Tugs

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Rolls-Royce and Drydocks World Dubai to provide systems for gas-fuelled tugs for the Middle East market.

11th April 2013

Gas-fuelled tugs to be developed in Dubai

11th April 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch company Micanti says that it has applied its patented Thorn-D non-toxic antifouling on the tug Willem-B Sr, owned by BMS Towing and used for towage and salvage in The Netherlands.

18th February 2013

Foil replaces paint on Dutch tug

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

“We simply saw a gap: a vessel that can handle high seas more easily than the normal offshore tug and barge combinations,” says Remko Bouma of Damen Shipyards Bergum.

18th February 2013

Tug and barge alternative

18th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finlands Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a major contract to supply 28 engines and complete propulsion systems for fourteen tugs being built by Damen Shipyards for the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

6th November 2012

Wärtsilä to power new KOC tugs

6th November 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen has signed a contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to build 14 Damen ASD tugs.

16th October 2012

Damen builds terminal tugs for KOC

16th October 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seatech Engineering in Poland has developed designs for an inland waterways push tug that uses LNG as fuel. The challenge was to accommodate the space required for the LNG tanks within the…

13th September 2012

Inland LNG Push Tug

13th September 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Smit Lamnalco has launched SL Gabon – the first tug branded under the company’s new corporate identity, following the integration of Smit’s terminal operations with Lamnalco back in 2011.

5th September 2012

First Smit Lamnalco tug launched

5th September 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ICDAS Shipyards has delivered the ‘Z-Tech 6500 ICDAS 19’to its sister company, ICDAS Port Operations.

30th August 2012

Z-Tech tug successfully delivered to ICDAS

30th August 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The new RAmparts 3200 tugs for the Abu Dhabi Ports Company have been specially designed for a reduced manning operation, with a high degree of machinery automation.

24th August 2012

Low manpower design for Abu Dhabi tugs

24th August 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dubais Grandweld Shipyards recently delivered two new 55 tonne bollard pull escort tugboats to Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, and a special ceremony was held to mark the occasion.

14th August 2012

Grandweld tugs for Khalifa Port

14th August 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that it is to supply the main engines for two LNG-fuelled tugs being built for CNOOC Energy Technology & Services (CETS), a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Offshore Oil…

11th July 2012

Chinese LNG tug engine order for Wärtsilä

11th July 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Tug owners worldwide have long recognised the need to meet future demands for more environmentally acceptable vessels, and Europe is joining the USA in making ‘green’ tug power a reality, writes Jack…

1st July 2012

European hybrid tugs are coming to fruition

1st July 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Canadian tug design specialist Robert Allan and Dutch company Rotortug (KST) have announce the initiation of a new strategic alliance for the future development of the Rotor Tug concept.

6th June 2012

Robert Allan and Rotortug to cooperate

6th June 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems says that US tug operator Harley Marine Services is participating in a field study of the Cat 3500 US EPA Tier 3 marine propulsion engines, scheduled for completion…

1st June 2012

Tug to trial EPA Tier 3 Cat engines

1st June 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wendy Laursen outlines how commuter ferries with innovative power systems provide a testing ground for systems that could bring clean power to other vessel types, notably harbour tugs, thanks to battery technology.

1st April 2012

Ferries lead, tugs may follow

1st April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Cathelco says that it has designed special box cooler anti-fouling systems for two tugs which are used by Rio Tinto to berth iron ore carrying vessels in the port of…

3rd January 2012

Box cooler antifouling system designed for Australian tugs

3rd January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A multi-purpose tug and offshore support vessel, Seaways 20, designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, and built by Keppel Singmarine, has been delivered to owner Seaways International of Singapore.

6th December 2011

Offshore tug from Canadian designer

6th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crowley Maritime of the USA has recently launched the ‘Ocean Wave’, first of four Ocean Class tugs under construction at Bollinger Shipyards.

6th December 2011

First of four US tugs launched

6th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Offshore Ship Designers has been contracted to develop the design of a low emission diesel electric harbour tug for IJmuiden based Iskes Towage & Salvage.

29th November 2011

OSD to design low emission tug for Iskes

29th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Portuguese shiprepair yard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) repaired 31 vessels up to September, a number slightly inferior to that achieved in 2010 in the same period.

20th November 2011

Mixed fortunes for Spanish and Portuguese repair yards

20th November 2011