Saam Towage Canada formally named its two newest electric harbour tugs in a ceremony at the Port of Vancouver on Wednesday, April 10. The tugs were designed by local naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd (RAL). Each has a length of 23 metres, a moulded beam of 11.85 metres, a maximum draught of...
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...
Hong Kong headquartered Cheoy Lee Shipyards has marked a significant milestone. The tug Joymoni, recently delivered to Mongla Port Authority in Bangladesh is the 50th RAmparts 3200-CL to be completed by the shipbuilder, and it represents more than a decade of evolution and refinement in tug design.
The RAmparts 3200-CL was designed by Robert Allan Ltd in 2008 exclusively for Cheoy Lee Shipyards Ltd., with the first tug, Ocean Pioneer, delivered to Ocean Sparkle in India in 2011. Based on the...
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,...
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...
Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its fleet.
Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. in collaboration with RotorTug BV, the vessels incorporate the patented triple Z-drive Rotortug propulsion layout, featuring omni-directional maneuverability, and the benefits of a fully redundant and precise propulsion machinery configuration. The Rotortug...
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Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards reports that Haisea Kermode, the first of the two LNG-fueled escort tugs that it is building for Haisea Marine, has arrived in Vancouver, B.C., joining the three emissions-free Sanmar ElectRA Series electric-powered harbor tugs that the shipbuilder has already delivered to Haisea Marine.
Haisea Marine is a partnership formed between Canada’s Haisla Nation and North Vancouver, B.C.-based Seaspan ULC, and the five tugs have been built to work at LNG Canada’s new export...
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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...
UAE state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will soon commence operations of a new dive support vessel (DSV) built locally by Grandweld Shipyards. ADNOC MD 01 is the first vessel in a series of two aluminium dive support catamarans designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert...
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken delivery of a new search and rescue (SAR) boat built by shipyard Chantier Naval Forillon based in Quebec. CCGS Baie des Chaleurs is named after Chaleurs Bay, the portion of the Gulf of St Lawrence that sits between Quebec and New Brunswick. The newbuild belongs to...