Tugs & Salvage – Page 87
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NewsFairmount Complete Their Five Tug Fleet
''Fairmount Expedition'', the fifth of the new Fairmount Class of tugs, is now in service. The vessel was launched in February this year, named in Japan on 21 May and, after extensive trials, joined the fleet of Netherlands based Fairmount Marine BV early in June.
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News'Centaur II' is now in service in the Polish port of Gdynia.
The new ASD tug ‘ Centaur II’ has now entered service with Gdynia Harbour Tug Services in Poland. Completed in April by Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Remontowa SA, the 31.2m long tug has a beam of 10.5m and draft of 4.8m.
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NewsThe World Sees Massive Demand for New Tugs
The worldwide demand for new tugs has reached unprecedented levels, with industry pundits quoting a global total in March of approximately 600 vessels on order.
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NewsSemco Give a Further Boost to Far East Deepsea Fleet
Major Singapore based towage and salvage company Semco PTE. Ltd has taken delivery of the first two of a new class of three deepsea tugs.
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NewsFirst 13m Tug Delivered by Macduff
Macduff Ship Design took another significant step forward in their quest for a greater share of the tug and workboat market with the recent delivery of the ‘ Fair Maid of Perth’ .
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NewsFoss to Upgrade a Third Voith Tractor
Back in May 2005 it was reported in Tugs & Towing that Foss Maritime of Seattle, USA, were carrying out a unique refurbishment of the two Voith tractors, ''Wedell'' Foss and ''Henry Foss''.
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Titan Gears Up for Growth in Europe
Well known to the salvage community , particularly in the salvage arena of the UK, Mark Hoddinott, formerly salvage manager with Adsteam, has joined the salvage company Titan Maritime as managing director Europe and will be based in the Titan Maritime (UK) Newhaven office.
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NewsSalvors Welcome New Wreck Removal Convention
The world''s marine salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization''s adoption of a new Wreck Removal Convention (WRC).
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NewsChinese Capacity Aids Newbuild Demand
With global demand for tugs and offshore vessels at an all time high, a growing number of yards in the Far East are looking to expand their export markets further around the world.
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NewsSuccess Sees Second Ice Class Tug
Shortly after the successful completion of a first winter’ s operation of their newbuild tug ‘ Ocean K.Rusby’ , Groupe Ocean of Quebec in Canada commissioned Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia to build a second Ice 1A tug.
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NewsAnother Z-Tech for Bay-Houston
The Z-Tech design by Vancouver based tug designer Robert Allan has proved successful around the world but Bay-Houston Towing Co is one of only two operators having them built across the border in the United States.
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NewsWreck Removal: Key Issues Remain Unresolved
New developments in wreck removal and the ever increasing size of ships provided the focus for the International Salvage Union''s London conference last month.
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NewsRemovals and Refloats Occupy SMIT
Major refloatings and wreck removals were a feature of the SMIT Salvage first quarter workload.
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News'Osterdijk' Emergency Required Fire Expertise
Specialised firefighting techniques proved the key to success in the recent operation to save the Dutch general cargo vessel ''Ostedijk''.
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PMI Develops Z-Drive Tug Handling Programme
The Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle USA, in partnership with Captain Jeff Slesinger, has developed and implemented a three phase Z-drive Tug Handling Programme.
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NewsMacDuff Builds the First Tug with a 'DOT' Towing System
A new tug under construction to a design by Macduff Ship Design will be the first commercial vessel in the world to be fitted with the novel Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system.
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NewsSvitzerWijsmuller Take the Reins at Adsteam
On 30 March SvitzerWijsmuller effectively took over management responsibility of Adsteam Marine in Britain and Australasia. In the UK the reins have passed to Svitzer Marine Ltd, which will manage the business from their existing headquarters on Teeside. Adsteam''s present headquarters in Marina Court, Hull, is expected to close and ...
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NewsAn Important New Contract for Ostensjo
Østensjø Rederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contract with Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminal now under construction at Aukra in Norway.
