All Tugs articles – Page 10
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Horizon wins tug contract
Horizon Shipbuilding in Bayou La Batre, USA, has won a $80 million contract to build up to nine 43 metre tugs designed to push barges full of refined oil products on the nation's inland river transport system. The three-year deal will mean hiring about 120 new workers at the Bayou ...
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Multraship expands tug fleet
The Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship has bought two newbuilding Azimuth Stern Drive tugs for delivery October 2007 and April 2008. The two multi-purpose tugs will be rated around 70 tonne bollard pull and are currently under construction at the Vega Denizcilik Sanayi Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti shipyard in ...
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East Isle Shipyard lands contract for three escort tugs
Workers at the East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown, part of the Irving Shipbuilding Inc. group in Canada, have another contract to handle after Irving confirmed a contract to build a series of three escort tugs for Atlantic Reyser. "It means more work for our more than 100 employees at the ...
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Damen ups tug output in China
The Penglai Bohai Shipyard Company in China and Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem, Netherland, have signed a 5 year business co-operation agreement for the construction of the top end of the range Damen standard tug boats and in particular the larger azimuth stern drive tug designs. Construction will take place at ...
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Worlds first hybrid tug
The port of Long Beach in California is sponsoring a new hybrid engine tug project to reduce emissions. "This is exactly the kind of innovation we are looking to help fund with our technology programme," said Harbour Commission President James C. Hankla. The port will contribute $500,000 to the $8 ...
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Tug builder to expand
A shipyard in East Boothbay that has become the largest tugboat builder on the US East Coast is planning a multi-million-dollar expansion that could triple its work force of skilled boat-builders. Washburn & Doughty Associates Inc. has signed an agreement to buy 14 acres at a former oil terminal in ...
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ASL building two RotorTugs
Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV (KST) has received an order for two of their RT-80r class tugs from Unterweser Reederei GmbH of Bremen, Germany. These RotorTugs are to be built at ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore. The 28.30 metre tugs will each have a bollard pull capacity of 80 ...
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Vietnam yard begins building Dutch tugs
The Da Nang-based Song Thu Co in Vietnam has laid the keels for four 5,000 HP tugs. These 24-metre long, 11-metre wide vessels, known as ASD 2411, will be built by the state-owned company for the Dutch Damen group under a $18.75 million contract signed last year.Damen will supply the ...
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Klyne Tugs wins UK contract
International towage and salvage firm, Klyne Tugs of Lowestoft, has won a £19 million contract extension for the ongoing supply of Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV) to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) at strategic UK points.The new deal takes the current eight-year deal beyond 2009 to September 2011 and lifts ...
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Conrad building LNG terminal/escort tugs
Conrad Industries in the USA has signed contracts for construction of two 30.15 metre Z-Tech 7500 Class Terminal/Escort Tugs with Bay-Houston Towing and Suderman & Young Towing Company. The ABS classed tugs will provide harbour tug services for LNG vessels calling at the Freeport LNG terminal which is currently under ...
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Novatug opens up South American market
Novatug, the Rotterdam-based specialist behind the design of the revolutionary Carrousel towing system for tugboats, has opened the way for significant expansion into the strategic South American market by agreeing an agency deal with Rio de Janeiro-based Ocean Research Company of America (ORCA).ORCA director and Brazilian maritime industry veteran Nilbe ...
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Novatug establishes consultancy
Novatug, the Rotterdam-based specialist behind the design of the revolutionary Carousel towing system for tugboats, has established an international tugboat equipment sourcing consultancy for vessel owners and shipyards.Rolf Kievits, general manager of Novatug, says, "There are huge shortages of certain types of equipment in today?s market. But Novatug is in ...
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Voith powers Taiwan tugs
Two Voith Water Tractors (VWT) have been ordered by Taiwan Navigation for use as escort vessels in the port of Taichung in Taiwan. The port entrance is particularly narrow and the new tugs will be used to escort LNG carriers safely to the newly constructed terminal. Each of the two ...
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East Isle yard wins tug order
The Prince Edward Island government in Canada is lending $3.6 million to the Quebec towing company Ocean Group Inc so it can order two new tugs from East Isle Shipyard in Georgetown. Ocean is the principal provider of towing services in the Port of Quebec, but also carries out maritime ...
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Multraship orders carousel tugs
Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship Towage & Salvage has ordered two innovative combi-tugs from Malaysian shipbuilder Nautica Nova Shipbuilding & Engineering (NNSE) which incorporate the unique Carousel towing system and which will address directly the needs of big ships requiring escort facilities into harbours and rivers. The first of ...
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Kooren sells three Rotortugs
Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading B.V. in Holland has won an order for three of their RT-80 Rotortugs from Bugsier-, Reederei-, und Bergungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. These 28.30m long by 12m wide tugs are to be built at ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd. in Singapore for delivery between November 2007 and ...
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Vietnam building tugs for Damen
The Vietnamese company Song Thu has signed a $19.5 million contract with Damen Group for the building of four 3,675kW tugs destined for Europe. Under the contract, the Song Thu company will be responsible for the supply of materials and workforce while the Damen Group for designing, transfer of technology ...
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W&D delivers tug
Washburn & Doughty Associates (W&D) of East Boothbay, Maine, delivered Bulldog, a 30.15 metre, 11.4 m wide, 6,700 hp, Z Drive firefighting tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans. The Z-drive Bulldog provides ship-assist and escort services for LNG tankers at the Elba Island LNG re-gasification terminal in Savannah and ...
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Bender wins tug contract
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair plans to hire 450 new workers, 200 of them in Mobile, to build three tug barges worth $232.5 million for Maritrans Inc. Each articulated tug barge unit, a type of powerful 12,000-horsepower workboat, will be worth $77.5 million and able to carry 335,000 barrels of petroleum ...
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More tugs for German owner
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 bollard pull of 220 tonnes, believed to be the most powerful German tugs ever, and are due for ...
