The recent bridge collapse incident in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland was a tragedy that I believe could and should have been avoided. The bridge was built in 1977 and as can be seen from media footage, it can hardly be described as robust although it was probably adequate in the 1970s. Dali...
Nemeca Z, a towage and salvage company operating out of Greece’s Port of Piraeus, recently took delivery of a new harbour tug from Turkish builder Med Marine. The Robert Allan Ltd-designed Dias Z has a length of 25.2 metres, a beam of 12 metres, a depth of 4.6 metres, a draught of 5.75 metres, and...
Bollinger Shipyards of Houma, Louisiana laid the keel of the US Navy’s tenth Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS) in a ceremony on Wednesday, March 20. The future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation honours the self-governed Native American tribe located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The...
In my last column I criticised the manning of a tug – not because the crew were female, but because there were only two of them. My friend Ron Burchett kindly responded and pointed out that the tugs involved in the job I was describing always travel in pairs for mutual support. This no doubt […]
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SVS Maritime, a company under Greek towage provider the Vernicos Scafi Group, has awarded Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine a contract for the construction of a new harbour tug. The tug will be designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. The vessel will have a length of 25.2 metres,...
Whilst the first big consolidator of this offshore upcycle was Tidewater, rapidly followed by ADNOC and AD Ports of Abu Dhabi, Europe is also experiencing a quiet wave of consolidation. Driving this is the biggest of the “Big Four” lowlands dredging and offshore companies, Boskalis. But whereas the gains in Tidewater have been open to […]
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Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine recently handed over a new harbour tug to Italian towage operator Scafi Societa di Navigazione. Designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd, Gea will be deployed at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia. It will to support Scafi subsidiary Jadranski Pomorski...
Canadian towage company HaiSea Marine, a joint venture business formed by the Haisla Nation of British Columbia and local shipping line Seaspan, has taken delivery of the first in a new series of two LNG-fuelled ASD tugs that will be used primarily to escort gas carriers between the Pacific Ocean...
Spanish towage company Boluda Corporacion Maritima has taken delivery of a new harbour tug built by Med Marine of Turkey. VB Lusitania was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. Its duties will include ship handling, towing, pushing, mooring, and firefighting. The tug has a...
US-based energy company Texas LNG has selected Gulf LNG Tugs of Texas, a consortium of Suderman and Young Towing Company, Bay-Houston Towing Company and Moran Towing Corporation, to build, deliver and operate tugs. The tugs will be operated under a long-term agreement to assist LNG carriers...