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VIDEO: Containership Dali departs Baltimore

We don’t have to wait any longer to know when the containership Dali will leave Baltimore. Local media, including WBAL TV, have been showing video of the ship departing Baltimore today.

Three months after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, just before 8.30 a.m. this morning the 984 foot containership Dali began moving away from the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine terminal under its own power, headed for Norfolk, Va., assisted by four tugboats.

Because, as we reported earlier, the Dali has...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/salvage/video-containership-dali-departs-baltimore/

Boluda Towage back on the acquisition trail

The Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación continues on the acquisition trail. In February of this year it announced deals to acquire, first, the Gibraltar operations of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine, then later that month, Netherlands-headquartered Smit Lamnalco. Last week it reported that it has now signed an agreement that will see it acquire Hessle, U.K., based SMS Towage Ltd.

Under the agreement, family-owned Boluda will take over SMS’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/boluda-towage-back-on-the-acquisition-trail/

Thordon to retrofit tailshaft bearings on 32 Panama tugs

Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings.

The agreement with the undisclosed operator follows the successful retrofitting of Thordon’s SXL tailshaft bearings to twelve of its twin-screw tugs last year during scheduled drydockings.

The remaining 32 vessels will now be converted in batches at planned maintenance intervals over the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/thordon-to-retrofit-tailshaft-bearings-on-32-panama-tugs/

BigLift brings 11 Damen tugs from Asia to Europe on one ship

BigLift vessel loaded with Damen tugs

Putting the big into BigLift, Spliethoff Group’s heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping has used a single vessel to transport eleven Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and China to Europe.

While such voyages usually require six months to plan and organize, Damen reports that there was less than two months available to prepare for this one and to ensure that each stage was executed on time.

The ship used to transport the eleven Damen tugs was BigLift’s Happy Star, a 156-meter heavy...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/biglift-brings-11-damen-tugs-from-asia-to-europe-on-one-ship/

Resolve Marine sells its Gibraltar towing ops to Boluda

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine has announced the sale of its Gibraltar operations. Two divisions are part of the sale: the company’s harbor towing operations and fleet were sold to Valencia, Spain, headquartered Boluda Towage Europe, and the marine services business to Elias Tapiero of ORC Marine. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“The Port of Gibraltar operations have been part of the Resolve Marine family since 2015,” said Joseph Farrell III, deputy CEO of Resolve...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/resolve-marine-sells-its-gibraltar-towing-ops-to-boluda/

Moran wins 8-tug MSC contract with $92 million potential

Moran Towing Corp., New Canaan, Conn., has been awarded a $17,667,600 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements for eight time-chartered, U.S. flagged and Jones Act compliant tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling at Norfolk, Va.

The contract includes one firm period of 366 days with three 365-day option periods, and one 336-day option period. If exercised, the options would bring the Moran Towing contract’s total cumulative value to $92,042,296.

Work will be...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/moran-wins-8-tug-msc-contract-with-92-million-potential/

Bay Houston Towing orders multiple RAstar 3200-W tugs

Bay Houston Towingreports that its president, Philip Kuebler, has signed a contract with Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches, Texas,to build multiple Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-W tugs.

“The addition of the RAstar 3200-W further diversifies our fleet and provides an extremely powerful package with enhanced seakeeping features designed to assist the largest ships in all types of environmental conditions. The new tugs will complement our large number of existing Low Emission Vessel (US)...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/bay-houston-towing-orders-multiple-rastar-3200-w-tugs/

Robert Allan Ltd Marvelous Tug Designs

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Embark on an awe-inspiring journey as we unveil the cutting-edge RAmparts 3500 tugs, redefining the maritime landscape with their unrivaled power and versatility. The maritimeinformed news source.

  • Robert Allan Ltd. delivers RAmparts 3500 tugs Cao Gang 30 and Cao Gang 31 to Caofeidian Port, China, meeting challenging design requirements for towing and fire-fighting purposes in Bohai Bay.
  • The tugs feature advanced propulsion machinery, including Yanmar main engines and...

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