Tugs & Salvage – Page 93

  • Crowley tugs are seen during set-down operations for the massive Orlan structure.
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    Simulation Determines Tug Deployment

    01/01/2006

    British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT SeaTech has recently completed a challenging project for the Orlan concrete island drilling structure on behalf of Crowley Marine Services of Seattle USA.

  • UK SOSREP Robin Middleton was guest speaker at the Salvage & Wreck Removal Conference.
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    Wide Ranging Salvage & Wreck Conference

    01/01/2006

    The 8th Annual International Salvage & Wreck Removal Conference was held in London at The Crown Plaza St James Hotel on 14 and 15 December. Delegates to the International Salvage Union (ISU) endorsed conference addressed a wide range of issues concerning the salvage industry, insurers, government departments and many others ...

  • Secretary General of the ISU David Randell has retired.
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    TOWLINES

    01/01/2006

    The Global Towing Alliance (GTA) managed by SmitWijs is expanding its fleet of ocean going tugs with two more units.

  • Ocean K Rusby was built for working in ice on the St Lawrence Seaway.
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    Irving Build More Tugs for the Ice

    01/01/2006

    Perhaps it is not surprising that a Canadian shipyard located in Halifax should be experienced in the construction of robust tugs capable of operating in ice. During the last quarter of 2005 Irving Shipbuilding Inc celebrated the completion of their 21st ASD tug, the Ocean K Rusby for Canadian owners ...

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    A Busy Time for Kooren

    01/01/2006

    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 Kooren, President of Kotug, and Mr R Hakan, Senior President of Med Marine, confirmed the deal during a ...

  • Svezia belongs to a new generation of Voith tractors.
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    Compact Voith Tractors Join the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Fleet in Genoa

    01/01/2006

    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 on operators preferring the tractor tug concept.

  • The escort tug Boxer is put through its paces on the Medway.
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    'Boxer' Goes on Charter in Britain

    01/01/2006

    One of Europe''s 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.

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    Sanmar Spread Their Wings

    01/12/2005

    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 to their customer base, with new clients from around the world, and especially Europe. All four vessels types ...

  • Adsteam Harty seen on trials in China is one of three Damen ASD 2411 tugs destined for the Medway and Felixstowe.
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    Changes Come Thick and Fast at Adsteam

    01/12/2005

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

  • Stevns Arctic was delivered to Nordane Shipping for employment on the spot market.
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    TOWLINES

    01/12/2005

    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.

  • Svitzer Bedford was delivered to ECTC by ASNAV of Chile.
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    Svitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated

    01/12/2005

    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 contracts can be adequately supported.

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    Four New RT-60 Rotor Tugs are Sold

    01/11/2005

    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 been revealed that all four have been sold to the new French tug fleet of Societe Nouvelle de ...

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    'Morgan Foss', A Powerful New Compact Tug

    01/11/2005

    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'', this highpowered vessel is the result of a unique collaboration between Foss and the Canadian based designer Robert ...

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    TOWLINES

    01/11/2005

    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 built up a substantial business in the transportation of stone, excavated spoil and other cargoes in the face ...

  • Bugsier 1 is in service with the Hamburg fleet.
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    K Damen Complete the First of Three Bugsier Tugs

    01/10/2005

    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.

  • Buoy handling has been simplified in Jersey with the arrival of the Duke of Normandy.
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    The Duke of Normandy Demonstrates Its Versatility

    01/10/2005

    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 of Damen Shoalbuster 2609 tugs to be built for a port authority, its versatility has surprised even its ...

  • Garibaldo is fitted out extensively for tanker handling and pollution control.
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    'Garibaldo' Visits the UK

    01/10/2005

    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 in China, the vessel had just completed a barge tow from Singapore to Newcastle on its delivery voyage.

  • Sea Endeavourwas one of the few single screw tugs remaining in the Svitzer fleet.
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    TOWLINES

    01/10/2005

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

  • Titan are known for an innovative approach to wreck removal, here Coral Bulker is rolled out of the water section by section.
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    Crowley Acquires Titan Maritime LLC

    01/10/2005

    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 acquired company will be known as Titan and become a wholly owned Crowley subsidiary.

  • SMIT Salvage puts out a fire on container ship Norasia.
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    SMIT Deals with Fire and Groundings

    01/10/2005

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