Tugs & Salvage – Page 24
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NewsBoskalis tugs kept busy in the North Sea
Seasonal bad weather in Europe has seen two Boskalis tugs provide emergency assistance to a drifting bulk carrier and a grounded container ship, all within one week.
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NewsMore tugs announced for Svitzer’s Suez fleet
Svitzer has announced an extension to its towage contract with the Suez Canal Authority including two additional tugs bringing the Danish tug owners fleet operating in the canal to six.
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NewsRedwise completes notable tug delivery
Netherlands-based ship delivery company Redwise has described the memorable delivery task of a 19m tug from the west coast of Scotland to Iceland.
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NewsZeetug progress report and expansion plans
Zeetug has released an operational status report on Gisaş Power, the world’s first zero-emission all-electric tug along with opening of the ‘Zeetug Factory’ and keel-laying ceremony for a new vessel.
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NewsTowlines (March 2022)
UK tug owner Carmet Tug Company has ordered a new workboat, its first new multi-role vessel for ten years. Carmet’s new workboat is being built in the Netherlands (Carmet) The vessel will be a 20m long EasyWorker class workboat built by Dutch shipyard Groeneveldt Marine Construction. Volvo ...
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NewsTug Delivery and order round-up (March 2022)
This month’s activity brings news of six Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed arrivals to the global tug fleet including first order and deliveries of 2022 for a prolific European shipyard.
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NewsTOWLINES (February 2022)
Boskalis has published a book describing the efforts of subsidiary Smit Salvage with refloating the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal.
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NewsSalvage round-up (February 2022)
A sunken fishing vessel in Norway, disabled tanker in the Western Approaches and an oil spill in Chile, incidents requiring the attention of the professional salvage industry.
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NewsHistoric fuel removal task for Resolve
US-based salvor Resolve Marine has recovered fuel oil from a tanker sunk by a German submarine nearly 80 years ago, 70 miles off Florida.
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NewsIntroducing the TRAnsverse Tug
Svitzer and Robert Allan Ltd have presented a new tug design to be built by Sanmar Shipyards that will be the model for Svitzer’s carbon neutral methanol fuel cell tug.
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NewsSchottel to power all-electric tug eWolf
As Master Boat Builders begins construction of eWolf Schottel has reported it will supply the propulsion systems for what will be US’s first all-electric shiphandling tug.
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NewsDamen introduces ASD 2312 tug simulator
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has teamed up with Force Technology to develop a simulator for one of its popular tug designs at simulator centres and in the Cloud environment.
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NewsBoluda acquires Caledonian Towage Ltd
Boluda Towage and GEG (Holdings) Ltd have agreed a deal where the former will acquire Caledonian’s towage activities and its employees based at Invergordon, Scotland.
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NewsTug delivery and order round-up (February 2022)
A quiet news period allows room for a more detailed look at two tug deliveries and one order of interest reported in recent weeks, both with European involvement.
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NewsTOWLINES (January 2022)
Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard has started sea trials with its latest arctic rescue tug Piltun.
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NewsComplex salvage operation for Tsavliris
An operation from last year reported recently by Tsavliris Salvage underlines the complexity of such incidents requiring the skill and resources only professional salvors can provide.
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NewsWärtsilä to develop advanced tugs in China
Wärtsilä Voyage has signed a MoU with China Classification Society (CSS) and Tianjin Port to develop China’s next-generation intelligent tug in line with CSS intelligent ship standards.
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NewsNew president for International Salvage Union
The Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) has appointed Captain Nicholas Sloane as its new president with James Herbert selected as next secretary general.
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NewsMethanol fuel cell and biofuel tugs for Svitzer
Svitzer Towage has announced what it states will be the world’s first methanol fuel cell tug and conversion of its London and Medway fleet to burn carbon neutral marine biofuel.
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NewsKotug and Shift to develop E-Pusher batteries
Kotug International and Shift Clean Energy have formed a partnership to use Shift’s new PwrSwäp swappable batteries on Kotug’s E-Pusher tugs.
