Tugs & Salvage – Page 23
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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.
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NewsKotug takes over towage at Port Hedland
Kotug Australia Pty Ltd and Westug Pty Ltd have agreed to ‘re-shape’ towage services for Pilbara Marine in Port Hedland, Western Australia.
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NewsMedTug – expanding tug fleet for MSC
The arrival of a second Sanmar-built tug to MedTug SA for operation at Sines, Portugal has highlighted the choices for shipowners when selecting a tug operator.
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NewsSteerprop bags three vessel order with Uzmar
Finnish propulsion manufacturer Steerprop has won a significant order to supply six of its azimuth propulsion units to a trio of tugs under construction at Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyards.
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NewsWärtsilä supporting pusher tugs in Brazil
Technology group Wärtsilä has agreed a contract to support two Brazilian river tugs and follows a similar contract with the operator signed in 2017 covering eight vessels in Paraguay.
