Tugs

The German shipbuilder Mutzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven has won a $60 million order for two more powerful ocean-going tugs from domestic offshore operator Harms Bergung Transport and Heavylift. The tugs will have a…

MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Denmark, has been awarded the contract to supply a twinL21/31 propulsion engine package for a 30m Italian tractor tug newbuilding. This is the first tractor tug application for…

Wärtsilä is to supply Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd, of Hong Kong, with the propulsion plants for seven 60-tonne bollard pull Z-Tech tugs contracted by the Panama Canal Authority. They will be employed…

Adsteam Marine has strengthened its UK-based fleet of tugs with its latest newbuilding, ?Adsteam Ferriby?, which entered into service last week This new 70 tonne bollard pull ASD tug embodies the latest…

Two-stroke diesel engines from MAN B&W have been specified for a 90 metre long Chinese ocean going tug. The newbuilding is under construction at Wuchang Shipyard, Wuhan, China for the owner Shanghai…

MAN B&W has been awarded the contract to supply two medium-speed L27/38 twin engine packages for two escort and terminal handling tugs. The newbuildings are under construction at the Spanish shipyard of…

The new Gwadar Port in Pakistan is being completed by Chinese engineers ahead of schedule with the first phase of the port to be opened in the first quarter of 2005. China…

The orders for the Lloyd?s Register-classed, 75 metre long twin screw Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit were placed with Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan. The Sherpa will be commissioned in May…

The orders for the Lloyd?s Register-classed, 75 metre long twin screw Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit were placed with Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan. The Sherpa will be commissioned in May…

A keel-laying ceremony took place at Niigata Shipbuilders, Japan, on August 20 for Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit, two large tugs ordered by Rotterdam-based towage and heavy transportation specialists Fairmount Marine.The two…

The Norwegian naval architect firm Multi Maritime, designer of highly specialised icebreakers, has, with Rieber Shipping AS and shipbuilder Aker Langsten, developed a new icebreaking tug design. The Aker Langsten newbuilding is…

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading has ordered two RT-60 class ?rotor? tugs to be built at ASL Shipyard in Singapore. The tugs will have a bollard pull capacity in excess of 63 tonnes…

Keppel Corporation Limited, through its offshore and marine units in Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has clinched contracts worth a total of S$45m ($25.5m). The contracts involve the construction of…

Just as there are horses for courses, so are there tugs for ports. Local conditions and specific situations require different solutions, which are reflected in the development of a range of tug…

An innovative Canadian designed harbour tug, which is said to offer higher manoeuvrability, stability and bollard pull than conventional designs, is making an Australian debut at the south west coast bulk commodity…

Design software : Autoship works for Portuguese yard The naval shipyard, Arsenal do Alfeite of Portugal, has installed Autoship Systems` naval architecture design software at its engineering offices. The yard repairs the…