Tugs & Salvage – Page 59
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Maritime Casualty Response Award for Titan
Titan Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corp’s Houston based marine salvage, emergency response and wreck removal company, was presented with the prestigious Maritime Casualty Response Award during the recent Lloyd''s List North American Maritime Awards ceremony and dinner.
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NewsVoluntary MLC certification for Van Wijngaarden
The tugs and other vessels in the workboat fleet of Netherlands based Van Wijngaarden Marine Services (VWMS) have qualified for the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 certificate.
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NewsSuccessful collaboration for Macduff
The ongoing collaboration arrangement between the Boustead Heavy Industries Group (BHIG) in Malaysia and Macduff Ship Design in Scotland, initially signed in June 2011, continues to reap rewards.
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NewsKotug to participate in major Australian FLNG project
Shell Australia has awarded a major contract for the design, construction and operation of three Infield Support Vessels (ISVs) to Perth based KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Ltd, a joint venture partnership with KOTUG International BV and Teekay Shipping Australia Pty Ltd.
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NewsALP Maritime – a takeover and new fleet
ALP Maritime Services BV, based in Rotterdam, has announced that the company is to be acquired by Teekay Offshore Partners LP (Teekay Offshore).
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NewsGlobal Energy Group buys J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd
JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd, the Invergordon based towage business, has been purchased by the Global Energy Group (GEG) in a move by the energy services and fabrication giant to secure towage services in the Cromarty Firth.
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NewsWorld’s most powerful diesel-electric pushers
On 21 February 2014 the UZMAR Shipyard, also known as ‘Workboat and Tug Factory’ of Turkey, announced the delivery of the first two of a series of eight shallow draft river push boats to Brazilian owners, Hidrovias do Brazil SA.
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NewsTOWLINES
KOTUG International moved its Rotterdam office to a new location on the top floor of the Las Palmas Building at Wilhelminakade 318, 3072 AR on 17 January 2014. The company’s postal address, PO Box 22002, 3003 DA Rotterdam and telephone numbers remain unchanged. The iconic ‘Las Palmas Building’ was ...
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NewsCustomised Shoalbuster for Smit Lamnalco
Another New Year delivery was the SL Mbissi, completed by Damen Shipyard Hardinxveldt for Smit Lamnalco Ltd of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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NewsRubicon & Righteous - a New Year delivery for PSA
Early in the New Year PSA Marine of Singapore, one of the largest owners and operators of harbour tugs in Asia, took delivery of the ASD tugs Rubicon and Righteous.
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NewsHarley Marine purchases the BRAtt prototype
Harley Marine Services, a leading provider of marine transportation services in the United States, has purchased the prototype training tug BRAtt from Robert Allan Ltd.
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NewsNewbuild tugs for Dutch and Swedish navies
The Dutch and Swedish Navies are joining forces to purchase a total of five harbour and seagoing tugs from Damen Shipyards.
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NewsA new RAmparts Class finds favour in China
Late in 2013, the first of a new series of RAmparts 3500 class ASD tugs was delivered to its owners Tianjin Port, a major port in the northern part of China.
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NewsWorld’s first LNG powered tug is delivered
Borgøy, the world’s first tug to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), left the Sanmar shipyard in Tuzla on 14 January bound for Norway under its own power.
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NewsSvitzer awarded Australian Wheatstone contract
Svitzer Australia has announced that it will provide tugs and a pilot boat at the Chevron operated Wheatstone LNG Terminal under a marine services contract valued at approximately $650m.
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NewsAnchorhandlers – an example of the next generation
As offshore oil exploration moves into progressively deeper and more hazardous waters the vessels required to serve that very specialised offshore sector have also grown in size, sophistication and power.
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NewsGarp and Sark delivered to Turkish authority
As the popularity of tug designs from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) continues to grow so too does the wide variety of vessels emerging from the company’s seemingly bottomless portfolio.
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NewsOcean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful harbour tug
On 13 December 2013 the Canadian marine services company Ocean, based in Quebec, held a ceremony to bless the latest addition to its tug fleet, the Ocean Tundra.
