Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd is working hard to meet the current high demand for new tonnage.

A long period of anxiety for the residents on the remote island of Tristan du Cuhna came to an end on 11 February when the wreck of the errant oil rig A…

ØstensjøRederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contractwith Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminalnow under construction at Aukra in Norway.

Dutch towage company International Transport Contractors (ITC) now has both of its latest acquisitions in service.

Towage services in the UK port of Milford Haven will be transformed with a fleet of nine powerful new tugs and six line handling vessels to be introduced bySvitzer Marine Ltd .

The first of twocoastal protection vessels has been handed over to Spains Maritime SafetyAuthority SASEMAR. Named Don Inda,the vessels primary role is that of an emergency towingvessel (ETV) for tankers of unlimited…

JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd,; the Scottish branch of JP Knight Ltd based at Invergordon, has returned to Japan to replace the Japanese built tugs Kinnaird and Kincardine, which were sold in November…

The new compact tug Union Amber is undergoing extensive trials after completion by the Spanish yard Astilleros Armon. Union Amber is the first of four new vessels to be ordered by URS…