Tugs & Salvage – Page 19
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NewsTugs delivery and order round-up
This month sees four tug deliveries and orders for a further six vessels of interest to report along with news of a new tug design from OSD-IMT.
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NewsABS remote control notation examined
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s tug Maju 510 is the world’s first tug to receive ABS’s Remote Control Navigation Notation allowing a look at the classification society’s guide for such.
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NewsNew Kotug Rotortugs for Australia
Rotterdam-based towage provider Kotug has strengthened its shiphandling operation at Port Hedland, Australia with the arrival of two new ART80-32 Rotortugs.
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NewsSchottel enhances service provision in Canada
Schottel’s US and Canadian arms have joined forces with two Canadian companies to enhance support provision for the increasing local fleet of Schottel-propelled vessels.
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NewsA whirlwind of work for Smit Salvage
Smit Salvage has reported an exceptionally busy period including assisting vessels caught up in a hurricane in the US and grounded ships in West Africa.
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NewsTug battery order marks Corvus’ 500th project
Corvus Energy has revealed that its order for batteries for three zero-emission tugs under construction at Sanmar Shipyards will be its 500th project order.
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NewsAustralian naval contract heads to Svitzer
Svitzer Australia has won a long-term contract to provide towage and associated services to the Royal Australian Navy.
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NewsABS approval for autonomous tug project
A quartet of developers have achieved an important regulatory step forward with their autonomous tug project.
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NewsBoluda expands into Rostock
Continuing expansion of its activities in northwest Europe, Boluda Towage has commenced towage operations in the German port of Rostock.
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NewsCorvus Energy, Sanmar and hybrid tugs
Corvus Energy and Sanmar Shipyards have announced a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding to develop a new range of zero-emission and hybrid tugs.
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NewsSea Machines equips Foss autonomous tug
News that Sea Machines is supplying its autonomous command and control system for Foss Maritime’s tug Rachael Allen reveals some of the logic behind autonomous tug operations.
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NewsSvitzer celebrates ten years in Angola
Svitzer’s marking of ten years of operation in Angola reveals the valuable methods the Denmark-based towage company employed to train local tug crews.
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NewsTurkey receives its latest escort tug
The Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety has taken delivery of the second of its latest emergency response, escort and assistance tugs from Sanmar Shipyards.
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NewsSchottel thrusters for Starnav quartet
Brazilian towage group Starnav has selected Schottel RudderPropellers for a quartet of escort tugs to be built in Brazil.
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NewsLloyds commits to support LOF contracts
Lloyds has expressed its commitment to Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch (LSAB) and to oversee Lloyd’s Open Form contracts (LOF) after earlier suggesting LSAB services could be stopped.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up
With another busy month of deliveries and orders, we look at news involving 13 vessels, all with predominantly European involvement.
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NewsContracts signed for Crowley’s eWolf tug
Details have been announced of propulsion and deck machinery packages for Crowley’s eWolf destined to be the US’s first battery-powered harbour tug./p>
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NewsOrder success for Vallianz
Following last month’s news of development of an all-electric tug Vallianz is making more waves in the region’s ship building sector following a tug order for Taiwan principles.
