Tugs & Salvage – Page 96
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NewsNew Lighterage Contracts for GPS
GPS Marine Contractors Ltd with tugs fleets based on the Thames and Medway have announced new lighterage contracts with both Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd and Hanson Aggregates Ltd . The work for Stema Shipping involves the transportation of aggregates by barge from Red Lion Wharf at Northfleet on the Thames ...
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NewsTOWLINES
Commercial and military boatbuilder VT Halmatic ofPortchester has recently secured a contract to build three WB18 workboats for an un-named overseas operator. The 18.9m steel workboats will be similar to Prince Rock , delivered in 2004 to Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and will be delivered in early 2006. Powered by twin ...
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NewsSpain Orders Pollution Control ETVs
SASEMAR , the Spanish marine safety agency, has ordered two advanced pollution prevention and control vessels designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce in a contract worth approximately £ 16m.
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NewsIHC Delta to Build Multipurpose Tugs for Smit Transport Europe
SMIT Transport Europe BV has placed an order with the IHCHolland Delta Shipyard for the construction of three multipurpose tugs. The design for the new vessels, designated the Delta Multi Purpose Pusher Tug 2500 (DMPT 2500), is intended for a wide range of marine operations in sheltered, shallow waters and ...
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News'Primus' is Delivered and New Orders Placed
German operators Harms Offshore of Hamburg christened their new anchor-handling tug Primus atthe yard of Mutzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven on 4 December 2004 (see MJ - November 2004).
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Svitzer Marine Orders an Escort Tug for the River Mersey
Svitzer Marine Ltd has signed a contract with the ASL Shipyard in Singapore for a purpose-built escort tug for operation on the River Mersey.
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News'Braveheart' Lends Englishman a Hand
An epic example of seamanship has won a vote of thanks from one tugmaster to another.
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NewsA Major Step Forward in the use of Tug Models
The use of manned ship models in the training of ship-masters and pilots has now become well established practice.
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NewsSwift Salvors Prevent Pollution
Wijsmuller Salvage ended a busy 2004 dealing with two very different situations which shared a common purpose, pollution mitigation.
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NewsBP Award Tug Management Contract to Targe
Targe Towing Ltd , based in Montrose, Scotland, has been awarded a management contract to operate a new tug fleet to be based at the BP Coryton oilrefinery in the Thames Estuary.
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Titan Beats Time Before Barge Breaks Up
The 6,000 ton container barge Guantanamo Bay Express departed Jacksonville, Florida recently under tow from the Spence on a scheduled service to the US Naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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NewsTow Rope Put to the Test
A breaking load test specially commissioned by Adsteam Towage has revealed the practical benefits of, Cosalt Safety & Protections '' ongoing investment in improving its rope products.
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NewsMore Ramparts ASD Tugs on the Stocks Worldwide
Towards the end of 2004, Vancouver based naval architects and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) were awarded a contract to design a new series of high-performance ship-handling tugs for the Chinese Port of Ningbo .
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NewsHythe improve US Army LT series tugs
The United States Army - Combat Equipment Battalion atHythe on Southampton Water is in the process of carrying out a unique reconstruction programme on a series of powerful twin-screw tugs. All six of the tugs concerned are just 10 years old but during their relatively short working lives have been ...
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News'Duke of Normandy' to be replaced
Jersey Harbours , in the UK Channel Islands, are to have a sophisticated new flagship, a 26m Damen Shoalbuster tugdesigned to undertake a wide range of duties in the locality.
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NewsChinese Yard Builds a Large ASD Tug for the Mediterranean
An interesting new azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug is due to enter service in the Mediterranean early next year.
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NewsSvitzer Reinforce Their Milford Haven Tug Fleet
Svitzer Marine Ltd has significantly reinforced their fleet of tanker handling tugs at Milford Haven with the arrival of the new Svitzer Milford . The tug, the first of a new series to be deployed to a British port, arrived during the first week of November and entered service after ...
