Tugs & Salvage

Ocean towage and heavy transportation specialists Fairmount Marine took delivery of the long range deep sea tug Fairmount Sherpa in May and the vessel has already sailed on its maiden tow. This…

Americas Bisso Marine has salvaged a 110ft crewboat in Sabine Pass, Texas which had sunk in 50ft of water following a collision with another ship.

Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd has successfully completed tow to location, positioning and associated deck operations for the FPSO Kizomba B offshore Luanda in Angola last month. This project follows the…

SMITWIJS has been contracted to tow the cruise ship Norway from Bremerhaven in Germany to breakers in the Far East - possibly India or Malaysia. The task of towing the 76,049gt liner…

Romulo and Remo , two terminal tugs claimed to be the most powerful of their type in Spain, are now both in service ( MJ - December 2004).

The popularity of small compact, highly agile and powerful shiphandling tugs is spreading rapidly worldwide and the first examples are now being seen in Europe. Spanish tug builders Union Naval Valencia ,…

Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has secured an order for two of its popular 30m series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for Partrederiet Stevns of Denmark. The tugs are…

Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug.

Belgian towage company URS of Antwerp held a ceremony in Zeebrugge on 24 March to formally christen the new stern drive tugs Union Coral and Union Pearl . The 5,280bhp tugs, which…

Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to…

Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith…

Turkish tug builders Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd have reported excellent 2004 results and an even busier year booked for 2005.

Three busy months for the Piraeus based Tsavliris Salvage Group began just before Christmas with the start of a major project to salvage the Saudi Arabian frigate Makkah 814 which ran aground…

International Salvage Union (ISU) President Hans van Rooij has set out salvors concerns for 2005, which include contentious matters such as responder immunity, criminalisation, and potentially hostile attitudes arising from fears of…

Southampton based Williams Shipping Marine Ltd has replaced their tug/workboat Wilchallenge with a more powerful vessel.

MAN B&W Diesel A/S , Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply a complete twin-screw low-speed two-stroke propulsion package for an 16,100bhp Chinese super-tug. The new vessel is under construction at…

Smit International has completed the latest phase of an extensive tug replacement programme.

In 2005, Vancouver-based Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) will celebrate its 75th year of continuous business as a firm of Consulting Naval Architects .From its inception, through three generations of family ownership, the…