Multraship

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.

By By Peter Barker · Yesterday

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

By By Peter Barker · Yesterday

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 build their competence levels quickly and effectively. Competence…

By By Bianca Pielaat, Operations Director, Multraship Towage & Salvage · 10th September 2026

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

By By Bianca Pielaat, Operations Director, Multraship Towage & Salvage · 10th September 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European salvage contractors have been deploying an increasingly diverse range of tugs, sheerlegs and specialist marine assets as they respond to casualties while expanding into offshore energy and infrastructure projects.

15th July 2026

More than salvage: Tugs take on Europe’s toughest marine jobs

15th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Three industry teams have been chosen to develop competing designs for a new generation of low-emission emergency response towing vessels (ERTVs) under a Dutch government programme aimed at protecting the North Sea’s…

2nd July 2026

Three teams enter race to build emergency towing vessels

2nd July 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Novatug, the innovation and R&D arm of Multraship Towage & Salvage, has opened an advanced simulator and training centre at the group’s headquarters in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, built around technology from Wärtsilä.

28th May 2026

Multraship launches tug simulator training centre with Wärtsilä

28th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch towage and salvage firm Multratug has expanded its fleet with another tug from Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey.

17th November 2025

Multratug welcomes high-performance tug to fleet

17th November 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A modern addition will be made to the Netherlands’ Coastguard in 2026 with an order for a Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 5009.

14th November 2025

Dutch Coastguard strengthens fleet with ‘Enforcer’

14th November 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

As the salvage comes to an end of the Solong and Stena Immaculate vessels that were involved in a collision in the North Sea last month, Peter Barker examines the work involved in getting them back…

14th April 2025

Salvage heroes – a tale of two ships

14th April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Extreme weather on opposite sides of the world have kept salvage contractors busy, reinforcing once again the industry’s contribution to protecting the marine environment along with preserving property and minimising financial losses.

28th January 2025

Salvors on call for storms and typhoons

28th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A rudderless cargo ship drifting without power in a stormy North Sea has been towed to safety by the Dutch Coast Guard.

9th December 2024

WATCH: Dutch Coast Guard rescues rudderless cargo ship

9th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Greek salvor Tsavliris has completed a complex operation to recover a stranded yacht involving measures to protect an environmentally sensitive area.

18th October 2024

Busy times for European salvors

18th October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The long-established expertise of the Dutch salvage industry has been demonstrated recently with two of the Netherlands leading contractors reporting diverse operations close to and not so close to their home bases.

23rd July 2024

Salvors step in to save groundings, sinkings and fires

23rd July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards is completing the delivery of two pairs of particularly popular ASD tugs from its portfolio to two well-established domestic tug owners located just 120km apart in Dordrecht and Terneuzen.

9th July 2024

Damen delivers for two Dutch tug owners

9th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Multraship Towage & Salvage has christened its latest Damen ASD Tug 3212 at a naming ceremony in Terneuzen, the Netherlands.

31st May 2024

‘Multratug 35’ christened in Terneuzen

31st May 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Multraship is supplying the Netherlands Coastguard with emergency tugs for North Sea windfarms.

11th July 2022

Emergency tugs for the North Sea

11th July 2022