Tugs & Salvage

The fast growing European tugboat company Kotug has taken delivery of the first two of a new series of three identical, powerful ASD tugs from Med Marine in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr Ard-Jan…

Much has been written on the subject of compact tugs employing azimuthing stern drive (ASD) propulsion systems but the requirement for small, powerful and extremely agile shiphandling tugs has not been lost…

One of Europes most sophisticated Fin-first Voith escort tugs has been chartered by Adsteam UK and put into service in the Thames and Medway area during the month of January.

2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding…

Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage…

Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the companys ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.

Stevns Arctic, an Ice Class ASD tug and sister to the earlier Stevns Ocean, has been delivered to Danish management company Nordane Shipping of Svendborg by Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV have announced that the first two of their new RT-60 class Rotor Tugs have now been delivered and a further pair are nearing completion. It has also…

Foss Maritime of the USA has taken delivery of the powerful new harbour tug Morgan Foss for service in Pacific Coast ports. Yet another example of the growing popularity of compact tugs,…

Sadly we must report the untimely death of Mr Alan C Bennett, well known tug owner and waterman in the Thames and Medway area. Founder of Alan C Bennett & Sons, he…

In early October the Crowley Maritime Corporation , based in Oakland, California, announced that it has acquired Titan Maritime LLC , a worldwide salvage company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The newly…

SMIT Salvage BV began the second half of the year with two major Lloyds Form salvage operations, involving the container vessel Norasia and the NATO research vessel Alliance .

Following the sale of some 280 units for genset applications and the propulsion of coastal tankers and general cargo vessels, the MAN B&W L21/31 engine design has made its debut in a…

Dutch builders Shipyard K Damen Europe BV has delivered the first of three virtually identical tractor tugs to Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG of Hamburg.

After a busy start to 2005, the Tsavliris Salvage Group hascontinued to be highly active in recent months with a series of further significant LOF salvage operations. The most recent salvage contracts…

Jersey Harbours are making very good use of their new shallow draft, multi-purpose tug, the Duke of Normandy , which was displayed at Seawork 2005 . The first of the new generation…

The 2,757teu container vessel Fowairet , which suffered hogging damage and hold flooding after running aground on September 20 between Terneuzen and Antwerp with part-hazardous cargo, has been safely towed to Rotterdam…

A new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tug, the 38m Garibaldo , attracted considerable interest when it arrived in Britain in September. Owned by Purplewater Towing Ltd ofSwitzerland, registered in London and built…

Svitzer Marine Ltd has sold two more of their redundant tugs as part of their ongoing fleet replacement programme.