Guatemala-based towage company Arrendadora Continental recently took delivery of a new harbour tug built by Med Marine of Turkey. Monterrico was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd was a compact, multi-purpose tug with a length of 25 metres, a bollard pull of 72 tonnes, a...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Jingang Lun 36 & Jingang Lun 37 – Intelligent escort tugs to operate in northern Chinese port waters
Tianjin Port Barge in northern China has expanded its towage and harbour services fleet with the recent acquisition of two new ASD tugs in a series built by compatriot Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard. Jingang Lun 36 and Jingang Lun 37 were built to a design developed by Canadian naval architecture firm...
VESSEL REVIEW | Signet Capella & Signet Sirius – Signet Maritime tugs to provide channel escort for large crude tankers
Houston, Texas-based shipping company Signet Maritime Corporation has expanded its towage fleet with the recent acquisition of two new tugs in a series built at the Pascagoula, Mississippi facilities of subsidiary Signet Shipbuilding and Repair (SS&R). Signet Capella and Signet Sirius were both built to a design developed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan […]
Keels laid for Kotug Canada’s future methanol-fuelled tugs
Kotug Canada, a partnership between Netherlands-based towage company Kotug International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, recently held a ceremony to mark the laying of the keel of two new escort tugs that will be powered by methanol propulsion systems. Designed by Canadian naval architecture firm...
Sanmar lays keel for Kotug Canada’s powerful new methanol dual fuel escort tug duo
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard Altinova this week hosted a keel laying service for the two methanol dual fuel Robert Allan Ltd designed RAsalvor 4400-DFM escort tugs it is building for Kotug Canada Inc., a partnership between Kotug International B.V. and Horizon Maritime Inc.
Kotug Canada orders two powerful methanol-fueled escort tugs
The keel laying ceremony marked a major milestone for the project enabling it to proceed to the construction phase to meet the delivery schedule by mid-2025.
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AWARDS 2023 | Best Electric Tug – HaiSea Wamis – Robert Allan Ltd
Best Electric Tug – HaiSea Wamis – Robert Allan Ltd Designed for operations in a very environmentally sensitive area not far from the Robert Allan Ltd office in Vancouver, British Columbia, this very useful 28-metre, 70tbp vessel represents the very latest in tug design. The berthing, unberthing...
Newly-delivered tug to support Svitzer’s Brazil operations
Towage company Svitzer has taken delivery of a new ASD harbour tug to support its operations in Brazil. Svitzer Babitonga was built by Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Rio Maguari to a design by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. Like its sisters, it has an LOA of 23.2 metres, a moulded...
Canada’s HaiSea Marine takes delivery of two additional tugs
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 two new escort tugs. The delivered tugs were designed by Vancouver-based naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. One tug is the...
SAAM Towage Canada’s electric twins go to work in Vancouver
Now in service with SAAM Towage Canada, the SAAM Volta and Chief Dan Georgeare the first battery electric tugs built specifically to operate in Vancouver, B.C. Built to Robert Allan Ltd’s ElectRA 2300-SX design by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards, the tugs mark a milestone in the Port of Vancouver’s goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable port as well as SAAM Towage’s leadership in the drive to the decarbonization of harbour operations.
Optimized for emissions-free ship-docking operations in...
OBITUARY | Kees Muller, co-founder of Multraship
Kees Muller, co-founder of Netherlands-based towage and salvage company Multraship, died earlier this week at the age of 79 following a long illness, his son, Multraship managing director Leendert Muller, confirmed. Muller’s career in towage and salvage spanned six decades, having started in the...