Tugs

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce azimuthing thrusters have been chosen by the South Korean Coast Guard to power 15 new environmental protection vessels.

26th October 2011

Thrusters for 15 Korean Coast Guard tugs

26th October 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maltese towage operator Tug Malta has specified the Royston enginei fuel consumption monitoring system for its newest tug, currently under construction at the Zamakona yard in Spain.

21st September 2011

Fuel monitoring system for new tug

21st September 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Jack Gaston reviews the latest tug designs, looking in particular at their efficient and environmentally-friendly propulsion arrangements.

28th August 2011

Tugowners have more choice than ever before

28th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Spanish yard Astilleros Armón has recently delivered one tug powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar engines of nine-cylinder format.

16th August 2011

MAN four-strokes for Spanish-built tugs

16th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Ocean Safety has been awarded a contract by Svitzer UK to supply and service ISO and SOLAS lifejackets, pyrotechnics, survival suits and other safety equipment to the company’s UK fleet…

4th August 2011

Safety deal with tug operator

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Stratos Global says that its Inmarsat Fleet Broadband satellite communications service offering has been selected for six deep-sea tugboats in Fairplay Towage’s fleet.

16th March 2011

Comms package for deep-sea tugs

16th March 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast, has some attractive and well-proven tugs, but the fleet is ageing with many vessels over 30 years old, writes Alan Haig-Brown.

18th October 2010

Old-but-good tugs deserve repower and rebuild

18th October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply 12 azimuth thrusters to power six new tugboats for Qingdao Port in China. Deliveries will start in the third quarter of 2010.

30th September 2010

Rolls-Royce powers six new Chinese tugs

30th September 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

At first sight a 7.8m vessel seems ridiculously small to be featured in a magazine concerned with ocean-going vessels. But the BRAtt is a serious craft, with a serious purpose – even…

23rd September 2010

Floating training aid for tug operation

23rd September 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The LNG transportation market puts new demands on the tug and towage industry; Jack Gaston reports on how tug design is evolving to meet these specialist needs.

23rd September 2010

Tug designers meet the special demands of LNG shipping

23rd September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crowley Maritime in the USA has ordered two additional high-bollard-pull Ocean class tugs from Bollinger Shipyards.

21st July 2010

Crowley to build two more ocean tugs

21st July 2010

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

We often remark that little is new in the world of ship design and ship machinery. The June 1960 issue of The Motor Ship proves that.

5th July 2010

Electric power for efficient tugs

5th July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a contract to supply 12 azimuth thrusters to power six new tugboats for Qingdao Port, a leading coastal port in China. Deliveries will start in the third quarter…

30th June 2010

Rolls-Royce powers six new tugs in Eastern China

30th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo, SA (ENVC, SA) is managing to keep its docks busy and to maintain, in the repair business, similar results to those achieved in…

27th June 2010

Portuguese yard facing tough market

27th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

While many ports are experimenting with a range of designs for their docking assist tugs, three ports on Korea’s west coast chose to stay with a well-proven design.

28th March 2010

Korean harbour tugs do the job

28th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US tug owner Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean going tug with options for additional vessels.

23rd February 2010

Crowley orders two ocean tugs from Bollinger

23rd February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of a new class of tugs for the US Navy, designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, Canada, has been handed over and is now in operation.

18th February 2010

First new US Navy pilots tug enters service

18th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

At the 4th Maritime Awards Gala held in Rotterdam, the KVNR Shipping Award 2009 was granted to the sustainable tugboat project known as E3 Tug. The E3 tug is being developed by…

9th December 2009

E3 tug receives award

9th December 2009

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas (BV) has been chosen to class two different series of sophisticated ice-breaking tugs for service in the Caspian Sea.The first series is for three plus two 66 m loa ice-breaking…

2nd September 2009

BV to class Caspian ice-breaking tugs

2nd September 2009

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China has received an order to build two 45-ton bollard pull twin-screw Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugs from Keppel Smit Towage Pte Ltd (KST). These vessels will be…

11th August 2009

Keppel wins two-tug order

11th August 2009