Tugs & Salvage – Page 24
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NewsBusy times for Smit Salvage
Rotterdam-based Smit Salvage has had a busy period with some activities that grab mainstream media headlines and others attracting little attention.
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NewsHistoric oil removal work for Resolve Marine
Resolve Marine has been involved in a diverse range of salvage activities including removal of heavy fuel oil from a ship that sunk over 50 years ago.
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NewsISU presents its 2020 salvage statistics
International Salvage Union (ISU) annual statistics report weaker industry revenues and a dramatic fall in wreck removals, its president expressing concern at the industry’s long-term viability as it is today.
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NewsUzmar builds record-breaking oil spill vessel
Uzmar Shipyards has delivered a multipurpose oil spill recovery and support vessel becoming the largest Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed vessel ever built in Turkey.
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NewsDouble deliveries for Crowley
US privately-owned Crowley Maritime Corporation has expanded its towage fleet with the addition of a biofuel-powered escort tug and an articulated tug/barge (ATB) unit.
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NewsMore training partnership success for Kotug
Kotug Training & Consultancy and AMC Search are to develop a strategic partnership to train tug masters, ship crews and pilots in Australia.
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NewsThames tugs turn to biofuel
Tug operator Cory Group has switched its Thames lighterage tugs to biofuel after trials resulted in a net CO2 emissions reduction of 90%.
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NewsThird VectRA tractor joins Ashdod Port fleet
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a Robert Allan Ltd tractor tug to Italy’s Tripmare making the third similar design vessel to operate at Ashdod Port, Israel.
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NewsHealthy order books for tug builders
Shipyards are experiencing a busy period with the awarding of five contracts to report, three involving multiple vessels making a total of 15 newbuilds on their way.
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NewsTug design – evolution or revolution?
At a time when green, remotely controlled and autonomous tugs attract attention, let’s draw breath and reflect on how tug design itself has developed in recent decades.
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NewsMethanol tug conversion for Port of Antwerp
Hot on the heels of acquiring three Tier III tugs, Port of Antwerp’s ‘greening the fleet’ programme will now see conversion of a tug to operate on methanol fuel.
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NewsReducing the cost of electric tugs
Vallianz Holdings and SeaTech Solutions have teamed up to develop an all-electric tug targeting a CAPEX increase of just 20% and lower life cycle costs.
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NewsCrowley plans for the future
Crowley Engineering Services is addressing future challenges head on with the design of the first fully-electric US tug with autonomous technology.
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NewsDamen delivers workboat to Jamaica
Damen Shipyards has delivered the multipurpose workboat Jamaica III to Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJAM) primarily for buoy maintenance but also with towing capabilities.
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NewsBatteries for tugs large and not so large
With battery power for tugs gaining interest, news arrives of Damen’s progress with 'Sparky' and Maersk’s ordering of a battery pack for one if its most powerful anchor-handlers.
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NewsSanmar’s first Tier III tug heads to Norway
Norway’s Buksér og Berging (BB) has received its sixth vessel from Sanmar, a powerful tractor tug and the first Tier III tug from the Turkish shipbuilder.
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NewsGuadeloupe tug order for Piriou
French shipbuilder Piriou has notched up another order for its OST 30 ASD tug for operation in the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe.
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NewsA new force for Tasmanian towage
Tasmania’s TasPorts has enhanced its towage provision with the entry into service of the country’s first Rotortug RT Force.
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NewsChanges for French ETV fleet
The International Salvage Union is reporting that Les Abeilles has had its French emergency towing vessel (ETV) contract renewed including provision of powerful replacements for two existing ETVs.
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