Tugs & Salvage – Page 51
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NewsTOWLINES (December 2015)
Dutch towage contractor BMS Seatowage BV have a new addition to their fleet in the form of the hybrid tug conversion ‘Sil-Jeske-B’ built for Koedood BV by Shipyard Kooiman.
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NewsSvitzer adds to its Amsterdam fleet
Svitzer Amsterdam have taken delivery of ''Svitzer Amstel'', a relatively new and exclusive design from Robert Allan Ltd built by Sanmar Shipyards.
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NewsEuropean ingredients in Argentinian ASD tug
Cummins Marine has provided the comprehensive machinery installation for a new ASD tug designed and built in Argentina and destined for both ship-assist and coastal towing duties.
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NewsMajor South African order kicks off
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) have celebrated the ceremonial naming of the first of nine Voith Schneider powered tugs with an element of European involvement worthy of mention.
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NewsCarrousel tugs and another ASD for Multraship
At the Europort 2015 exhibition recently, Terneuzen, Netherlands-based Multraship announced the commissioning of construction of two Carrousel RAVE tugs along with confirmation of an order for another Damen ASD 3212.
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NewsMTS Towage transforms heavy lift
Falmouth based Marine and Towage Services Group (MTS) along with specialist shipper Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd have completed the delivery of nine transformers in three shipments from Rotterdam to Scotland.
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NewsNew to you for Seacontractors
Netherlands-based Seacontractors are completing the acquisition of six B-Class tug/workboats, swapping the grey hull colours of previous owner Smit to the black hull of Seacontractors.
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NewsDamen pairs for different continents
Two separate pairs of Damen ASD tugs have entered service for different owners on different continents to operate in Lithuania and in the Bahamas, 8,300km apart.
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NewsSanmar continues to deliver
Rarely a month passes without news from Sanmar Shipyards and in this edition we report on an ASD tug for UK’s SMS Towage, two ASDs for a new container terminal in Turkey and details of Jordan’s latest line-handling tug.
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NewsDamen’s Russian and Baltic connections
Recent items of news from Damen Shipyards Group and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping highlight the former’s involvement with products destined for Russia and the northern Baltic states.
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NewsUnmanned tugs – the ultimate crew protection?
Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd have unveiled a revolutionary concept with their vision of an autonomous unmanned tug, named RAmora and the flagship of their TOWBoT (Tele-operated Workboat or Tug) series.
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NewsBusy second quarter for Tsavliris Salvage
Greece''s Tsavliris Salvage has reported a busy 2015 second quarter highlighting the importance to both the world of maritime commerce and the health of the environment of a professional salvage industry.
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NewsA Smart job for Titan Salvage
Titan Salvage, now part of Ardent following the merger between Titan and Svitzer Salvage, have successfully completed removal of the cape-size bulk carrier ‘Smart’ in South Africa.
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NewsSewol salvage details revealed
China’s state-owned Shanghai Salvage Co along with other South Korean companies have been engaged to raise the wreck of the ferry ‘Sewol’ which sank off Jindo Island in 2014 with the loss of over 300 lives.
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NewsTwo conventional tugs join Seacontractors’ fleet
Middelburg, the Netherlands-based Seacontractors BV has now taken delivery of two customised anchor-handling tugs from Damen Shipyards for operation in the Middle East.
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NewsRedwise tug deliveries
An update on activities at Dutch Redwise Maritime services has highlighted the work of behind-the-scenes services employed to deliver ships, including tugs for owners and operators who may not have ocean passage crewing capabilities.
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NewsMultraship’s newbuild programme well underway
Earlier this year ‘Maritime Journal’ reported on the expansion of Multraship’s fleet with a three vessel order from Damen including a hybrid ASD Tug 2810. The programme is now complete with delivery of two ASD Tug 3212s.
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NewsSvitzer joint venture secures tow contract extension
Point Tupper Towing, a joint venture between Svitzer and Atlantic Towing Ltd have agreed a long-term towage contract extension with Texas based NuStar Energy to continue tug services at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia.
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NewsBoskalis announce 2015 half-year results
“Once again we can look back on a fantastic first half of the year with historically high EBITDA of half a billion euros” comments Peter Berdowski, CEO of Boskalis with mixed results for the towage and salvage sectors.
