Tugs, Towing & Salvage

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

A new managing director has been appointed to lead Svitzer's operations in the UK 'at a time when port congestion, larger vessels and adverse weather conditions is making maritime and harbour operations more challenging," says Svitzer. Matthew Gordon has run…

14th September 2026

Svitzer UK appoints new head of Operations

14th September 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

European ports are electrifying, but their focus on large vessels is leaving harbour tugs behind, writes Grace Waters. The slow-charging infrastructure struggles to meet the rapid, high-power needs of these essential workhorses. Such a gap, combined with indirect pressures from customers and…

By By Grace Waters · 10th September 2026

Fractured future: Harbour tugs face unprecedented challenges

By By Grace Waters · 10th September 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

As the role of tug crews and masters evolves with more challenging and complex operations, the next generation of seafarers are using modern digital simulation techniques in combination with at-sea experience to…

10th September 2026

Learning the ropes in a digital age: Inside Multraship’s tug training

10th September 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

For tug operators, the most difficult question about decarbonisation may not be which alternative fuel to choose, but when to choose it. A harbour tug ordered today should still be working three…

10th September 2026

No need to pick tomorrow’s fuel – just prepare for it: Damen

10th September 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

For almost a century, Canadian naval architect Robert Allan Ltd has shaped tug design around the world. Today, as the industry wrestles with which fuel route to navigate, the Vancouver designer is…

7th August 2026

Don’t write off diesel yet, says Canadian tug designer Robert Allan Ltd

7th August 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

One of Turkey’s leading tug builders and fleet owners, Sanmar, is celebrating its golden anniverary this year. 

3rd August 2026

10 questions for Sanmar in its 50th year

3rd August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Wave energy developer Mocean Energy believes offshore engineering could unlock a new generation of marine infrastructure, looking beyond offshore power generation with plans to develop floating AI data centres.

29th July 2026

New opportunities at sea: Floating data centres

29th July 2026

OPINION

OPINION

As salvors react to commercial vessels becoming innocent victims of conflict in the Gulf region, Peter Barker reflects on how the industry dealt with a similar but far greater Iran/Iraq war of…

22nd July 2026

Tankers under attack – salvors have seen it all before

22nd July 2026

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

Half a century after South Africa pioneered state-funded emergency towing vessels, debate continues over whether governments or commercial operators should finance rapid maritime rescue and pollution prevention services.

29th June 2026

Emergency rescue towing: who should shoulder the cost when ships founder?

29th June 2026

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

From tackling multiple wind turbine blade failures to responding to a damaged jack-up rig off Trinidad, global salvage operations demonstrate how salvors’ expertise stretches far beyond towing disabled vessels to a safe…

28th May 2026

Groundings and broken turbines among jobs for salvors

28th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar has secured ‘a strategic milestone’ of financing to expand its pilot and tug vessel building facilities, the company says.

28th October 2025

Uzmar secures €millions to expand shipyard

28th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A substation jacket for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm has been installed off the French Atlantic coast after an impressive navigation underneath a 100-year-old bridge.

5th August 2025

54m jacket towed out to Atlantic coast

5th August 2025

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

When disaster strikes at sea, to the general public it’s all about casualties and of course they are the most important thing. 

24th June 2025

OPINION: The lesser known but vital role of the SCR

24th June 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boluda Towage has deployed three powerful newbuild tugs to service vessels at Egypt’s Abu Qir’s Container Terminal.

30th January 2024

Boluda starts towage operations in Egypt

30th January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

BOA Offshore AS has announced plans to expand its fleet of semi-submersible barges with two 75,000dwt newbuilds, bringing the combined lifting capacity of its 18-vessel fleet to a daunting 384,852 tonnes.

11th January 2024

BOA expands its heavy-lift barge fleet

11th January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer has selected Kongsberg Digital to supply tug training simulators as the Denmark-based towage operator’s Port of Newcastle, Australia operation prepares for the arrival of the innovative TRAnsverse tug in early 2025.

15th December 2023

Training tug masters of the future

15th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

In what was very much a family occasion, Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat workboat, just six weeks after placing the order.

24th November 2023

Damen Multi Cat delivered to UK operator

24th November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer Towage has secured a seven-year contract with ExxonMobil to provide shiphandling towage and line-handling services at ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Fawley in Southampton Water.The new arrangement will provide continuity of towage…

4th May 2023

Svitzer takes over towage at Fawley Refinery

4th May 2023

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards and Canadian naval architect Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) recently celebrated the 50th delivery of a successful compact shiphandling tug design.

2nd March 2023

Tug delivery and order round-up

2nd March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The car carrier Felicity Ace, which caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Germany to the US, has now sunk, ship owner and operator MOL has confirmed in a statement.

3rd March 2022

Luxury cars sink onboard fire-struck Felicity Ace

3rd March 2022