Tugs & Salvage – Page 101
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NewsA New Tug Fleet at Marchwood
There is a growing use of scale model tugs to aid training and simulation in shiphandling and pilotage. Southampton Institute has recently added a tug to their inventory at the Manned Model Shiphandling Facility at Marchwood. The unmanned radio controlled scale model of an ASD tug is fully functional with ...
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NewsOstensjo Builds Sophisticated New Escort Tug
A new high-performance tanker-handling tug has been ordered by Norwegian tug owner Ostensjo Rederi A/S of Haugesund to operate at the Norske Hydro oil terminal at Sture.
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NewsKings Lynn Take Delivery of New Harbour Tug
Operators of the small but busy East Anglian port of Kings Lynn are more than pleased with their new harbour tug Conservator.
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NewsTowlines
BUE Viking, operators of the largest ''standby'' fleet in the North Sea, has appointed Mr Graham Philip as their new Chief Executive. Mr Philip has been associated with the offshore and towage industries for most of his career and was Managing Director of Cory Towage Ltd. At the time of ...
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NewsTowlines
Brazilian Offshore Services (BOS) a joint venture company, owned 50/50 by Farstad ofAlesund in Norway and Petroserve of Brazil, has been awarded long term contracts by Petrobras for the provision of two anchor-handling tug supply vessels. Two new Rolls Royce UT 722L vessels have been ordered to cover two contracts, ...
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NewsCrowley Complete Massive Rebuild Programme
Crowley Maritime Corporation of the USA has completed one of the most extensive rebuild programmes ever undertaken in the towage industry anywhere in the world.
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NewsA unique Single Z-Drive Conversion
A tug conversion project recently undertaken by US operator McAllister Towing & Transportation will be of interest to other tug owners contemplating the future of their older, conventional, single screw tugs.
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NewsAdsteam Diversify
Australian owned Adsteam Towage Ltd are taking measures to improve fleet utilisation by diversifying where practicable into tug and barge transportation, coastal towing and support to marine civil engineering projects.
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NewsUNV Add Azimuthing Sterndrive Tugs to Their Range
Following hard on the heels of a very successful series of Voith tractor tugs Spanish shipbuilder Union Naval Valencia SA (UNV) has completed the first tugs of a new azimuthing Stern drive (ASD) design. Named CMM Veracruz and CMM Cordoba they were delivered earlier this year to CM Mexicana, of ...
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NewsArmon Complete Extensive Order for Russia
Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon has completed a large order for five tugs and two mooring vessels for Russian operators. All seven vessels are now in service and Armon are currently engaged in the construction of two more tugs of a different design. All seven vessels are designed to serve tankers ...
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News'Pelican' Refloated by a Massive Tug Fleet
Groundings on the Schelde, with its shallow sandbanks, are not uncommon and when they occur are frequently resolved quickly in salvage operations involving large numbers of local tugs.
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NewsRynwaal Shipyards is Busy with Work for Nigeria
Rynwaal Shipyards based at Hardinxveld-Giessendam recently completed the two versatile ASD tugs Ohafia and Zaranda for use in Nigerian harbours and coastal waters. The pair are part of an order from the Nigerian Ports Authority for six tugs to three different specifications. A number of smaller vessels have already been ...
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NewsHalmatic Delivers 'Farset of Belfast'
The quest of leading boatbuilder VT Halmatic to enter the steel workboat market has taken a substantial step forward with the recent delivery of the tug/workboat Farset of Belfast .
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NewsSanmar Introduce the First of the 'Nehir' Class
Turkish tug owner and builder Sanmar Denizcilik Makina ve Ticaret Ltd of Istanbul has completed the first of two 22.5m Nehir class twin-screw tugs. The first vessel Nehir is now in service with the company''s own fleet and sister-ship Nehir II will be launched by the middle of July.
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Smit Announce Acquisition of Belgium's Largest Tug Company
In an announcement made in Rotterdam on 24 June Smit International NV reported the acquisition of a full 100% holding in Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst NV (URS) of Antwerp.
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NewsA New Canadian Tug for European Operators
When the new tug Stevns Ocean arrived in Europe a few weeks ago and was offered for deep sea towage it created a great deal of interest. The tug, reported to be the first of a pair, was constructed in Canada for Nordane Shipping A/S of Svenborg, Denmark.
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NewsSMS Offer New Humber Towage Service
A new fleet is being formed by SMS Towage Ltd to offer towage services in and around the Humber ports. The Hessle based company acquired the stern-drive tugs Tradesman and Trueman in Hong Kong and they were transported to the UK as deck cargo aboard the MV Svenja , arriving ...
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